Comparison

时间流 vs TimeBlock

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

Head to head
About

时间流

Effortlessly track your daily time flow with minimal input. Quickly start timers for activities, visualize your day's timeline, and understand where your time is spent through insightful statistics. Supports multiple concurrent timers and voice input for activity names.

Highlights
  • Minimalist time tracking
  • Parallel activity timers
  • Voice input for activity names
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island display
  • Local data storage
  • NFC sticker integration
Features
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时间流帮你用最少操作记录一天的时间流向。你可以快速开始活动计时,查看今日时间线,回顾每件事实际花了多久,并通过统计页了解活动占比。 时间流支持多个不同活动并行计时,同一活动不会重复创建进行中的记录。你也可以使用语音输入快速填写活动名称,或录入 NFC 贴纸后通过扫描贴纸开始或结束计时。当前主计时会通过 Live Activity 和 Dynamic Island 持续显示,方便你在锁屏或灵动岛中查看本次计时时长。 时间流当前不提供账号、云同步、广告或第三方分析。你的活动和时间段数据默认保存在自己的 iPhone 本机。 使用条款(Terms of Use / EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimeBlock

Features
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See where your day goes—without planning every minute. Log what you just did, build a visual timeline, and review your time with less pressure. Free features: • Unlimited time entries and editing • Up to 8 active categories, 30 active events, and 3 active goals • Basic goal progress, daily and weekly reviews, and focus sessions • Optional sleep import from the Health app • Basic Apple Watch logging, widgets, local notifications, and Live Activities • User-initiated standard iCloud backups, plus standard and complete data exports • Shareable review and goal cards Pro Lifetime: • Unlimited categories, events, and goals • Time-anchor automation that adds blocks at fixed times • Goal input bars, daily/monthly/yearly trends, and focus ratio • Monthly, yearly, and custom reviews, plus period comparison • One purchase, permanent access, and no automatic renewal Existing data is never deleted after a refund or revocation. Existing time anchors remain saved but pause automatically until Pro access is restored. Privacy: Health data is used only on your device to create timeline entries. Standard iCloud backups do not contain HealthKit sleep records or related timing metadata. A complete export may contain sleep information only after you explicitly confirm the health-data warning. TimeBlock does not provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or sleep advice. Pro Monthly: • Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day free trial, then the subscription automatically renews monthly at the App Store price. Cancel anytime in Apple subscription settings. • “Redeem Membership Code” opens Apple’s official redemption sheet. A valid Apple-issued offer unlocks the applicable entitlement; Pro Lifetime remains a separate one-time purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

时间流4 screens
TimeBlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

时间流 and TimeBlock are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. 时间流 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TimeBlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

时间流 ships an update every 3 days, TimeBlock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
时间流 versus TimeBlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter时间流TimeBlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer静娴 孙宇 陈

In-app purchases

3 purchases

时间流

Subscriptions2
  • TimeFlow Pro 月订阅7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • TimeFlow Pro 年订阅7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • TimeFlow Pro 终身会员$9.99
2 purchases

TimeBlock

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is 时间流 free?
时间流 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBlock free?
TimeBlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 时间流 or TimeBlock have ads?
Neither 时间流 nor TimeBlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 时间流 or TimeBlock?
时间流 ships an update every 3 days, and TimeBlock every 4 days. Most recently, 时间流 was updated on October 17, 2026 and TimeBlock on October 14, 2026.

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