Comparison

168 Planner vs Chimereader

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

Head to head
About

168 Planner

Track your time across key life areas to understand where your hours go. Design your ideal week, set goals, and gain insights into your habits and energy levels. Optimize your 168 hours for a more fulfilling life.

Highlights
  • Time logging with backfill
  • Weekly dashboard and calendar view
  • Design ideal week targets
  • Track top 5 goals
  • Weekly insights and comparisons
  • Energy and life area tracking
Features
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168 Hours is a unique time-tracking app designed to help you bridge the gap between the life you're living now and the life you want to live. Log your time across life's key areas: work, fitness, sleep, relationships, creativity, and more. See where your hours actually go, not where you think they go. WHAT YOU GET Time Logging Record what you did, how long it took, and which life area it belongs to. Backfill entries from earlier in the day or past days. Your calendar fills in as you go. This Week Dashboard See your total logged hours, free time remaining, and a full breakdown by category, updated in real time as you log. Calendar View Browse any day on a 24-hour timeline. Colored blocks show exactly how your time was spent. Tap any block to edit or delete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Ideal Week Design the week you actually want to live. Set your target hours for each life area, and compare your ideal against your real logged time every week. Goals Track your top 5 goals. Add them, refine them, and mark them complete as you grow. A built-in brainstorming notepad helps you figure out what matters most. Weekly Insights Unlock deeper analysis: category trends, week-over-week comparisons, and a visual breakdown of your 168 hours. Energy Tracking Log your daily energy on a 1–5 scale. Over time, see which days and habits drain or fuel you. Life Area Check-Ins Rate 6 areas of your life each week: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relationships, and career. Get a holistic picture of how you're really doing. Week Review Look back at past weeks to see how much you've grown. No more ads! ONE-TIME PURCHASE Premium is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees. Pay once, keep it forever.

About

Chimereader

This app reads your documents and web articles aloud with natural AI voices, highlighting text as it speaks. It preserves original layouts and syncs across devices, offering a hands-free reading experience for those with limited time.

Highlights
  • Natural AI voices
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Cross-device sync
  • Web page reading
  • AI layout detection
  • Offline processing
Features
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Chimereader reads your PDFs, EPUBs and web articles aloud in a natural AI voice, and highlights every word on the page as it speaks. • Multiple AI voices to choose from — not a robotic screen reader, but one you can listen to for hours • One subscription covers Mac, iPad and iPhone • Add a book on one device and pick it up on another — optional iCloud sync keeps your library and your place • Follow along, word by word, on the original page • Read a web page on the site itself. The words light up on the real page, which keeps its own layout, figures, tables and code — and it works on pages you are signed in to, so the libraries you already pay for read like anything else • AI layout detection leaves out headers, footers, page numbers, figures and diagrams, so you hear the text and not the page furniture • Starts in seconds from any page — no conversion, no upload • Runs on your device. Your documents are never sent to our servers Built for people with more reading than time — students, researchers, and anyone who gets through papers on a commute or a walk. The first 100 minutes of listening are free. After that, reading documents takes the Chimereader Monthly subscription, at the price shown in the app before you subscribe. New subscribers start with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chimereader.com/privacy What you need A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 15 or later, or an iPhone or iPad running iOS 26 or later. About the 16+ age rating Chimereader is rated 16+ for one reason only: the built-in web reader can open any web page, which is classified as unrestricted web access. The app contains no violence, profanity, sexual content, gambling or drug references of its own, and shows no ads.

Screenshots

168 Planner4 screens
Chimereader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chimereader at none against 168 Planner's shown. 168 Planner's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 168 Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chimereader sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 168 Planner against 5.0 for Chimereader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

168 Planner ships an update daily, Chimereader every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
168 Planner versus Chimereader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter168 PlannerChimereader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB206 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTristan KilperKANWALJEET KAUR CHHABRA

Customer experience

168 Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chimereader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

168 Planner

One-time1
  • 168 Planner Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Chimereader

Subscriptions1
  • Chimereader Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is 168 Planner free?
168 Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chimereader free?
Chimereader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 168 Planner or Chimereader?
168 Planner and Chimereader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do 168 Planner or Chimereader have ads?
168 Planner shows ads; Chimereader does not.
Which is updated more often, 168 Planner or Chimereader?
168 Planner ships an update daily, and Chimereader every 3 days. Most recently, 168 Planner was updated on October 9, 2026 and Chimereader on October 11, 2026.

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