Timeflies vs Loose Ends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timeflies
This app helps you stay focused on important goals by creating visual countdowns for deadlines, exams, or personal milestones. Break down your objectives into manageable tasks and track your progress to turn pressure into steady advancement.
- Create countdowns for any event
- Track time remaining in various units
- Break down goals into actionable tasks
- Check off completed tasks
- Build reminder plans with local notifications
- Local data storage
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Timeflies helps you stay aware of how much time remains for the things that matter most. Create a countdown for any goal, deadline, exam, launch, trip, or personal milestone. Break it into clear tasks, track progress, and keep the remaining time visible so it is easier to act with focus instead of delay. With Timeflies, you can: • Create countdowns with a title, deadline, and color theme • See time remaining in years, months, days, or seconds • Break each countdown into actionable tasks • Check off completed tasks and edit task notes • Build reminder plans with local notifications • Keep your progress stored locally on your iPhone Timeflies is designed for people who want deadlines to feel real, visible, and manageable. Whether you are preparing for an exam, finishing an application, planning a launch, or working toward a personal goal, Timeflies helps turn pressure into steady progress.
Loose Ends
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Loose Ends is a calm open loop tracker for unfinished tasks, follow-ups, decisions, and long-term goals. Unlike a traditional to-do list, Loose Ends does not push deadlines, overdue warnings, or streaks. It helps you notice how long something has stayed open, decide its current state, and close it honestly when the time is right. CAPTURE WHAT IS STILL OPEN • Add a quick item or long goal in seconds • See calm elapsed time without red overdue labels • Mark each loop as Open, Waiting, or Parked CLOSE IT HONESTLY • Complete it • Mark it partly done • Let it go • Replace it with a clearer next step • Record when it was blocked • Add a reason or short note for useful context SEE YOUR PATTERNS • Search and filter closure history • Review open and closed counts • See average open time and closure rates • Notice common reasons and recurring patterns • Use Weekly Reflection for a calm seven-day review PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No Loose Ends account required • Core features work offline • Data stays on your device by default • Optional private iCloud sync • Optional Face ID app lock LIFETIME PRO Unlock unlimited history, Weekly Reflection, iCloud sync, Home Screen widgets, Face ID app lock, CSV/JSON export, custom themes, and weekly reminders with one purchase. No subscription. Loose Ends is for the things you want to finish, continue, replace, or release without guilt.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timeflies at none against Loose Ends's 1. 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. Loose Ends sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timeflies asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Timeflies | Loose Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haiping Sun | MANOGARAN P |
In-app purchases
Timeflies
No in-app purchases
Loose Ends
- Lifetime Pro$9.99








