Comparison

24 Hours vs Corteks

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

Head to head
About

24 Hours

This app helps you budget your day by allocating specific time blocks to your goals. It features a single live countdown to show you where your time is actually going, making it ideal for those who struggle with time management.

Highlights
  • Budget your 24 hours by allocating time to goals
  • Single live countdown timer
  • Per-goal weekday schedules
  • Automatic daily reset with saved history
  • Trends to see consistency over time
  • Offline tracking
Features
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24 Hours turns your day into a budget. Give each goal its share of the 24 hours (sleep 8, work 6, exercise 1), press Start when you begin it, and watch its countdown. One timer runs at a time, so an hour spent on one goal comes out of the day. The ring on the home screen shows each goal's share of the day and what is left. HOW A DAY WORKS • Pick a starter plan (Balanced Day, Workday, Student, Fitness Reset, Weekend, Deep Work) or add your own goals. • Press Start on a goal to begin its countdown, and Pause to stop it. The countdown keeps running when the app is closed or the phone is locked. • At midnight the day is saved to history and goals start full again; an overnight goal like Sleep, started from 6 pm and on the next day's schedule, counts on the day you wake. FREE • Up to 10 goals, each on the weekdays you choose • The running countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's hours left, and a Shortcut to start today's goal • Pause the running goal from a Home Screen widget or the rectangular Lock Screen widget (iOS 17 and later) • Log time you already spent, including time that crossed midnight • An alert when a running goal reaches its time (off until you turn it on) • Trends for the last 30 days, and edits to any of the last 90 days • A picture of your day to share, and your history as CSV (copied to the clipboard) • A backup file of your goals and history that you save and restore yourself • Navy, Indigo and AMOLED Black themes, each in light and dark SUPPORTER, ONE PAYMENT • Unlimited goals • One-time goals for a single date • 90-day Trends, custom ranges, and weekday and tag breakdowns • 6 more color themes • Backup to your own Google Drive, by hand or automatically There is no subscription, and the free app keeps working if you never buy it. PRIVATE No account, no ads, no analytics. Goals and history stay on your phone. Google Drive backup, if you turn it on, writes to a hidden app folder in your own Drive.

About

Corteks

Features
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Corteks is where you put a thought so you can stop holding it. Speak it, type it, or snap a photo. That is the whole job. Corteks reads what you captured, titles it, files it, and connects it to everything you have thought before. WHAT IT DOES WITH YOUR THINKING Reads every capture. A title, a one-line summary, what it is about, and the older thoughts it genuinely connects to. You never file anything yourself. Builds a graph, not a folder tree. Your thoughts cluster by what they are actually about, and you start seeing that you have been circling something for weeks. Writes your week, every Sunday. Not a step count. What you thought about, what changed, and what you keep returning to. Answers questions about your own mind. Chat is grounded in what you captured, so it points at your own words instead of inventing advice. Holds what you are working toward. Write down your objectives, focus three at a time, and Corteks reads those three closely. Three, because attention does not divide well. WHAT IT IS NOT No feed. No streaks. No badges. Nothing is public and nothing is shared, so there is nobody to perform for. It never tells you that you are behind. An objective that has gone quiet is reported as a fact, never as a failing. YOUR THOUGHTS ARE YOURS Everything is private to your account. It is used to build what the app shows you and nothing else: your graph, your readings, your weekly story, and the answers you get in chat. Export everything to your email whenever you like, in a readable file and as JSON. Delete your account and it all goes with it. CORTEKS PRO Start with a free trial. No card, and nothing is charged when you sign up. Pro covers capturing without limits, having every capture read and connected, your weekly reading, readings on your three focused objectives, and chat. After the trial, everything you already captured stays readable forever. Browsing, search, the graph, past readings and export never stop working. Corteks Pro is $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://corteks.app/terms Privacy: https://corteks.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

24 Hours4 screens
Corteks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Corteks at every 3 days against 24 Hours's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. 24 Hours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Corteks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

24 Hours ships an update weekly, Corteks every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
24 Hours versus Corteks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter24 HoursCorteks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperScrolling Is Evil LLCSanad Shegem

In-app purchases

1 purchases

24 Hours

One-time1
  • 24 Hours Supporter$4.99
2 purchases

Corteks

Subscriptions2
  • Corteks Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Corteks Pro Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is 24 Hours free?
24 Hours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Corteks free?
Corteks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 24 Hours or Corteks have ads?
Neither 24 Hours nor Corteks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 24 Hours or Corteks?
24 Hours ships an update weekly, and Corteks every 3 days. Most recently, 24 Hours was updated on October 25, 2026 and Corteks on October 25, 2026.

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