Comparison

TimePulse vs FileBox

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

Head to head
About

TimePulse

Track daily habits, moods, and streaks with a live clock interface. This app offers a calm and focused approach to building routines and understanding your day without overwhelming dashboards. It provides widgets, shortcuts, and data export for a comprehensive overview.

Highlights
  • Live clock home screen
  • Daily habits and streaks
  • Home, Lock, and StandBy widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts and Action Button check-in
  • Quick mood logging
  • Data export (JSON/CSV)
  • Pulse Insights (Pro)
Features
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TimePulse helps you see how time turns into routine. Built around a live clock, a daily habit system, and fast mood check-ins, TimePulse gives you a calmer way to stay aware of your day without turning life into a complicated dashboard. Free features: • Live clock home screen • Daily habits and streaks • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets • Siri Shortcuts and Action Button check-in • Interactive widget check-in • Six-month Rhythm Map for every habit • Quick mood logging with short notes • Mood timeline and recent history • Export your data as JSON or CSV TimePulse Pro unlocks: • Unlimited habits • Pulse Insights • iCloud sync • Repair missed check-ins to protect streaks • A clearer long-term view of your rhythm TimePulse is designed to stay focused: fast logging, clear visual hierarchy, and a strong sense of momentum without clutter. Purchases and subscriptions are managed through your Apple ID. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://timepulse-app.newtree.tech/en/privacy.html

About

FileBox

This app offers comprehensive file management, media playback, and document editing tools. Organize, secure, and access your files, photos, videos, ebooks, and PDFs with advanced features like redaction and OCR scanning.

Highlights
  • File organization and management
  • Media playback (video/audio)
  • Ebook and comic reader
  • PDF scanning, editing, and creation
  • Image redaction and watermarking
  • ZIP archive creation and extraction
  • Cloud storage integration
Features
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File Box combines file management, media playback, PDF tools, ebook and comic reading in one app. Organize, view and work with your files on iPhone and iPad. Store files in the app, lock it with Face ID or a password, or grant access to system folders and iCloud Drive. Keep work documents, photos, videos, music, ebooks and comics in your own “Box,” ready to open anytime. Keep your files organized • Switch between the main space and a separate private space from the bottom menu. • Browse, play and manage files in authorized system folders with “On My iPhone/iPad,” without importing them. • Manage cloud files with “My iCloud.” Authorize iCloud Drive folders and download files as needed to read, play or process them. • Import, move, copy, batch rename, search and share. Filter by tag and file type. • Customize folder colors, icons and images. • Create ZIP archives with optional password protection. Extract ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, TAR.GZ and other formats, including common encrypted archives. • View storage usage by file type, large files and duplicates, including in authorized system folders. Enjoy videos and music • Play MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM and other common video formats, with audio track switching and Picture in Picture. • Use dual or external subtitles, customize their style and cast videos to compatible TVs. • View artwork and lyrics in the audio player. Read ebooks and text • Read EPUB and unencrypted MOBI with a table of contents, bookmarks, search and saved reading progress. • Adjust font size, layout and reading themes. • Read and edit TXT documents, and add bookmarks. Scan, read and edit PDFs • Scan with the camera or import images. Correct crops, arrange multiple images and use common ID sizes. OCR creates PDFs with searchable, copyable text. • Read PDFs with a table of contents, thumbnails, bookmarks, full-text search and saved reading progress. • Choose continuous scrolling, horizontal paging, two-page view, margin cropping and paper colors. • Organize, merge and split PDFs. Reorder, rotate, insert or delete pages, and export JPG or PNG images. • Add handwritten annotations, text highlights, handwritten signatures and text watermarks. Set, change or remove PDF passwords. • Turn multiple images into a PDF, with ordering, watermarks and password protection. Read and create comics • Read CBZ and CBR comics or open image folders as comics. • Create CBZ comics with optional passwords and text watermarks. Redact images and share with confidence • Detect faces, QR codes, names, phone numbers and amounts on your device. Choose categories to redact. • Select areas manually, apply blur, pixelation or other styles, and add text watermarks. • Erase text on solid-color backgrounds. • Choose “Redact Image” from the Photos share sheet and save the result to Photos. Handy tools • View, edit and batch compress images. Create long screenshots from web pages, multiple images or screen recordings. • Trim, split, join and convert audio, or extract audio from video. • Edit audio artwork, song details and lyrics in batches. • Crop and trim videos, and convert between MP4 and MOV. • Convert static WebP to JPG, animated WebP to GIF, Live Photo or video, and GIFs and Live Photos to each other or video. Transfer across devices • Send and receive files with nearby devices using Nearby Transfer. • Upload, download, manage and preview files in a computer browser over local Wi-Fi. • Record on Apple Watch and sync to iPhone. • Import files shared from other apps. Use drag and drop and multitasking for browsing and playback. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase. Your files. Your device. Your “Box.” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://filebox.dogegg.cc/privacy

Screenshots

TimePulse4 screens
FileBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FileBox at 100% against TimePulse's 33%. FileBox also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FileBox is free to download; TimePulse costs $0.99 up front. TimePulse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FileBox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.19 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FileBox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FileBox has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TimePulse's written reviews are positive against 100% of FileBox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimePulse ships an update every 10 days, FileBox every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TimePulse versus FileBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePulseFileBox
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB90 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer树伟 杨建 焦

Customer experience

TimePulse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

FileBox

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TimePulse

Subscriptions2
  • TimePulse Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • TimePulse Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • TimePulse Pro Lifetime$12.99
3 purchases

FileBox

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$1.191 Month
  • Annual Membership$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$29.99

Questions

Is TimePulse free?
TimePulse costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is FileBox free?
FileBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimePulse or FileBox?
FileBox is rated higher. TimePulse averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while FileBox averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do TimePulse or FileBox have ads?
Neither TimePulse nor FileBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimePulse or FileBox?
TimePulse ships an update every 10 days, and FileBox every 4 days. Most recently, TimePulse was updated on October 31, 2026 and FileBox on November 9, 2026.

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