Comparison

hobbyist vs Hobby Tracker

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

Head to head
About

hobbyist

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A simple, better way to track your hobbies. hobbyist was made to be simple and easy to use. No clutter, no unnecessary features, just a clean and reliable way to track your hobbies and look back on them later. Optional goals & streaks are available if you want them, but they never get in the way of tracking your hobbies. Your data stays fully private. No feeds and no followers, just you and your hobbies. Skiing, fishing, hiking, you name it! hobbyist is the quick and simple way to keep a record of the things you enjoy doing the most. Track your time, without the hassle • Start a timer to log a live session • Quickly add completed sessions after the fact • Designed to be fast, simple, and easy to use Remember every session • Add notes to capture what you did • Attach photos to remember what you saw • Revisit full session details anytime See your time add up • Clean, simple stats across all hobbies • Breakdowns by individual hobby • Understand how your time builds over time Everything in one place • A complete history of every session • Easy to browse, search, and revisit • Your hobbies, organized and accessible Track it once. Keep it forever.

About

Hobby Tracker

Log your activities, track progress, and create beautiful visual summaries of your hobbies. This app helps you organize all your interests in one place without pressure or ads.

Highlights
  • Log activities and time spent
  • Track progress over time
  • Create visual summaries (Recaps)
  • Organize all hobbies in one place
  • Print photo books of memories
  • No streak pressure
  • Private and ad-free
Features
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TRACK YOUR HOBBIES Keep a simple record of the hobbies, interests, and activities that make your free time meaningful. Hobby Tracker gives you one place to log what you did, how long you spent, and the progress you made. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Look back at your activity over days, months, and years. See how often you return to each hobby, how your time adds up, and which interests have become a bigger part of your life. BEAUTIFUL RECAPS Turn your hobby history into something worth looking back on. Monthly and yearly Recaps bring together your activities, time, milestones, and favorite hobbies in a visual summary. LOG WHAT MATTERS Record activities, time spent, notes, milestones, ratings, and more. Hobby Tracker works just as well for cycling and gardening as it does for reading, photography, woodworking, collecting, gaming, crafting, music, or whatever you love doing. PRINT PHOTO BOOKS Turn your hobby memories into something you can hold onto. Create beautiful photo books from your activities and Recaps, then print them to keep, share, or give as a gift. ALL YOUR HOBBIES IN ONE PLACE Keep everything together without needing a separate app for every interest. Organize hobbies your way and build a personal history of the things you enjoy. NO STREAK PRESSURE Hobbies are supposed to be fun. Hobby Tracker is not about guilt, streaks, or turning your free time into another productivity contest. Track as much or as little as you want. PRIVATE Your hobby life is yours. No advertising, no analytics, no external tracking, and no account to create. FREE Hobby Tracker is free to use. No subscriptions, no locked features, and no upgrade required. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES Enjoy a clean, native experience designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with your hobby history available wherever you like to spend your time. MADE BY QUIET TOOLS Hobby Tracker is thoughtfully built by a small independent developer for curious people with too many hobbies. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

hobbyist3 screens
Hobby Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Hobby Tracker at 4 against hobbyist's 1. hobbyist's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
hobbyist versus Hobby Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhobbyistHobby Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANDREW RAYMOND KELLYQuiet Tools LLC

In-app purchases

None

hobbyist

No in-app purchases

None

Hobby Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hobbyist free?
hobbyist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hobby Tracker free?
Hobby Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hobbyist or Hobby Tracker have ads?
Neither hobbyist nor Hobby Tracker shows ads.

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