Comparison

Time Blocking+ vs TriDo

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

Head to head
About

Time Blocking+

Features
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Time Blocking! Reclaim your focus and schedule Use time blocking to cut through daily distractions and reclaim your schedule. Keep your data private, build better habits, and seamlessly stay in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Features: โ€ข Intuitive, dynamic time blocking โ€ข Powerful focus monitoring โ€ข Track goal milestones โ€ข Daily smart insights โ€ข Personalize with full-color themes โ€ข Secure with FaceID or passcode lock โ€ข Sync with Apple Calendar Intuitive Planning: Visualize your entire day with a dynamic timeline that naturally makes sense of your tasks and meetings. Milestone Tracking: Stay motivated by setting clear goals and breaking overwhelming projects into achievable, focused time blocks. Smart Insights & Advanced Metrics: Track your Focus Time and Task Completion Rates at a single glance. View daily and weekly trends to truly understand where your time goes, helping you optimize your schedule. Calendar Integration: Automatically sync your schedule directly to and from the Apple Calendar app, bringing your whole life into one unified timeline. Complete Customization: Personalize your app experience with accent colors, stunning full-color themes, and a dynamic, modular dashboard. Privacy & Security First: Secure your schedule entirely behind FaceID, TouchID, or Passcode. With built-in private iCloud syncing, your data is securely stored and never leaves your devices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TriDo

Features
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Your brain holds 3 things at once. Not 10. Not 50. Three. TriDo is the anti-to-do list. While every other productivity app lets you add unlimited tasks, TriDo deliberately limits you to exactly 3 per day. That constraint is the product. WHY ONLY 3 TASKS? Research from cognitive scientists like Nelson Cowan shows your working memory holds just 3 to 4 items. Every task beyond that competes for mental space, creating anxiety โ€” not progress. The Zeigarnik Effect proves that unfinished tasks haunt your mind. A 10-item to-do list guarantees open loops at bedtime. 3 tasks can actually be finished. Every day. Productivity legends agree. Warren Buffett says "successful people say no to almost everything." James Clear writes that you fall to the level of your systems. Tim Ferriss limits himself to 2 mission-critical items. Brian Tracy's Law of Three has sold 3 million copies. TriDo turns their wisdom into a daily habit. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open TriDo. See 3 empty slots. 2. Type your 3 most important tasks. 3. Swipe right or tap to complete each one. 4. Finish all 3. Build your streak. 5. Share your wins with a beautiful card. That's it. No folders. No tags. No priorities. No integrations. Just 3 things that matter today. FEATURES - 3 daily task slots โ€” no more, by design - Swipe-to-complete with satisfying haptic feedback - Streak tracking with milestone celebrations - 12-month heat map calendar โ€” see your consistency - Shareable completion cards with daily quotes - Morning reminder notifications (streak-aware) - Daily motivational quotes from Buffett, Jobs, Bruce Lee, and more - Light, dark, and system themes - Configurable daily reset time - Task history โ€” look back at what you accomplished - Data export in plain text - 100% offline โ€” all data stays on your device - Zero data collection, zero tracking, zero accounts PRIVACY TriDo stores everything locally on your device. No accounts. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your tasks are yours alone. THE PHILOSOPHY Most productivity apps fail because they mirror the problem โ€” infinite tasks, infinite overwhelm. TriDo mirrors the solution: radical constraint. When you can only pick 3, you're forced to choose what truly matters. 3 tasks. Every day. That's all it takes.

Screenshots

Time Blocking+4 screens
TriDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TriDo at none against Time Blocking+'s 3. TriDo also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). Time Blocking+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Time Blocking+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TriDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Time Blocking+ versus TriDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Blocking+TriDo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMelissa ChanKrishnabhai Dilipbhai Chheta

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Time Blocking+

Subscriptions2
  • Time Blocking Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Time Blocking Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Time Blocking Lifetime$24.99
None

TriDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Blocking+ free?
Time Blocking+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TriDo free?
TriDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time Blocking+ or TriDo have ads?
Neither Time Blocking+ nor TriDo shows ads.

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