Comparison

Quartz vs TapTrail

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

Head to head
About

Quartz

Features
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Quartz is a focus timer that fits the way you actually work — not the other way around. Three modes, one flow. Pomodoro — the classic cycle: focused sessions, short breaks, a long break when you've earned it. Fully adjustable, with named presets and sequences that vary session lengths across a cycle. Free Roam — an open-ended count-up for the days you just want to start and see where the focus takes you. Flowmodoro — work as long as the flow lasts, then take a break you earned: Quartz computes it from how long you focused. Switch between them anywhere — and Quartz always asks before ending a running session, on every device. Everywhere you work. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch — one purchase, everything included. Start and control any mode from your wrist. On the Mac, a menu-bar timer shows your session at a glance, with full controls one click away, and Quartz can open at login. Widgets, Lock Screen widgets, and Live Activities keep your session visible without opening the app. Attach your work. Create tasks and attach one to a session — your focus time is credited to the work it served. History keeps an honest record: finished sessions, skipped ones, and exactly how long each really ran. Understand your focus. Stats show your day at a glance. Quartz Pro adds Insights: completion rate, streaks, adherence, focus by task, your best hours and days, a focus heatmap, and per-device breakdowns — each with clear headline numbers, not just charts. Private by design. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data lives on your device and in your own private iCloud — invisible to us, synced by Apple. You can even turn iCloud sync off per device. Free forever: the full Pomodoro experience, Free Roam, tasks, history, core stats, widgets, Live Activities, the Apple Watch app, the Mac menu bar, iCloud sync, Focus Filters, and Shortcuts. Quartz Pro (subscription or one-time lifetime, 7-day free trial): Flowmodoro, named presets and badged starters, sequences, custom presets, four premium themes, and the full Insights suite. Nothing you have is ever taken away. Made by one developer who wanted a timer that respects your time — and your data. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TapTrail

Track habits, reps, or any countable item directly from your Home Screen. This app allows quick increments or decrements via widgets, automatically resetting counters on a schedule and saving all changes to a detailed history. Analyze trends with a simple analytics view, all without opening the application.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget for direct interaction
  • Automatic counter resets
  • Detailed history logging
  • Simple analytics and trend view
  • Recurring counter options
Features
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Count anything from your Home Screen - habits, reps, water, prayers, a tally - without ever opening the app. A tap is a dot; your taps leave a trail you can look back on. • Tap a home-screen widget to increment or decrement - the app never opens. • Normal or recurring counters (daily, weekly, or every N days) that auto-reset on schedule - each reset saved to history. • Every change and reset is kept in a clean history you can filter by All / Logs / Resets and by date. • A simple analytics view shows the count at each reset, with trends. • Always free. No ads, no account, no tracking - all on device. iOS 26 Liquid Glass, light & dark.

Screenshots

Quartz4 screens
TapTrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TapTrail at none against Quartz's 3. TapTrail also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Quartz's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Quartz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TapTrail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quartz ships an update every 3 months, TapTrail weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Quartz versus TapTrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuartzTapTrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaibhav MalviyaMustafa Aslanov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quartz

Subscriptions2
  • Quartz Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Quartz Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quartz Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

TapTrail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quartz free?
Quartz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TapTrail free?
TapTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quartz or TapTrail have ads?
Neither Quartz nor TapTrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quartz or TapTrail?
Quartz ships an update every 3 months, and TapTrail weekly. Most recently, Quartz was updated on November 9, 2026 and TapTrail on October 31, 2026.

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