Comparison

Perch vs Ontime

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

Head to head
About

Perch

Capture your thoughts effortlessly by speaking them aloud. This app organizes your ideas into a visual map, distinguishing between urgent tasks and those that can wait. It intelligently resurfaces saved information when it's most relevant, helping you manage a busy mind.

Highlights
  • Brain dump thoughts out loud
  • One-tap capture for voice, photo, text, links
  • Visualizes thoughts on a live map
  • Sorts tasks by urgency and relevance
  • Intelligently resurfaces saved ideas
  • No folders or tags required
Features
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Too much in your head? Say it out loud. Open Perch and talk—in any order, half-finished, all over the place. When you’re finished, your thoughts become something you can look at. Brain dumps help make sense of what’s on your mind: recurring themes, things that feel tangled, and a small next move when there’s something worth trying. Some days bring a deeper reflection. Others are simply a moment worth keeping. The rest of life has a place too. Capture a thought, voice recording, photo, screenshot, drawing, or link. Save a video and get the gist. Add your own thoughts whenever something comes to mind. No folders. No tags. No system to set up and immediately abandon. Then, quietly, Perch brings things back. Saved notes resurface over time, and you can choose a date to bring something back yourself. With Perch Pro, related notes find connections, collections form automatically, and weekly recaps help you look back. • Talk it out with brain dumps. • Capture text, voice, photos, drawings, and links. • Keep your original words and recordings. • Find themes and useful next steps with Pro analysis. • Revisit saved thoughts through resurfacing. • Explore automatic collections, connections, and weekly recaps with Pro. Your first onboarding brain dump includes a full analysis. Continue capturing with Free, or choose Perch Pro for ongoing insights. Friendly by design—useful for anyone whose head runs faster than their notes app. Your notes are yours. Terms of Use: https://yourperch.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://yourperch.app/privacy.html

About

Ontime

This app acts as an external clock for individuals with ADHD or time blindness. It helps you plan your routines backward from a deadline, providing precise start times and alerts to ensure you leave on time without stress.

Highlights
  • Backward planning from deadlines
  • Start-now alarm for exact start times
  • Step-by-step routine guidance
  • Live Activity countdown on Lock Screen
  • Apple Watch glanceable time pressure
  • Home Screen widgets for quick status
  • Routine insights and buffer adjustments
Features
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If you have ADHD or time blindness, you know the feeling. You had plenty of time. Then somehow you're late again, apologizing, watching someone's face fall. It's not that you don't care — your brain just doesn't track time the way clocks do. Ontime is the external clock your brain is missing. Tell it when you need to be out the door and what your routine looks like. It does the backward math and tells you the exact minute to start — no guessing, no "one more minute." HOW IT WORKS • Backward planning: enter your deadline; Ontime stacks your routine steps and finds your true start time • Start-now alarm: one loud, unmissable alert at the exact minute to begin — not a vague reminder • Step-by-step mode: while you get ready, see what to do now and whether you're ahead or behind • Built-in buffer: pads for the transitions your brain skips MADE FOR ADHD BRAINS • Live Activity: the countdown lives on your Lock Screen, always in sight • Apple Watch: glanceable time pressure without picking up your phone • Widgets: "start in 23 min" right on your Home Screen • Insights: see which routines run over and which weekdays need more buffer • No streaks, no guilt. Just out the door on time. ONTIME PRO Ontime requires an Ontime Pro subscription — monthly or annual, auto-renewing. The annual plan starts with a free trial: nothing is charged until it ends, and you can cancel anytime in Settings. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://on-time-ios.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://on-time-ios.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

Perch4 screens
Ontime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Perch at freemium against Ontime's subscription. Perch also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Ontime's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Perch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Ontime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Perch against 5.0 for Ontime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perch has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perch ships an update every 4 days, Ontime weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Perch versus Ontime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerchOntime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony DragoneADESH PANDEY

Customer experience

Perch

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ontime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Perch

Subscriptions2
  • Perch Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Perch Pro — Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Ontime

Subscriptions2
  • Ontime Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ontime Pro Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Perch free?
Perch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ontime free?
Ontime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perch or Ontime?
Perch and Ontime are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Perch or Ontime have ads?
Neither Perch nor Ontime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perch or Ontime?
Perch ships an update every 4 days, and Ontime weekly. Most recently, Perch was updated on October 16, 2026 and Ontime on October 6, 2026.

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