Comparison

Ontime vs Loopily

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

Head to head
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

About

Loopily

Features
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For ADHD brains dealing with Time Blindness and Executive Dysfunction, a to-do list isn't the problem. Knowing how long anything actually takes is. Loopily takes what you need to do out of your head, breaks it into steps, and gives every one its own countdown, so you always know where you are and how long you've got left. HOW IT WORKS Write a routine as a list of steps, each with how long it takes. Loopily adds them up and tells you when you'll finish before you start. Run it one step at a time: a big countdown on screen, and a Live Activity on your Lock Screen so the clock is there when you put the phone down. Run over on a step and the clock keeps counting. Loopily just moves your finish time. One soft chime by default. Turn it off, or make it repeat, in Settings. Give a routine its days and a start time, and Loopily can remind you five minutes before. Switch on "Alarm at the start time" and a real alarm rings when it is due, even with the phone on silent (iOS 26 and later). ONE ROUTINE, NOT SEVEN Most routine apps leave you two options: keep seven near-identical routines in step with each other, or skip the bits that don't apply today and hope you notice. In Loopily a step keeps its own days. Bins out on Tuesday, hair wash Monday and Thursday, the meds that are Monday, Wednesday and Friday: all in one routine, each appearing only when it applies. Individual checklist items can do it too, so the gym kit only shows up inside "pack the bag" on training days. IT LEARNS YOUR REAL PACE Every run is saved. After a few goes at a step, Loopily compares your estimate with what actually happened and offers a better one on the summary screen. Tap it and the next run starts smarter. Forgot to stop the clock in the shower? Correct the finished run, and the record and the suggestions follow. The User Guide in Settings shows each feature in action, one short page at a time. FREE • Two saved routines, unlimited steps in each • Checklists on any step, with auto-complete • A reminder before a routine starts, and an alarm at its start time • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A notification when a step's time is up • The clock keeps running if you leave the app • Past runs, with how long each step actually took LOOPILY PLUS • Unlimited routines • Steps and checklist items that only happen on certain days • The full calendar: day, week, month or agenda, with routines you can move to a new time in a tap • Events, so appointments sit on the same schedule as your routines • Quick lists: type a few steps and start the clock, or put them on a day, with nothing to set up • The Archive: anything you delete, back in one tap • Family Sharing: one subscription for your whole family One week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY Loopily has no accounts, analytics or ads. Your routines are stored on your device and synced through your own iCloud. Nothing is sent to us. Terms of Use: https://www.loopilyapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.loopilyapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Ontime4 screens
Loopily4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ontime and Loopily are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Ontime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Loopily sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ontime versus Loopily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOntimeLoopily
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperADESH PANDEYDANIEL JOHN HOLMES

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ontime

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

Loopily

Subscriptions2
  • Loopily Plus Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Loopily Plus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Ontime free?
Ontime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loopily free?
Loopily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ontime or Loopily have ads?
Neither Ontime nor Loopily shows ads.

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