Comparison

StudyCount vs Time Blocking

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

Head to head
About

StudyCount

Features
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StudyCount turns your study sessions into a competition. Start the timer when you sit down to study. Stop it when you're done. Every session gets added to the weekly leaderboard, where you compete against other students for the top spot. WEEKLY LEADERBOARD Every week resets. Everyone starts from zero. The more you study, the higher you climb — Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, or Master. See where you rank against friends and students worldwide. STUDY GROUPS Create a group with friends, share a join code, and compete on a shared leaderboard. See everyone's all-time study hours in one place — the motivation of knowing your friends can see your progress is real. XP & LEVELS Earn XP for every minute you study, with bonus XP for keeping your streak alive. Level up over time and unlock new avatars as you progress. ACHIEVEMENTS 26 achievements across 6 categories — study time milestones, session counts, streaks, deep work, and a few secrets worth discovering. Each one rewards XP when unlocked. SUBJECT TAGGING Tag your sessions with a subject while you study. See a breakdown of where your hours actually go in Subject Stats on your profile. AVATARS Choose from 39 unique characters — humans, animals, and more. Free avatars are available from the start. Level-locked avatars unlock as you progress. Premium avatars come with StudyCount Pro. STREAKS Study every day to build your streak. Get milestone celebrations at 7, 14, 30, 60, and 100 days. Miss a day and you start over — so the pressure is real. FRIENDS Add friends to filter the leaderboard and compete within your own circle. See their streaks, their weekly badges, and where they rank. STUDYCOUNT PRO Unlock all premium avatars and get the full Subject Stats breakdown — see every subject, not just your top 3. A simple subscription for people who want to go deeper and support the app. No social feed. No distractions. Just your timer, your streak, and the leaderboard. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Time Blocking

Visualize your day with an hour-by-hour timeline, assigning names, colors, and durations to each activity. Track where your time actually goes with visual charts and a daily completion score. Plan your next day each evening with helpful coaching.

Highlights
  • Hour-by-hour timeline visualization
  • Realistic planning with start times and durations
  • Pre-set day templates
  • Daily completion score and insights
  • Evening planning nudges
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Time blocking, done properly: give every hour of your day a name, a color, and a place on a real timeline — then find out where those hours actually went. Most planners hand you a list and hope for the best. A list has no width, so it never warns you that your "quick morning" is already seven hours long. TimeBlock puts your day on an hour-by-hour timeline you can see: each block sits at its real start time, at its real length, in its own color. The moment your day is overbooked, the timeline shows it — before the day starts, not after it collapses. WHAT YOU GET - A day you can actually see: blocks sit on an hour-by-hour timeline with a live "now" line, so you always know what you should be doing this minute - Realistic plans instead of wishful lists: set a start time and a duration, and an overloaded day becomes obvious at a glance - A planned day in one tap: pick Deep Work Day, Study Day, Creative Day, or Balanced Day and the whole timeline fills in - The truth about your week: donut and bar charts, a 7-day activity map, hours planned, and your most-repeated blocks - A finish rate you can defend: tick blocks off and watch your daily completion score in the Coach tab - A nudge every evening so tomorrow gets planned tonight, plus coaching on time boxing, buffer time, theme days, and strategic breaks PERFECT FOR - Deep-work professionals protecting long, uninterrupted focus windows - Students building study sessions with breaks that are planned, not accidental - Freelancers and creatives who need work, admin, and rest to coexist in one day - Anyone whose to-do list keeps growing while the day keeps disappearing WHY NOT JUST USE A TO-DO LIST OR YOUR CALENDAR? A to-do list is infinite; your day is not. A calendar is built for meetings other people booked, not for the focus time you owe yourself. TimeBlock does one job only — laying out your own hours, in color, and showing you afterwards how you really spent them. Nothing to invite, nothing to negotiate, no meeting requests in the way. PRIVACY Every block, note, and template you apply stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking. Nothing you plan ever leaves the device. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks everything in the app: unlimited time blocks, all eight block colors and per-block notes, the full day-template library, the Insights dashboard with charts and your 7-day activity map, and the Coach tab with your daily score, tips, and planning methods. Available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Open the Today tab, add your first block for tomorrow morning, and see how much day you really have. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

StudyCount4 screens
Time Blocking4 screens

Verdict

The call

StudyCount and Time Blocking are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. StudyCount sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Time Blocking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StudyCount ships an update every 3 weeks, Time Blocking every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
StudyCount versus Time Blocking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudyCountTime Blocking
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNIKLAS NERKAMPPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StudyCount

Subscriptions2
  • StudyCount Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • StudyCount Yearly$14.991 Year
3 purchases

Time Blocking

Subscriptions2
  • Timebox Coach: Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Task Timetable: Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Routine Agenda: Pay Once$29.99

Questions

Is StudyCount free?
StudyCount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Blocking free?
Time Blocking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StudyCount or Time Blocking have ads?
Neither StudyCount nor Time Blocking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StudyCount or Time Blocking?
StudyCount ships an update every 3 weeks, and Time Blocking every 4 weeks. Most recently, StudyCount was updated on October 18, 2026 and Time Blocking on October 24, 2026.

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