Comparison

Basic Mode vs Timeabill

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

Head to head
About

Basic Mode

Transform your phone into a focused device on a schedule. Block distracting apps, categories, and websites while keeping essential functions accessible. Create custom modes for work, sleep, or family time, with an emergency unlock option.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus modes
  • Block apps, categories, and websites
  • Scheduled blocking sessions
  • Emergency app unlock
  • Essential app access
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Basic Mode turns your iPhone into a dumb phone — on your schedule. Pick a mode — Work, Night, Family, Deep Reset, or your own — choose which apps, categories, and websites go quiet, and start a session. Distractions get blocked. Essentials like calls, messages, maps, and camera stay available. • Saved modes for work, sleep, family time, and deeper resets • Block by app, category, or website — you decide • Timeboxed emergency unlock when you truly need it • Always reversible — restore app access anytime • 100% private: no account, no tracking, everything stays on your device Built on Apple's Screen Time. Basic Mode is free to use. Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks scheduled sessions, Commitment Lock, and custom modes. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://probabilityapps.com/basic-mode/terms Privacy Policy: https://probabilityapps.com/basic-mode/privacy

About

Timeabill

Features
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Timeabill helps independent consultants and contractors record billable work as it happens and turn it into a clear report at the end of the week. TRACK TIME YOUR WAY • Start, pause and stop a timer, with breaks kept separate from billed time • Add time later, or start from a calendar event • See a running timer on the Lock Screen and in widgets, and start or stop it with Siri and Shortcuts • Gentle reminders when the day has no time recorded, or a timer is still running after hours MILEAGE AND EXPENSES • Track trip distance with GPS, or enter it yourself, in kilometres or miles • Record parking, meals, accommodation, travel and other costs • Attach receipt photos, scans and files, and pull details from a receipt on your device CLIENTS AND RATES • Organise work by client and project • Set a default hourly rate and mileage rate, then override them per project • Bill in your currency; each record keeps the currency and rate it was saved with REVIEW AND EXPORT • Review this week or last week, with long, overlapping or incomplete records flagged before you bill • Export CSV files, or a consultant report with time, claims, tax and the receipts attached • Optional rounding for reports and a tax rate you choose, applied to time only or to claims as well PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your workspace syncs between your devices through your private iCloud account • No ads, no third-party analytics and no tracking • Deleted records can be recovered for 30 days PRICING Try every feature free for 7 days. The trial doesn't need payment and doesn't turn into a subscription on its own. Then choose a monthly or yearly subscription for full access. If you don't subscribe, you can still view and export everything you've saved. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Customers who bought the earlier lifetime unlock keep full access. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://timeabill.app/privacy

Screenshots

Basic Mode4 screens
Timeabill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Timeabill at 18.0 against Basic Mode's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Basic Mode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Timeabill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Mode ships an update monthly, Timeabill every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Basic Mode versus Timeabill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic ModeTimeabill
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPROBABILITY LLCQ Rogers

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Basic Mode

Subscriptions3
  • Basic Mode Weekly Lite$2.997 Days
  • Basic Mode Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Basic Mode Weekly Plus$7.997 Days
1 purchases

Timeabill

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$49.99

Questions

Is Basic Mode free?
Basic Mode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timeabill free?
Timeabill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Basic Mode or Timeabill have ads?
Neither Basic Mode nor Timeabill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Basic Mode or Timeabill?
Basic Mode ships an update monthly, and Timeabill every 3 weeks. Most recently, Basic Mode was updated on October 15, 2026 and Timeabill on October 11, 2026.

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