Comparison

Thalam vs Leeway

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

Head to head
About

Thalam

Features
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Thalam helps you plan your day in time blocks, track what you actually do, and see the gap between intention and reality. PLAN YOUR DAY Build a realistic schedule using time blocks. Assign tasks to specific windows so you always know what you should be working on. Mark blocks as important to get reminder ladders before they start. TRACK YOUR REALITY Tap any task to start the timer. Thalam records exactly when you worked and for how long โ€” not what you planned, but what actually happened. Pause mid-session and switch to something urgent without losing your progress. Up to three tasks can sit paused while you handle interruptions. SEE THE DIFFERENCE The Actuals view lays every tracked session across a timeline, day by day. Compare what you planned against what you did. Identify which hours of the day are actually productive and which ones slip away. FRICTION SIGNALS After a few weeks of tracking planned blocks, Thalam surfaces estimation bias by category. If you consistently plan 1 hour for Coding but it always takes 1 hour 40 minutes, Friction Signals shows you โ€” so you can plan honestly next time. DAILY REFLECTION A gentle evening prompt asks how the day went: on track, underestimated, interrupted, or deliberately changed? Add a note and set tomorrow's top priority. Over time, patterns emerge in the Stats tab. LIVE ACTIVITY & DYNAMIC ISLAND Your active timer appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island โ€” task name, elapsed time, and a live progress ring. Glance at your phone without unlocking it. TODOS Capture one-off tasks alongside reusable tasks. Todos leave your list the moment you mark them complete. Free users get five ongoing todos; Pro unlocks unlimited. IDEAS Capture fleeting thoughts without breaking your flow. Ideas stay in their own space, separate from tasks, until you are ready to act on them. EXPENSES Log spending by category and set a monthly budget. The Stats tab shows your burn rate at a glance โ€” how much is left, how much is gone, and where it went. THALAM PRO One-time purchase. No subscription. Pro unlocks unlimited tasks, todos, and categories; full Stats history (Week, Month, Quarter); and all future Pro features. Your data lives in your private iCloud container. No server, no account, no analytics.

About

Leeway

This app intelligently schedules your tasks by first mapping your existing calendar events and reminders. It then finds available time slots to fit your to-dos, automatically adjusting the schedule as your day progresses. Features include a visual timeline, goal setting, and a focus timer.

Highlights
  • Automatic task planning into free time
  • Integrates with Apple Calendar and Reminders
  • Visual timeline view of the day
  • Goal setting with time limits
  • Focus timer with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island support
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Leeway shows how much free time you really have today, then fits your tasks into it. Your calendar events, reminders and routines go on the timeline first. Leeway counts the hours that are left. Tap Plan and your tasks land in the open gaps, around everything that's fixed. When the day changes, Leeway moves the rest and shows you what moved. PLAN THE DAY IN ONE TAP โ€ข Plan my day places your tasks in the free time you actually have, and says where anything that won't fit goes. โ€ข Plan the week spreads work across the days ahead. โ€ข Running late? Make it fit reshuffles the rest of today. WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS โ€ข Apple Calendar events and Reminders appear on your timeline. โ€ข Move a task to another day and its reminder or event moves with it. SEE THE WHOLE DAY โ€ข A timeline from wake-up to bedtime, every hour in its place. โ€ข Your free time, counted live as the day goes on. โ€ข The week at a glance, before it fills up. KEEP TIME FOR WHAT MATTERS โ€ข Goals with a floor for what matters and a cap for what drifts. โ€ข A focus timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. โ€ข Widgets, an Apple Watch app, and iPad, in sync over iCloud. SAY IT ALL, GET A PLAN (LEEWAY PRO) โ€ข Type or speak a messy list, and Leeway picks out the tasks, times and deadlines and plans them. With Apple Intelligence, it all runs on your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ€ข No account and no sign-up. โ€ข Your data syncs through your own iCloud. LEEWAY PRO Planning, the timeline, goals, focus, widgets, the Watch app and iCloud sync are free. Leeway Pro adds the AI planner, voice capture, unlimited projects and milestones, custom categories, trends and history, and themes. Monthly, yearly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Give yourself a little leeway. Terms of Use: https://leeway.innovatism.app/leeway/terms/

Screenshots

Thalam4 screens
Leeway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thalam at every 3 days against Leeway's fortnightly. Leeway's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Thalam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leeway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thalam ships an update every 3 days, Leeway fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Thalam versus Leeway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThalamLeeway
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationโ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size230 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnish VargheseInnovatism LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Thalam

One-time1
  • Thalam Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Leeway

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Thalam free?
Thalam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leeway free?
Leeway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thalam or Leeway have ads?
Neither Thalam nor Leeway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thalam or Leeway?
Thalam ships an update every 3 days, and Leeway fortnightly. Most recently, Thalam was updated on November 5, 2026 and Leeway on November 13, 2026.

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