OpenTime vs PocketModel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenTime
Quickly find your open time slots by analyzing your device calendars. This app offers flexible date range views, slot duration selection, and convenient sharing options without requiring accounts or tracking your data.
- View free/busy slots for any date range
- Slot duration picker with chip subdivision
- Quick sharing of daily availability
- Customizable appearance (light/dark/system)
- Pinned queries for one-tap access
- Home screen widgets and Live Activities
- Apple Watch companion app
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Quickly see when you're free. Open Time reads your device calendars and shows your open time slots. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. FEATURES - View free and busy slots for today, tomorrow, or any date range - Choose which calendars count: exclude holidays, sports schedules, or shared calendars, and every list, widget, and share reflects only the calendars you pick - Slot duration picker (15, 30, or 60 minutes). Chips subdivide your free blocks at the chosen interval - Long-press any chip for Open in Calendar, Create Event Here, or Copy Time - Long-press any day name to Share or Copy that day's availability to anywhere (Messages, Mail, Notes) - Light, dark, or system appearance with an in-app picker - Pull to refresh, and availability refreshes automatically after you create or edit an event - Show or hide busy events - Toggle weekends on or off - This Week, Next Week, and Next 14 Days quick picks - Custom date range picker - Home screen widgets (small and medium). Tap any chip to jump straight to that slot in the app - Live Activities and Dynamic Island for real-time free/busy on your lock screen - Apple Intelligence query bar on supported devices: type "tomorrow afternoon for 30 min" or "any hour Friday afternoon" and get the matching slots - Siri and Shortcuts: try "What's my availability in Open Time" or "When am I free in Open Time" - Apple Watch companion to check your week from your wrist - Share Extension to drop your availability into any app from the share sheet - iMessage app to pick days and send your availability without leaving the conversation PRIVACY FIRST Your calendar data stays on your device. No accounts. No analytics. No third-party servers. Zero data collection. Open Time uses Apple's EventKit to read your calendars locally. Nothing ever leaves your device. Perfect for freelancers, consultants, and anyone who needs to quickly share when they're available.
PocketModel
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PocketModel brings private, on-device AI chat to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Start with the easiest path for your device. On supported Apple Intelligence hardware, PocketModel can use Apple Foundation Models with no model download required. Everywhere else, PocketModel highlights a recommended local GGUF model first, then keeps deeper catalog filters available when you want them. PocketModel is built for people who want personal AI without creating an account or sending normal chat requests to a cloud inference service. Features: - Apple Foundation Models support on compatible devices with no download required - Curated local GGUF model catalog with device-aware recommendations - Simple default mode that puts Apple Foundation Models or the recommended local model before advanced filters - Device-fit filtering, runtime budget status, and fallback/degraded state indicators when you need more detail - Private chat history stored on-device - Thinking Mode on supported models - Prompt suggestions for empty chats and follow-up suggestions after replies - Search within the current chat and across saved chats - Edit, regenerate, or fork earlier prompts into a new chat - Image attachments for supported local model workflows - Structured replies with preserved lists, links, and code formatting - Download, pause, resume, retry, update, and remove local models - Advanced: browse and install any GGUF file directly from a model's HuggingFace repository - Bundled and user-imported GGUF models are clearly distinguished in Discover and Library - Redacted diagnostics export that excludes prompt text, conversation text, document text, attachment paths, and personal facts - iPhone, iPad, and Mac support - No sign-up required PocketModel is designed around privacy-first usage. Chat generation and saved history stay on-device during normal use. Network access is used for actions you explicitly trigger, such as downloading model files or listing the files of a Hugging Face model you add.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PocketModel at Free against OpenTime's $0.99. OpenTime's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On ads, 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
PocketModel is free to download; OpenTime costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpenTime ships an update every 2 days, PocketModel weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenTime | PocketModel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | james tannahill | Wai Hei Lam |
In-app purchases
OpenTime
No in-app purchases
PocketModel
No in-app purchases









