Comparison

Scope vs TimeNote

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

Head to head
About

Scope

This app automatically builds your daily schedule hour by hour based on your tasks, goals, and events. It's designed to reduce decision fatigue and help you start working immediately, especially for those with ADHD or anxiety.

Highlights
  • Auto-scheduling of daily tasks
  • Distraction-free focus mode timer
  • Google and Apple Calendar sync
  • Weekly goal setting and scheduling
  • Long task breakdown and tracking
  • Focus statistics and productivity heatmap
Features
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Scope is a free study planner, automatic scheduler, and focus timer for iPhone. Turn homework, assignments, projects, and weekly goals into a daily plan built around your deadlines, calendar events, and sleep. Know what to work on next. Add your tasks, estimated durations, and deadlines. Scope finds time for them, then guides you through each scheduled focus session. PLAN YOUR DAY AUTOMATICALLY • Schedule short tasks for a specific day. • Spread longer projects across multiple days before a deadline. • Set weekly study or work targets and schedule time throughout the week. • Build your plan around events and a protected sleep window. • Edit a task or event to review your updated schedule. FOCUS ON ONE TASK AT A TIME Follow a live countdown with your upcoming tasks in view. Pause, complete, skip, or jump to a task as you work. Choose distracting apps to block automatically during focus sessions. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Track focus time with a 13-week activity heatmap, hourly charts, weekly totals, and a breakdown by task type. INCLUDE YOUR CALENDAR EVENTS With your permission, Scope imports events from iPhone Calendar. Google Calendar events can be included when they already appear in iPhone Calendar. OPTIONAL ACCOUNT SYNC Sign in with Apple and enable Sync data to save your Scope data to Scope's servers and restore it when switching iPhones. One active device is supported at a time. Imported calendar events stay on the device. FREE AND AD-FREE No subscriptions, ads, or paywalls. Use Scope to plan study sessions, manage assignments, make progress on projects, and build a more structured day. Learn more at scopeapp.dev.

About

TimeNote

Visualize your day with a circular planner that displays your 24 hours as a pie chart. Organize activities with color-coded categories and save routines as templates for quick application. Track your time with detailed statistics and export your data.

Highlights
  • Circular 24-hour planner visualization
  • Color-coded activity categories
  • Save and apply routine templates
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly statistics
  • Data export to JSON/CSV
  • On-device data storage
Features
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TimeNote is a daily planner that shows your 24 hours as a circular pie chart. - Place your plans as blocks on a clock-style circle and see how you spend your day at a glance - Press and drag along the circle to add a plan for that time - Color-coded categories you can rename, reorder and add to - Save a routine for each day of the week and apply it automatically - Statistics by day, week, month and year - All data stays on your device. Export to JSON / CSV Available in English, Japanese, German, French, Korean and Traditional Chinese.

Screenshots

Scope4 screens
TimeNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scope at none against TimeNote's 1. Scope also leads on ads (none vs shown). TimeNote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TimeNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scope asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scope ships an update monthly, TimeNote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scope versus TimeNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScopeTimeNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerek Lihidero hasebe

Customer experience

Scope

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeNote

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scope

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeNote

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Scope free?
Scope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeNote free?
TimeNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scope or TimeNote have ads?
TimeNote shows ads; Scope does not.
Which is updated more often, Scope or TimeNote?
Scope ships an update monthly, and TimeNote every 2 days. Most recently, Scope was updated on November 5, 2026 and TimeNote on November 8, 2026.

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