Minutely vs Time Journal

Minutely helps you understand where your time actually goes. Inspired by the clarity of Screen Time, Minutely lets you track your real-life activities throughout the day so you can spot patterns, cut down on low-value time, and make better decisions about how you spend your hours. With one tap, you can switch what you’re doing and watch your day fill in with color on a live circular timeline. Over time, Minutely turns your daily activity into clear, useful data. Features: • Track your current activity in real time • View your day as a color-coded timeline • Switch activities quickly from the main screen • Create and edit activities to match your life • Review stats and see how your time adds up • Edit your timeline when you need to fix or adjust entries • View your current activity in Live Activities on supported devices • Sync your timeline across devices with iCloud when available Whether you want to be more productive, more intentional, or simply more aware of your habits, Minutely gives you a clearer picture of how your time is spent.

Where did today actually go? Most of us can't say. Time Journal keeps an honest record of how you spend your hours, so instead of guessing, you know. Start a timer when you begin something and stop it when you're done. Or skip the timer and fill the day in later. Then look at the breakdown and decide for yourself what it means. That's the whole app. No advice, no scores, nobody looking over your shoulder. Two ways to log • Live timer: one tap on an activity starts tracking. Switch to a different activity without stopping first. A running timer appears as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never lose track of what's counting. • Quick log: add an entry after the fact with a start time, an end time, and an activity. Suggestions from your recent entries make it quick. Missed a few days? Fill them in whenever you like. The app won't mention it. See your time • Day view: every logged hour as a color-coded timeline. One glance shows what the day was actually made of, and where the gaps are. • Breakdown chart: your time by activity, filtered to today, this week, last month, or any range you pick. • Trends: how each activity moves week over week, so you can watch a change take hold instead of guessing at it. Set a budget, if you want one Pick an activity and a weekly hour target. Five hours of exercise. Three hours of reading. A ceiling on social media. Progress updates as you log, and each week starts fresh. Goals are entirely optional. Ignore them and the app works exactly the same. Make it yours Nine activities are ready to go: Work, Projects, Cooking, House Chores, Entertainment, Learning, Social Media, Exercise, and Sleep. Turn off the ones that don't fit, add your own, give each one a color, and reorder them so what you use most sits at the top. Light and dark themes included. Notifications you control Two of them, and you can switch either off: • A nudge when a timer has been running longer than you'd expect, in case you forgot to stop it. • A periodic check-in asking what you're doing right now, only during the hours you choose. That's all. No streak reminders, no "we miss you," no marketing. Your data stays on your phone • Works completely offline. No connection needed for anything. • No account, no sign-up, no email address. • Nothing is uploaded, synced, or sold. Your entries stay on your device. • No ads. Built to be usable Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type handled throughout, and contrast that holds up. Activities are never identified by color alone. What it won't do It won't tell you you're spending too long on anything. It won't break a streak or dock you points for a day you didn't log. It won't turn your life into a leaderboard. It keeps the record. What you do with it is yours to decide.