Chrono TimeBlocks vs TimeBlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chrono TimeBlocks
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Review your daily rhythm through your habits. Chrono is designed to help you track work, study, rest, commuting, and daily activities. It gives you a clear view of where your time actually goes, instead of just what you planned. Key features: • Record your day using time blocks • Quickly start, stop, or add time entries • View daily distribution and statistics • Capture location data to better recall where activities happened • Start tracking faster with widgets and shortcuts • Sync seamlessly across devices with iCloud Chrono doesn’t focus on complex task systems. Instead, it helps you reconstruct your real day in a simple and direct way.
TimeBlock
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See where your day goes—without planning every minute. Log what you just did, build a visual timeline, and review your time with less pressure. Free features: • Unlimited time entries and editing • Up to 8 active categories, 30 active events, and 3 active goals • Basic goal progress, daily and weekly reviews, and focus sessions • Optional sleep import from the Health app • Basic Apple Watch logging, widgets, local notifications, and Live Activities • User-initiated standard iCloud backups, plus standard and complete data exports • Shareable review and goal cards Pro Lifetime: • Unlimited categories, events, and goals • Time-anchor automation that adds blocks at fixed times • Goal input bars, daily/monthly/yearly trends, and focus ratio • Monthly, yearly, and custom reviews, plus period comparison • One purchase, permanent access, and no automatic renewal Existing data is never deleted after a refund or revocation. Existing time anchors remain saved but pause automatically until Pro access is restored. Privacy: Health data is used only on your device to create timeline entries. Standard iCloud backups do not contain HealthKit sleep records or related timing metadata. A complete export may contain sleep information only after you explicitly confirm the health-data warning. TimeBlock does not provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or sleep advice. Pro Monthly: • Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day free trial, then the subscription automatically renews monthly at the App Store price. Cancel anytime in Apple subscription settings. • “Redeem Membership Code” opens Apple’s official redemption sheet. A valid Apple-issued offer unlocks the applicable entitlement; Pro Lifetime remains a separate one-time purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chrono TimeBlocks at none against TimeBlock's 2. TimeBlock's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. TimeBlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Chrono TimeBlocks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chrono TimeBlocks ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeBlock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chrono TimeBlocks | TimeBlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鑫 刘 | 宇 陈 |
In-app purchases
Chrono TimeBlocks
No in-app purchases
TimeBlock
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Pro Lifetime$0.99









