Comparison

Horae vs Calume

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

Head to head
About

Horae

This app helps you understand where your time goes without rigid schedules. Track your activities as they happen, set flexible goals, and gain insights into your daily patterns. It prioritizes privacy with offline, on-device data storage and no ads.

Highlights
  • On-device offline data storage
  • Flexible goal setting
  • Daily and weekly time insights
  • Activity drill-downs
  • Smart reminders
  • Data export (JSON/CSV)
Features
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Horae is a time-tracking app for people who don't stick to schedules. Most productivity apps assume you can plan your day in advance and follow that plan. If that's never quite worked for you, you're not broken — you just need a different approach. Horae works the other way around: track what you actually do, then see where your time really goes. NO SCHEDULES, NO PLANS, NO GUILT Start a timer when you start something. Stop it when you're done. Switch between activities as your day shifts. That's the whole loop. The app stays out of your way and shows you the patterns that emerge. SET GOALS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE Decide how much time you want to spend on Work, Sleep, Health, or anything else — daily, weekly, or monthly. Horae tells you how you're tracking against those goals without nagging you back into a rigid plan. EVERYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE - 100% offline. Your data lives in private storage on your iPhone. - No accounts. No sign-up. No cloud uploads. - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. - Crash reports go through Sentry with personal text stripped out. - Export everything as JSON or CSV anytime, or wipe it all in one tap. WHAT'S INSIDE - A clean timer that recalculates from the moment you started — never drifts. - A day timeline showing how your hours actually flowed. - Insights that compare your real time against your goals, daily and weekly. - Activity-level drill-downs to spot where the day disappeared. - Smart reminders for forgotten timers and long-running sessions (you control which fire and when). - Quiet hours so notifications respect your evenings. - Preset categories to start from, fully customizable to fit your life. DESIGNED FOR REAL DAYS Horae handles the messy stuff: timers spanning midnight, time zones when you travel, retroactive entries when you forgot to start, gap-filling when there's a hole in your day, and entries that bleed past their planned end. PRIVACY-FIRST, ALWAYS Your tracked time is nobody's business but yours. Future updates may add optional cloud sync for backup and multi-device — when they do, it'll be opt-in and you'll always be able to export your data and walk away. If schedules don't work for you, give Horae a try. Track honestly. See clearly. Adjust as you go.

About

Calume

Features
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Calume — a time tracking app for people who treat time as a resource. Track every hour with a single tap. See your full day on one timeline. Get honest reports. Built for focus, designed with care. Calume requires a Calume Pro subscription for access. Start with a 7-day free trial; you can cancel anytime. Start a timer with one tap — stopwatch or countdown, your call. Every session lands on your day timeline the moment you stop, building a complete picture of how you spend your time. Plan your day with tasks, attach timers, and watch your schedule unfold in real time. Calume keeps your intentions and your reality side by side so you can see where time actually goes. Track any activity — work, focus, sleep, rest, reading, exercise, creative time, or anything else that matters to you. Assign colors to categories and your timeline becomes instantly readable at a glance. Weekly and monthly reports show hours per activity with clear, honest numbers. Set goals and see your progress day by day. No gamification, no streaks — just the data you need to make better decisions about your time. Calume syncs with Apple Health and your calendar to fill in context automatically. Privacy Policy: https://calume.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://calume.app/terms

Screenshots

Horae4 screens
Calume4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Horae at none against Calume's 3. Horae also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Calume sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Horae asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horae ships an update weekly, Calume fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Horae versus Calume: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoraeCalume
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyo Zaw WinDANIEL HAVLAS

In-app purchases

None

Horae

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Calume

Subscriptions3
  • Chronicle Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Chronicle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Chronicle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Horae free?
Horae is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calume free?
Calume is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Horae or Calume have ads?
Neither Horae nor Calume shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Horae or Calume?
Horae ships an update weekly, and Calume fortnightly. Most recently, Horae was updated on October 19, 2026 and Calume on October 24, 2026.

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