Comparison

DevTime vs Hotfork

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

Head to head
About

DevTime

Features
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DevTime is the essential date converter, timestamp calculator, and time toolkit designed specifically for developers. Paste any timestamp, date string, or duration — DevTime instantly converts it across every format you work with. Whether you need a reliable unix timestamp converter, an epoch converter, or a tool to parse complex date-time strings, DevTime handles it all in real time. SMART INPUT DETECTION Type or paste anything into the date converter: • Unix seconds or milliseconds • ISO 8601 & RFC 2822 strings • Natural-language expressions (e.g., "Monday", "3 weeks") • Durations (e.g., "90 minutes") 9 LIVE RESULT CARDS • Unix Timestamp Converter: Instantly switch between seconds, milliseconds, and relative time. • Date Converter & Parsing: Convert to ISO 8601, RFC 2822, SQL, HTTP Cookie, US, EU, and custom patterns. • Date Components: View year, month, day, weekday, hour, minute, second, quarter, and week number. • Ordinal Date: ISO ordinal, day of year, and ISO week. • Julian Date: Julian Day Number (JDN). • Date Arithmetic & Calculation: Add or subtract any combination of time units with live cumulative results. • World Clock & Timezone Converter: Compare your datetime across any global timezone. • Alternate Calendars: Convert dates to Hebrew, Persian (Solar Hijri), and Islamic (Tabular) formats. • Duration Converter: Convert any duration to milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and years. COPY & LOOP-BACK Every value has a one-tap copy button. The loop-back button sends any conversion result back into the input field so you can chain your date-time conversions without retyping. DESIGNED FOR DEVELOPERS • Monospace values for easy reading • Sleek dark interface • No account required • Core features work entirely offline • Privacy-focused: analytics are used solely to improve app stability and performance

About

Hotfork

Features
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Never miss an idea again. See the open-source projects the world is building — in real time. Hotfork keeps you on top of the GitHub trends that actually move the industry: trending repositories, top GitHub repos, and the stars, forks and issues behind them — updated continuously, right on your iPhone. WHY HOTFORK Your daily tech radar. Browse the GitHub trending feed for Today, Week, or Month, filter by your favorite programming language (Swift, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Go, and more), and watch the leaderboard of repos gaining the most stars today. The result? You spot the next big open source project early — before it goes viral. WHAT'S INSIDE • TRENDING FEED — Infinite scroll through hundreds of trending repositories, ranked by stars today, with rank numbers, star deltas and language badges on every card. • ENGAGEMENTS — The hottest repos right now, sorted by stars gained today/week/month, with podium colors for the top 3. Know what developers were excited about today. • REPO DETAILS THAT TELL A STORY — Open any repo to see its README description, stars with +/āˆ’ deltas, forks, open issues, open pull requests, a 12-month star history chart, language breakdown, topics and similar projects. • SMART SEARCH — Find any GitHub repo by name, description or topic, with language filters and debounced instant results. Never lose track of a project again. • SAVED & OFFLINE — Bookmark repositories for later. They stay available offline, with your own private notes attached. • FAST, NATIVE, QUIET — SwiftUI, iOS 18 design, smart caching (feeds load in milliseconds), monospace terminal-style numbers, dark-mode-first. No accounts, no trackers, nothing to configure. BUILT FOR Developers, open-source fans, tech investors, engineering managers, students and everyone who wants to know what's trending in code — in one tap. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app — the today's trending feed is already loaded. 2. Scroll. Star the repos you like. Save them for later. 3. Tap any repo to dig into its history, stars and similar projects. Privacy. Minimal. No account. No tracking. No nonsense. Just the best of GitHub, watching for you. Download Hotfork — see what developers are shipping — free.

Screenshots

DevTime4 screens
Hotfork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DevTime at 16.0 against Hotfork's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
DevTime versus Hotfork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDevTimeHotfork
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico MorottiZordon Intelligence

In-app purchases

None

DevTime

No in-app purchases

None

Hotfork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DevTime free?
DevTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hotfork free?
Hotfork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DevTime or Hotfork have ads?
Both DevTime and Hotfork show ads.

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