Comparison

Sabolog vs TabiTimer

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

Head to head
About

Sabolog

This app helps you playfully track tasks you're procrastinating on, offering lighthearted excuses and optional reminders. It provides insights into your slacking habits and offers customization options. Widgets allow for quick access to your ongoing tasks.

Highlights
  • Record slacking tasks with reasons and colors
  • Optional deadlines and multiple reminder timings
  • Track total days slacking and longest streak
  • Home screen widgets for ongoing tasks
  • Customizable color themes and app icons
  • Manual and automatic iCloud backups
  • Pro version with ad removal and advanced features
Features
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Feel like slacking off today? We've got you. Work, studying, chores, reading. Give the things you're putting off a lighthearted excuse. Sabolog is a task list for days when you want to slack offβ€”not another push to get more done. RECORD YOUR SLACKING Add a task, the day you started slacking, a reason, and a color. Already been putting it off for a while? Choose a date in the past. Reasons are assigned at random from 200 presets, and you can change them. Sort by days slacking or filter by color. OPTIONAL DEADLINES AND REMINDERS Set a deadline only when you want one. See the date and the days remaining right on the task card. Alongside daily reminders, choose how many days before a deadline or after you started slacking to receive a notification. Add up to five timings for each reminder type. LOOK BACK Explore your total days slacking, longest streak, and distribution of slacking durations. Keep completed tasks as part of your history. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Medium and large widgets show your ongoing tasks and days slacking without opening the app. MAKE IT YOURS Color themes are free and also change your widget background. With Pro, choose the character-filled Original style or the clean Simple style. Customize your app icon with different designs and colors. BACKUPS Manually back up to iCloud and choose a saved version to restore. Keep up to five backups in total, across manual and automatic backups. Pro also includes automatic backups. REMOVE ADS: ONE-TIME PURCHASE Make one purchase to remove in-app ads. This purchase does not include automatic backups, app icon customization, or style changes. SABOLOG PRO: MONTHLY OR YEARLY β€’ No ads β€’ Automatic backups β€’ App icon customization β€’ Original and Simple styles Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. The price and billing period are shown on the purchase screen. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://leololo1.github.io/sabolog-privacy/privacy-en.html

About

TabiTimer

This app gamifies focus sessions by turning dedicated time into a virtual journey across Japan. As you concentrate on tasks like studying or working, your progress advances along a chosen route on a map. It offers various focus modes, social features with other users, and progress tracking to make concentration more engaging.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with countdown/count-up
  • Virtual travel progress on map
  • Multiple Japan routes
  • See other travelers
  • Daily/weekly focus records
  • Live Activity support
Features
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Turn your focus time into a journey across Japan. TabiTimer is a focus timer that moves you along a virtual travel route based on how long you stay focused. Use it while studying, working, reading, creating, or whenever you want to concentrate. The more time you focus, the farther your journey progresses on the map. Choose your favorite route, travel at your own pace, and watch your daily focus add up over time. Features Focus timer with both countdown and count-up modes Travel progress based on your focus time Multiple virtual routes across Japan See other travelers focusing on the same map Send preset chat messages to other travelers Daily and weekly focus records Focus calendar to look back on your progress Leaderboards Customizable avatars and profile BGM and ambient sounds for focused sessions Live Activity support for checking your timer from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Whether you're studying for an exam, working on a project, or building a daily habit, TabiTimer makes every focused minute feel like progress. Take your time, stay focused, and enjoy the journey. β€» TabiTimer is a virtual travel experience. Your actual GPS location is not used to progress along the route.

Screenshots

Sabolog4 screens
TabiTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TabiTimer at every 2 days against Sabolog's every 3 weeks. TabiTimer also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Sabolog's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sabolog ships an update every 3 weeks, TabiTimer every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Sabolog versus TabiTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSabologTabiTimer
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size47 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperReo MorishigeKosuke Yoshida

Customer experience

Sabolog

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TabiTimer

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sabolog

No in-app purchases

None

TabiTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sabolog free?
Sabolog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TabiTimer free?
TabiTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sabolog or TabiTimer have ads?
Both Sabolog and TabiTimer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sabolog or TabiTimer?
Sabolog ships an update every 3 weeks, and TabiTimer every 2 days. Most recently, Sabolog was updated on October 16, 2026 and TabiTimer on October 16, 2026.

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