Comparison

Papertuck vs Timee

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

Head to head
About

Papertuck

Features
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Paperwork feels unimportant - until it suddenly matters. Papertuck keeps receipts, warranties, IDs, insurance papers, contracts, tax records, and other household documents ready for the moment you need them. Scan or import a paper, use on-device text extraction to make it searchable, and set reminders for expiries and renewals. SCAN, ORGANIZE, FIND โ€ข Scan with your camera or import photos and PDFs โ€ข Keep multi-page documents together โ€ข Extract text on device with OCR โ€ข Search by title, category, merchant, or words in the document โ€ข Automatically suggest practical categories from extracted text โ€ข Track dates, amounts, notes, and warranty details โ€ข Archive or share a document when you need it STAY AHEAD OF IMPORTANT DATES Add reminders for passport expiries, insurance renewals, warranty deadlines, return windows, and more. Local notifications help you act before a document becomes urgent. LOCAL FIRST Start free without creating an account. Your free vault supports up to 50 active documents and stays on your device. There are no ads and no cross-app tracking. On supported devices, you can protect the app with Face ID or Touch ID. PAPERTUCK PRO Upgrade for unlimited documents, secure cloud backup, multi-device sync, and household vault sharing. Pro cloud sync is optional and requires an account. Synced documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, but cloud sync is not end-to-end encrypted. Papertuck Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Any free trial and your local price are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Your papers, ready when life asks. Privacy Policy: https://papertuck.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional Terms of Service: https://papertuck.com/terms Support: support@papertuck.com

About

Timee

Features
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Timee is a simple, beautiful time tracker for iPhone. Create your activities, tap one to start the timer, and stop it when you're done. Every session is saved to your history, so you always know where your time went. TRACK ANYTHING Work, study, sports, reading, side projects โ€“ give each activity its own name, icon and colour, and start tracking in one tap. Pause and resume whenever you like. Only one timer runs at a time, so you never count twice. YOUR TIMER, EVERYWHERE - Live Activity and Dynamic Island with pause and stop buttons - Home Screen widgets to start an activity or see your last session - A Control Center control, also available on the Lock Screen and Action button DISPLAY MODE Turn your iPhone into a full-screen clock for the session you're tracking. Pick from 15 backgrounds, choose your font style, digit colour and auto-dim delay, and tap anywhere to pause. Perfect for leaving on your desk. HISTORY AND STATISTICS Browse finished sessions by day, rate them, add notes and photos, and adjust start and end times. See weekly, monthly and yearly charts for all activities or just one, and check a calendar of the days you tracked. Export your data to CSV any time. GENTLE REMINDERS Get a "Still tracking?" nudge after a length of time you choose, plus an optional evening reminder on days when nothing was tracked. PRIVATE AND SYNCED Your data stays on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud. You can switch sync off in Settings whenever you want. TIMEE PLUS Timee is free with up to 9 activities. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited activities and all display backgrounds. No subscription, ever. Privacy policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Privacy-Policy-Timee-3c7e81f2533a809b8e08d5aa35cc126c?source=copy_link Terms of use: https://app.notion.com/p/Terms-of-Use-Timee-3c7e81f2533a80c2bbe8c8e9851d9da8?source=copy_link

Screenshots

Papertuck4 screens
Timee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Papertuck at 17.0 against Timee's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Papertuck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Timee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Papertuck ships an update every 5 days, Timee every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Papertuck versus Timee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapertuckTimee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size68 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVarun Adiyeri ParambathLukas Pistek

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Papertuck

Subscriptions2
  • Papertuck Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Papertuck Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Personal$49.99
1 purchases

Timee

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$4.99

Questions

Is Papertuck free?
Papertuck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timee free?
Timee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Papertuck or Timee have ads?
Neither Papertuck nor Timee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Papertuck or Timee?
Papertuck ships an update every 5 days, and Timee every 2 days. Most recently, Papertuck was updated on November 10, 2026 and Timee on November 13, 2026.

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