Comparison

TimeBuddy vs ZoneTime

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

Head to head
About

TimeBuddy

Easily coordinate schedules across different time zones with live analog clocks and a visual meeting planner. Find optimal meeting times with a color-coded heat map indicating availability and share summaries with local times for each participant.

Highlights
  • Live analog clock faces
  • Draggable time slider
  • Working-hours overlap finder
  • Color-coded meeting heat map
  • Shareable meeting summaries
  • National flags and city search
Features
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Time Buddy makes it effortless to stay in sync with people across the world. Add any city or time zone and watch live analog clock faces tick in real time, each showing the local hour at a glance. A clear day/night indicator tells you instantly whether your contact is in business hours, asleep, or somewhere in between. The time slider is the heart of Time Buddy. Drag it to any moment and every clock in your list updates simultaneously, so you can scan all your zones at once and find a window that works for everyone. No mental arithmetic. No tab-switching. The meeting planner highlights the working-hours overlap across your chosen zones in a compact heat map. Green slots mean everyone is available during standard hours. Orange slots flag early mornings or late evenings. Red slots are outside normal hours for at least one participant. Pick a green slot, tap Share, and send a clean meeting summary showing the local time in each person's city. Other features include national flags for quick visual identification, instant toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour formats, and a search that covers thousands of cities and IANA time zones. Whether you manage a remote team spanning three continents, coordinate with freelancers, or simply call family abroad, Time Buddy gives you the clarity to schedule without confusion. Key features: - Live analog clock faces for each time zone - Draggable time slider — see all zones update together - Working-hours overlap finder with colour-coded heat map - Share meeting summary with per-city local times - National flags and city search - 12/24-hour toggle - No account required

About

ZoneTime

Features
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ZoneTime lines up every city you care about on one swipeable timeline, so you can see who's awake, spot the best time to call, and share the plan in one tap. No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads. Open it, add your cities, and plan the call. FEATURES • A synced timeline for every city, color-coded by work hours, awake hours, and night • 7,000+ cities and every timezone, searchable offline — even by abbreviation like EST or CET • Tap the timeline to plan a meeting, drag either edge to adjust it, and share by email, calendar, or message • Groups for teams, family, or clients, with custom labels for each person • Automatic daylight saving handling • Light and dark themes, 12- or 24-hour time Your cities and groups stay on your iPhone, and every timezone lookup works offline. No tracking of you across other companies' apps or websites, and nothing shared with data brokers. TELL ME WHAT TO BUILD See something in another world clock that you wish this one had? Email mark@vibecode.review. I read every message and I build what people actually ask for — that is how most of this app got here. I build these apps on my own, in retirement, as a way of giving back. No company, no investors, no marketing budget — what you pay goes purely into developing the next feature and the next app. You'll probably laugh at what I charge. Free to start, no commitment up front. Most apps want that decision before you've seen a screen, then quietly bill you. Not this one — nothing to remember to cancel. After 7 days of use it asks you to unlock it — one payment, and that's the last you'll hear of it. Still not sure? Extend another week, free — I'd rather you were genuinely happy with it before you pay. This app alone, or $5.99 for all 10 — full apps across different categories, each one built because someone asked, and your payment covers every new app you ask me to build too. Never a subscription — yours for good, updates included.

Screenshots

TimeBuddy3 screens
ZoneTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeBuddy at none against ZoneTime's 3. On price, ads, 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. ZoneTime sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TimeBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TimeBuddy versus ZoneTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBuddyZoneTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat KhanhMeng-Yi Hsu

In-app purchases

None

TimeBuddy

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ZoneTime

One-time3
  • All-Apps Unlock$5.99
  • Unlock ZoneTime$7.99
  • Unlock ZoneTime Final$9.99

Questions

Is TimeBuddy free?
TimeBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZoneTime free?
ZoneTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeBuddy or ZoneTime have ads?
Neither TimeBuddy nor ZoneTime shows ads.

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