Comparison

168 vs Tsumoru

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

Head to head
About

168

Features
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168 is a weekly time budget. Not a tracker — a budget. You have 168 hours every week. Pick the categories that matter (sleep, work, family, deep work, drift), set an hourly budget for each, and 168 shows you spent vs. remaining like a checking account. WHY WEEKLY, NOT DAILY A bad Tuesday doesn't ruin the week. 168 zooms out so one late night or skipped workout doesn't trigger a streak-shame spiral — the week is the unit that actually matches how life works. WHAT'S INSIDE • Manual entry + one-tap timer • Drift category — the honest bucket for time you can't account for • Sunday Review — 60 seconds, what stuck, what didn't • Live Activities — current category on the lock screen • Sign in with Apple, Google, or stay local FREE WHILE WE LAUNCH Everything in 168 is free during launch. More variants, calendar import, and cloud sync are on the way — join the waitlist in-app. PRIVACY No tracking. No ads. Your data stays yours — local first, sync only if you sign in.

About

Tsumoru

Features
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Track the time you spend reading, studying and practicing with Tsumoru. Start a timer, save your session, and see your hours add up. A fifteen-minute session counts too. Taking a day off never resets your total. START, FINISH, SAVE Choose a category and start the timer on your iPhone. Name your categories for what matters to you: language study, piano, reading or another skill. Create as many as you need. No NFC tag or Apple Watch required. SEE YOUR WEEK AND YOUR PROGRESS • See your time by weekday in a weekly chart • Review each category's total and the last 12 months • Set an hours goal and daily or weekly time budgets • Estimate when you will reach your goal at your pace over the last 7 days MORE WAYS TO START Start and end sessions from your Apple Watch. Use the Action button, or hold your iPhone to an NFC tag on your book or desk. Tap the tag again to finish. NFC is optional and needs a tag, sold separately, plus a Shortcuts automation set up once. PAUSED TIME DOESN'T COUNT Optionally block selected apps during a session. To use one, choose to pause and unblock, then reopen that app. Paused time is excluded from your record. Return to Tsumoru to resume the same session. YOUR TIME, AT A GLANCE See today's time and your running session on the Lock Screen, and your total and category breakdown in Home Screen widgets. Tsumoru also supports Live Activities, the Dynamic Island, StandBy and Apple Watch complications. KEEP PAGES AND NOTES Photograph the page when you finish reading to capture its page number. Dictate a note to remember what you worked on. Enable these options for each category. Text recognition and speech recognition run on your device. KEEP YOUR OWN PACE No ads, no account, no streaks, no rankings and no notification reminders. Records come from the timer. You can shorten or delete a session, but you cannot add time manually or increase recorded time. Records are stored on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Export to CSV or JSON, or choose to save completed sessions to Calendar. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone with iOS 26 or later • Watch controls need watchOS 26 or later and a connection to your iPhone • NFC needs a tag and a Shortcuts automation • App blocking needs Screen Time permission • Page capture needs camera access; dictation needs microphone and speech recognition access

Screenshots

1684 screens
Tsumoru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 168 at daily against Tsumoru's every 6 days. 168 also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

168 ships an update daily, Tsumoru every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
168 versus Tsumoru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter168Tsumoru
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoung Chan HongYuta Tamaru

In-app purchases

None

168

No in-app purchases

None

Tsumoru

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 168 free?
168 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tsumoru free?
Tsumoru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 168 or Tsumoru have ads?
Neither 168 nor Tsumoru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 168 or Tsumoru?
168 ships an update daily, and Tsumoru every 6 days. Most recently, 168 was updated on November 9, 2026 and Tsumoru on November 10, 2026.

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