Comparison

Time Blocking vs TimeBlock Day Planner

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

Head to head
About

Time Blocking

Visualize your day with an hour-by-hour timeline, assigning names, colors, and durations to each activity. Track where your time actually goes with visual charts and a daily completion score. Plan your next day each evening with helpful coaching.

Highlights
  • Hour-by-hour timeline visualization
  • Realistic planning with start times and durations
  • Pre-set day templates
  • Daily completion score and insights
  • Evening planning nudges
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Time blocking, done properly: give every hour of your day a name, a color, and a place on a real timeline — then find out where those hours actually went. Most planners hand you a list and hope for the best. A list has no width, so it never warns you that your "quick morning" is already seven hours long. TimeBlock puts your day on an hour-by-hour timeline you can see: each block sits at its real start time, at its real length, in its own color. The moment your day is overbooked, the timeline shows it — before the day starts, not after it collapses. WHAT YOU GET - A day you can actually see: blocks sit on an hour-by-hour timeline with a live "now" line, so you always know what you should be doing this minute - Realistic plans instead of wishful lists: set a start time and a duration, and an overloaded day becomes obvious at a glance - A planned day in one tap: pick Deep Work Day, Study Day, Creative Day, or Balanced Day and the whole timeline fills in - The truth about your week: donut and bar charts, a 7-day activity map, hours planned, and your most-repeated blocks - A finish rate you can defend: tick blocks off and watch your daily completion score in the Coach tab - A nudge every evening so tomorrow gets planned tonight, plus coaching on time boxing, buffer time, theme days, and strategic breaks PERFECT FOR - Deep-work professionals protecting long, uninterrupted focus windows - Students building study sessions with breaks that are planned, not accidental - Freelancers and creatives who need work, admin, and rest to coexist in one day - Anyone whose to-do list keeps growing while the day keeps disappearing WHY NOT JUST USE A TO-DO LIST OR YOUR CALENDAR? A to-do list is infinite; your day is not. A calendar is built for meetings other people booked, not for the focus time you owe yourself. TimeBlock does one job only — laying out your own hours, in color, and showing you afterwards how you really spent them. Nothing to invite, nothing to negotiate, no meeting requests in the way. PRIVACY Every block, note, and template you apply stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking. Nothing you plan ever leaves the device. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks everything in the app: unlimited time blocks, all eight block colors and per-block notes, the full day-template library, the Insights dashboard with charts and your 7-day activity map, and the Coach tab with your daily score, tips, and planning methods. Available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Open the Today tab, add your first block for tomorrow morning, and see how much day you really have. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

About

TimeBlock Day Planner

Visualize your day with color-coded time blocks. Assign labels, durations, and colors to each hour to track where your time is spent. Plan multiple days independently and add notes for context, all stored locally for privacy and offline access.

Highlights
  • Visual timeline of color-coded blocks
  • Assign labels, durations, and colors
  • Add notes to time blocks
  • Plan multiple days independently
  • Local data storage for privacy
  • Offline availability
Features
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TimeBlock turns your day into a visual timeline of colour-coded blocks. Assign each hour from 6 AM to 9 PM a label, duration, and colour so you can see exactly where your time goes. Add notes to any block for context and plan multiple days independently. Colour-coded blocks for work, exercise, meals, and personal time make it easy to spot an unbalanced day at a glance. SwiftData stores your plans locally — private, offline, and always available without an account.

Screenshots

Time Blocking4 screens
TimeBlock Day Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TimeBlock Day Planner at 4.0 against Time Blocking's 1.0. TimeBlock Day Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Time Blocking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. TimeBlock Day Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeBlock Day Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Blocking versus TimeBlock Day Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime BlockingTimeBlock Day Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc PhamLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

Customer experience

Time Blocking

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

TimeBlock Day Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Blocking

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

TimeBlock Day Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Blocking free?
Time Blocking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBlock Day Planner free?
TimeBlock Day Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Blocking or TimeBlock Day Planner?
TimeBlock Day Planner is rated higher. Time Blocking averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while TimeBlock Day Planner averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Time Blocking or TimeBlock Day Planner have ads?
Neither Time Blocking nor TimeBlock Day Planner shows ads.

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