Comparison

Mastery Timer vs MyHour

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

Head to head
About

Mastery Timer

Features
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Mastery Timer turns the time you spend getting good at something into visible progress. Pick the skills you want to master. Writing, reading, an instrument, a language, a sport, meditation, anything. Give each one a daily goal, and fill its bar a little more every day. Every minute counts toward the bigger picture: the path to 10,000 hours of mastery. As your hours add up you rise through 25 ranks, from your very first session to true mastery, and the app tells you something new at every single hour. Not only at the milestones, every hour. What is shifting in your craft, what you have unlocked, how far you have come. No points to lose. No guilt. No streaks that punish you for a missed day. Lifetime hours and ranks only ever go up. If you skip a day, a streak simply starts again, quietly. Mastery Timer is built for years of use, not for a quick hit. Features - Create as many skills as you want, each with its own daily goal - A clean bar you fill each day, with a gentle gong when you reach your goal - A lifetime mastery view: your hours, your current rank, and encouragement that changes every hour - Tailored progress for each kind of skill, from writing to music to fitness - Fully offline and private. Your practice stays on your device. No account, no data collected - A calm, distraction free design The work is the point. Mastery Timer just makes the hours add up where you can see them.

About

MyHour

Features
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There’s a famous saying that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. MyHour is about everything that happens along the way. The days you’re motivated. The days you’re tired. The hours nobody sees. The decision to show up anyway. Pursue something you want. Build something that makes you better. Stop something that’s holding you back. Track the work, watch the hours add up, and let consistency do what motivation can’t. You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t need to get there today. Just give it your hour. Because 10,000 hours isn’t about reaching a number. It’s about making this hour count.

Screenshots

Mastery Timer4 screens
MyHour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyHour at none against Mastery Timer's 1. MyHour also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Mastery Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyHour asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Mastery Timer versus MyHour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMastery TimerMyHour
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteERIC BRANDT TRACY

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mastery Timer

One-time1
  • Friends$1.99
None

MyHour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mastery Timer free?
Mastery Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyHour free?
MyHour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mastery Timer or MyHour have ads?
Neither Mastery Timer nor MyHour shows ads.

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