Comparison

Nostora vs OneTime

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

Head to head
About

Nostora

Features
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You remember the ten o'clock meeting. Lunch. The call that ran long. But the two hours in between? At the end of the month you estimate. And because you are a decent person, you estimate against yourself. Nostora brings those hours home. One tap on play and the timer runs β€” no project to create, no client to pick, no form to fill. Time tracking never fails in week one. It fails in week three, when the tracking itself becomes the work. TWO DIRECTIONS, ONE PATH The way back records what happened β€” to the minute, no guessing. The way forward is the Day Planner. It drafts your day from what your real weeks have revealed about you. Not a wish-list calendar that collapses at five. SIX LIVES, ONE APP Tobias, student. Twenty hours of assistant work, a master's thesis, a hackathon team. On Fridays, a PDF to his boss in under a minute. The follow-up questions have stopped. The Sommer family. Three profiles on one device, each with its own colour and its own statistics. After two weeks David corrected his β€œclub business” from one hour a day to two and a half. It was a peaceful evening β€” the numbers had taken over the arguing. Marie, UX consultant. For years she gave away ten to fifteen percent of her hours. Today her rates live on the categories, the timer starts from her Apple Watch, and Fridays are for invoices. Markus, engineer. Timer off, and the worklog is on the Jira issue β€” to the minute, with his note. No server in between. Friday at 4:30 pm has lost its terror. Carla, therapist. What convinced her was not a feature but a sentence: there is no server anything is sent to. Jan, project manager. He imports his 400-line project plan and gets a planned-versus-actual comparison that carries the next quote. WHAT IS INSIDE - Unlimited timers, categories, activities, notes - Day Planner with templates for every weekday - Statistics, weekly review, PDF and CSV reports - Hourly rates, flat fees, weekly budgets - Places with automatic detection - Apple Watch, widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, calendar - Profiles with their own colour and logo - Jira integration, import of MS Project plans YOUR HOURS BELONG TO YOU No account. No sign-in. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. There is no server anything is sent to β€” there is simply no server. Where Nostora uses artificial intelligence, in the weekly review and the Day Planner, it runs on your iPhone with Apple's on-device models. WHAT IT COSTS, HONESTLY Free: up to six active tasks and two profiles. Nothing else is held back β€” timers, statistics, the weekly review, PDF and CSV reports, Apple Watch, widgets, calendar and places are all included. The limit counts active tasks only; finished ones free the slot and stay in your reports. Plus, one-time: unlimited tasks and profiles, backup across all profiles, Day Planner with suggestions and an AI draft. Pro, subscription: everything in Plus, plus the Jira integration. If you don't use Jira, you don't need Pro. Project Import, one-time: MS Project and ProjectLibre plans, planned-versus-actual reports. Independent of the rest. Anyone who bought Premium before version 5.0 keeps Plus and the Jira integration for life. Nostora β€” from nΓ³stos, the homecoming, and hora, the hour. The hours are not gone. They are just not home yet. Built by devForPeople, a one-person workshop in Oelde, Germany. IN-APP PURCHASES - Nostora Plus β€” one-time purchase, lifetime, €9.99 - Project Import β€” one-time purchase, lifetime, €4.99 - Nostora Pro β€” auto-renewable subscription: €1.99/week, €6.99/month or €49.99/year, with 7 days free Prices may vary by region. Pro renews automatically until you cancel. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.devforpeople.de/privacy.html

About

OneTime

Features
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OneTime is a time-tracking stopwatch for recording time and organizing your day. Start with one tap, and your records flow into a timeline, calendar, and stats. You can track study, work, exercise, reading, and daily activities. See how much you did each day and review weekly and monthly patterns. What you can do with OneTime β€’ Timeline See your activities in chronological order throughout the day. β€’ Calendar Review your records by date and check any day you want. β€’ Stats See how you spend your time with weekly and monthly patterns. β€’ Time tracking Use a stopwatch that tracks one activity at a time. β€’ Manual entries and edits Add missed time later, edit existing records, and leave notes. β€’ Automatic tracking by app Track time automatically based on selected apps. β€’ Routines and checklists Organize recurring items and manage date-based checklists. You can add items, reorder them, and carry unfinished items over to the next day. Missed a record? No problem. You can add or edit it later. OneTime is built not just for measuring time, but for reviewing and organizing your records. If you want time tracking, timeline, calendar, and stats in one app, OneTime fits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nostora4 screens
OneTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nostora at none against OneTime's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Nostora sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and OneTime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Nostora versus OneTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNostoraOneTime
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas MaserUNCHAN BAEK

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Nostora

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Β· Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pro Β· Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Β· Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Project Import$3.99
  • Trackers Premium$3.99
  • Trackers Plus$8.99
4 purchases

OneTime

Subscriptions2
  • Launch Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time2
  • Token Bundle$0.99
  • Lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is Nostora free?
Nostora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OneTime free?
OneTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nostora or OneTime have ads?
OneTime shows ads; Nostora does not.
Which is updated more often, Nostora or OneTime?
Nostora ships an update weekly, and OneTime weekly. Most recently, Nostora was updated on October 7, 2026 and OneTime on October 16, 2026.

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