Comparison

OutTime vs Alignly

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

Head to head
About

OutTime

This app helps you track your clear aligner wear time by counting down your daily out-time budget. It offers hands-free Siri control, session editing, and keeps all your data private on your device. Pro features include wrist and Lock Screen countdowns, and timelapse videos.

Highlights
  • Countdown out-time budget
  • Hands-free Siri control
  • Edit past sessions
  • Private, on-device data
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Retainer mode
Features
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Most aligner apps count up. OutTime counts down, so you always know exactly how much out-time you have left today. Free to use, with a one-time Pro upgrade and no subscription. OutTime is a personal timer and does not provide medical advice. Always follow your orthodontist's instructions. Pro adds the Apple Watch app, Home Screen widgets, full stats history, and more for a single $9.99 purchase. No account, no ads, Family Sharing included. Works with Invisalign, Angel Aligner, Spark, ClearCorrect, Byte, and any other clear aligner. A BUDGET, NOT A STOPWATCH A stopwatch leaves you to do the math. OutTime gives you a daily out-time budget and counts it down every time your aligners come out. Tap once when your aligners come out, tap again when they go back in. SEE WHERE YOUR OUT-TIME GOES Where do your two hours go? OutTime sorts your sessions into Food, Drink, Meetings, and more, with your session count, average, and longest. See your 7-day average next to last week's, and days on budget for every tray. Tap any day in the month calendar to see that day's sessions, or log one you forgot. With Pro, share a clean Wear-Time Summary PDF of any month, plus your session data as CSV, ready for your next appointment. PRO: ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN Start and end sessions from your Apple Watch, and see your remaining out-time on your wrist. Home Screen widgets show it all day. While your aligners are out, the countdown also runs on your Lock Screen. FORGOT TO START THE TIMER? Edit any session after the fact: adjust the time or duration, or log a session you missed entirely. Life happens; your data should still be accurate. HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI Hands full at lunch? Say "Take my aligners out with OutTime" to start a session, or "Put my aligners back in with OutTime" to end it. Works with Shortcuts and the Action Button too. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No email. No OutTime server. Zero analytics. Zero data collected. Everything lives on your iPhone. Optional iCloud Backup & Restore (Pro) keeps a copy in your own private iCloud so you can restore on a new iPhone, and we still cannot see it. The App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected." We mean it. SMILE TIMELINE Build a private photo timeline of your smile, tray by tray. Crop, straighten, rotate, and brighten each photo. Put any two side by side and share them, or turn the whole timeline into an MP4 timelapse video. Your first photo is free. Pro unlocks the rest. RETAINER MODE Treatment ends, but retainers do not. Pick "I wear a retainer" on first launch, or switch later. Full-time or nights-only wear, with its own bedtime and replacement reminders. MADE BY ONE DEVELOPER No investors, no ads, no data sold. Pro is the only thing funding OutTime, so your purchase pays for the updates and the support replies. OUTTIME PRO - PAY ONCE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Your countdown, at a glance - Apple Watch app - Home Screen widgets - Lock Screen countdown during out-time sessions Your history, all of it - Full stats history: every month and every tray, back to day one - Smile Timeline: unlimited photos, side-by-side sharing, MP4 timelapse - Export for your orthodontist: Wear-Time Summary PDF, CSV data, photos Reminders, icons & backup - Cleaning and appointment reminders - Alternate app icons: six quieter looks - iCloud Backup & Restore: optional, off by default FREE - Full countdown timer with daily budget - Activity tagging (Food, Drink, Meeting, Brush, Exercise, Other) - Break Types stats: see where your out-time goes - 7-day average and current + previous tray stats - Your last 30 days of stats and calendar, day by day - Every session you have ever logged, in View All History - Hands-free Siri voice commands - Tray calendar: extend, delay, and set the days for each tray - Out-time and tray change reminders - Your first Smile Timeline photo For informational purposes only. Follow your orthodontist's guidance.

About

Alignly

Features
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Alignly helps you keep up your clear-aligner routine. - Track out-time with one tap when your aligners come out and go back in. - See how much out-time you have left today on a simple Status Ring. - Get escalating reminders while your aligners are out, plus a Sleep Guard and a tray-change reminder. - Follow your own tray schedule and mark tray changes or extra days. - Save the instruction your orthodontist gave you - Alignly shows it back to you as your own note when you need it. - Add progress photos and compare them over time. - Switch to retainer mode - including a wear goal for a part-time retainer. - Export a clean, doctor-ready PDF report and share it from your phone. Private by design: no account, no backend, no ads, no analytics. Your data stays on your device. Alignly records facts and reminders about your routine. It does not give medical advice or diagnose anything - always follow your orthodontist's instructions. Alignly Pro (one-time purchase) Unlock the full toolkit with a single one-time purchase - no subscription: - Unlimited report exports and unlimited history. - Report customization and CSV export. - Before/after photo comparison and unlimited progress photos. - Custom sound profiles and retainer mode. - Local backup & restore - export all your data to a single file you keep, and restore it later. Your data never leaves your device unless you share it.

Screenshots

OutTime4 screens
Alignly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Alignly at 13.0 against OutTime's 18.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. OutTime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Alignly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
OutTime versus Alignly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutTimeAlignly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmil GeorgievVladimir Shamshudinov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OutTime

One-time1
  • OutTime Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Alignly

One-time1
  • Alignly Pro$9.99

Questions

Is OutTime free?
OutTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alignly free?
Alignly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OutTime or Alignly have ads?
Neither OutTime nor Alignly shows ads.

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