Comparison

Blast vs Time Horizon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blast

Send personalized messages quickly and efficiently without repetitive typing. Create reusable templates, use contact details for customization, and manage recipient groups with ease. Attach photos and access templates directly from your keyboard.

Highlights
  • Reusable message templates
  • Personalize messages with contact variables
  • Save and reuse recipient groups
  • Attach photos to messages
  • Blast keyboard for quick access
  • Confirmation prompts and send warnings
Features
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Send more. Stay personal. Blast helps you send individual texts from your number, reuse your best messages, and keep your follow-ups organized. Write once, add a personal touch for each recipient, and spend less time repeating yourself. For client updates, event invites, appointment reminders, team check-ins, or everyday conversations, spend less time typing and more time keeping in touch. SEND WITH MORE CONTROL. Review your messages before sending and stay in control with confirmations, pauses, high-volume warnings, and cooldown reminders. With Blast Max, Auto Send handles each individual text with less tapping. WRITE ONCE. USE IT AGAIN. Save your favorite messages as templates and organize them in folders. Add photos, split longer templates into multiple message parts, and keep your next reply ready. MAKE EVERY DETAIL PERSONAL. Personalize templates with contact names and your own saved details, including your email, phone number, website, and more. Use Message Mix to rotate phrase variations and keep your wording fresh. YOUR REPLIES, IN YOUR KEYBOARD. Access saved templates through Blast Keyboard while typing in other apps. Put your frequently used replies right where you need them. KEEP YOUR PEOPLE ORGANIZED. Save recipient groups for repeat sends, organize contacts with color-coded tags, and add searchable notes. Keep track of time zones and filter your groups to find the right people for each message. PREPARE NOW. FOLLOW UP LATER. Queue prepared sends and add reminders so you can return to them when it’s time to follow up. Review your sending activity in Insights, revisit previous sends, and reuse past messages. ON iPhone, iPad, AND Mac. Keep supported templates, groups, tags, time zones, notes, preferred numbers, and saved recipient details available across your Apple devices with free, private iCloud Sync. BLAST MAX Blast Max is an optional auto-renewable subscription that unlocks: • Unlimited recipients per send • Unlimited saved groups • Unlimited templates • Auto Send Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://blast.kole.work/privacy-policy

About

Time Horizon

Features
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Struggle with time blindness? Let Horizon watch the clock for you. Standard calendars show you your next event, but Horizon helps you get there. Add get-ready buffers, travel time, and gentle notifications to visualize the pre-event period that feels invisible, allowing you to arrive right on schedule without the mental math. It's tunable support and flexibility where you need it, without micromanaging or overcomplicating. Seamless calendar integration: Horizon is compatible with the Apple and Google calendars you already use, with two-way syncing. Free, forever: - The 24-hour dial: Your next 24 hours, visualized at a glance - Works with Apple and Google calendars - Get-ready and travel lead-ins, so "be there at 7" becomes "start getting ready at 6:10" - Live countdowns that signal when you need to move, not when you need to arrive - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Gentle reminders at the moments that matter Horizon Pro adds even more customizable support: - Lock-screen live progress bar while you get ready - Go beyond notifications with real alarms for leaving, waking, and meds - Live traffic checks that update your travel time automatically before you need to get ready - Sleep schedule with wind-down reminders - Plan your workweek with the the Weekly Scheduler - Built-in to-do list that syncs with your Apple Reminders - Daily intentions and med tracking, gently woven into your day - Punctuality analytics that show your patterns for personal insight - Apple Watch companion app to support you from anywhere No new logins to remember, no cloud storage held by someone else. Your life and privacy stay with your device. Built by an ADHD brain, for ADHD brains (and everyone else, too). --- Horizon Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or canceled in your App Store account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Privacy policy: https://timehorizon.carrd.co#privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blast4 screens
Time Horizon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Time Horizon at none against Blast's shown. Blast's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Time Horizon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blast ships an update every 4 days, Time Horizon monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blast versus Time Horizon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlastTime Horizon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.618.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKole HoenickeSydney Sharpe

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Blast

Subscriptions2
  • Blast Max (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Blast Max (Yearly)$44.991 Year
3 purchases

Time Horizon

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Blast free?
Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Horizon free?
Time Horizon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blast or Time Horizon have ads?
Blast shows ads; Time Horizon does not.
Which is updated more often, Blast or Time Horizon?
Blast ships an update every 4 days, and Time Horizon monthly. Most recently, Blast was updated on October 14, 2026 and Time Horizon on October 6, 2026.

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