RareTap vs Time Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
RareTap
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RareTap tracks the hours and keeps the story. One tap clocks a work session, a workout, a study block; tap again to stop β and the day you tracked gives your journal a head start. Export your hours and journal to an Obsidian vault you own. Most trackers lock your time in; RareTap hands it back as a date-keyed folder: a daily Markdown note, a Dataview-queryable YAML summary of where your hours went, and the journal you wrote that day, joined by date. Query it, weave it in, keep it forever. Clean CSV and JSON timesheets export too. TRACK ANYTHING - Tap to start, tap to stop β work, workouts, study, practice, chores, reading, a side gig. - Give each activity its own color and icon with Activity Profiles. - Run several timers at once β each on its own clock. IT CAN TRACK ITSELF - Geofence clocks you in on arrival; per-place time offsets match your real badge time. One place per activity is free β Premium adds more. - Siri & Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, RareTap clock in Work" starts that activity. A JOURNAL, NOT JUST A TIMER - Start blank or from today's tracking: per-activity durations and the day's total, ready for your words. - Pick an Apple Journaling Suggestion β places, music, workouts, photos, and more β and begin an entry dated to when it happened. Only what you choose is added. - After your last clock-out, RareTap can offer an entry. Schedule a gentle reminder if you want one. - Markdown renders cleanly and exports verbatim to Markdown and Obsidian. Hand-typing is free; Premium adds the formatting toolbar. - A gentle rhythm line notices your journaling days or weeks. Browse by day and week; the calendar marks days you wrote. SEE YOUR TIME - History as a grouped list or heat map β each day a proportional color bar split by activity. - Premium Insights: charts by day, month, and activity; an 8-week trend; week, month, or year totals. - Month mini bar charts, a "vs. last week/month" pace delta, and a gentle day-streak counter. - Weekly goals per activity, with progress rings. ALWAYS A GLANCE AWAY - Home and Lock Screen widgets, a live timer in the Dynamic Island, and one-tap Clock Out from the Lock Screen. - On iOS 18+, clock in or out from Control Center, a Lock Screen control, or the Action button. - A weekly goal turns the circular Lock Screen widget into a progress ring. - Share a finished session as a clean card. YOURS ALONE - No account, no login, nothing to sign up for. - RareTap collects no data β Apple's privacy label reads "Data Not Collected." - Your time and journal sync privately through your own iCloud. MAKE IT YOURS - 16 app icons: the five classics included, four rare-material hides and seven premium colorways with Premium. - Premium share-card styles in rare materials and colorways β every card keeps "Tracked with RareTap." - Premium Widget Background: one hide or colorway your widget and Live Activity always wear. - Light and dark, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and haptics β Apple-native, top to bottom. SHARE YOUR DAY - Touch and hold a Calendar day to share it as a card β the whole day with its activity breakdown, or one activity's day in its colorway. RARETAP PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) - Unlimited activity profiles (free includes 3), Insights, Obsidian Vault & Markdown export, multiple geofenced places, the Markdown toolbar, share-card styles, Widget Background, 11 premium icons, and premium colorways β on cards, icons, and activities. - Monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time Lifetime unlock. - Everything free stays free forever β and everyone who joined before Premium is a Founder, keeping every feature free. Whether you're keeping an honest record, building a habit, or piping your life into a vault β RareTap keeps the record, and hands it back to you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.raretap.app/privacy
Time Log
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Track time spent studying, creating and reading with Start and Stop. Time Log is a simple activity tracker for understanding how you spend your own time. START WITH AN ACTIVITY NAME Add an activity with just a name. Tap Start to save its starting time and see the elapsed time. Switching to another activity ends the current session and starts the next at the same instant. Only one activity runs at a time. DAILY AND WEEKLY TOTALS ON HOME See todayβs total and the current week, starting Monday, without opening a separate dashboard. Tap an activity to review its totals and history. Sessions crossing midnight are split across the days they overlap. ADD AND CORRECT PAST SESSIONS Forgot to record a session? Add it in History. Edit start and end times, change the activity or delete a record. Overlapping sessions are rejected to avoid double counting. Archive activities while keeping their history. RESTORE WHEN YOU RETURN Time includes screen lock, app closure and device restarts until you stop. When you return, elapsed time is calculated from the saved starting time. A reminder appears for long sessions so you can check for a forgotten stop. Your activity records stay on your device. No account or proprietary server sync. Free to use with a small banner ad. Recording works even when ads are unavailable. See the privacy policy for advertising SDK data processing. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. Dark mode follows your device setting. Daily totals use the deviceβs current time zone. Manual clock changes cannot always be detected. OS backup restoration is not guaranteed. Designed for personal activity records, not attendance verification, payroll or invoicing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Log at none against RareTap's 3. Time Log also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). RareTap's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. RareTap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
RareTap ships an update every 5 days, Time Log every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RareTap | Time Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Admiral Jordan | DOTNULL Co.,Ltd |
In-app purchases
RareTap
- RareTap Premium β Monthly$1.991 Month
- RareTap Premium β Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- RareTap Premium β Lifetime$49.99
Time Log
No in-app purchases









