TimeBlock vs Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeBlock
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Turn time into something you can see. TimeBlock is a minimalist visual planner designed for ADHD minds. Your day runs from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM the next day and is divided into clear 15-minute blocks. Touch, hold, and drag to choose a period, then add a plan without wrestling with a complicated form. MAKE TIME VISIBLE • See your entire week in one clear timeline • Switch between week and day views • Plan in precise 15-minute blocks • Follow the red Now line to understand where you are in the day PLAN WITH LESS FRICTION • Touch, hold, and drag to select time naturally • Use quick labels or create your own • Choose from seven colors to make plans easy to recognize • Add start and end reminders when you need them KEEP USEFUL DETAILS TOGETHER • Add text notes, places, and URLs • Open saved places in Maps and saved links in your browser • See reminders and notes directly on your calendar blocks STAY FOCUSED WITH WIDGETS • See what is happening now and how much time remains • Add compact current-plan, day-view, and week-view widgets to your Home Screen • Keep the current plan visible from supported Lock Screen widgets PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your plans are stored locally on your device. No account is required. Ordinary planning works without network access. Place search uses Apple Maps only when you choose to search for a location. TimeBlock keeps planning concrete, calm, and easy to start—one visible block at a time. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Blocks
Track your time with intention using this local-first time budget and activity timer. Set weekly goals for activities, monitor progress, and log occurrences without consuming your time budget. Integrates optionally with Screen Time and Apple Health.
- Local-first time tracking
- Weekly activity goals
- Counters for logging occurrences
- Optional Screen Time comparison
- Optional Apple Health integration
- Cross-device control (iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets)
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Give your time to what matters. Blocks is a local-first time budget and activity timer for iPhone and Apple Watch. Choose an activity, start the timer, and spend your week with intention — one block at a time. START A BLOCK Open Today, pick an activity, and go. Blocks keeps counting while you use other apps or put your phone down. Pause, resume, or stop from your iPhone, Apple Watch, Lock Screen, widget, Control Center, or the Dynamic Island. PLAN YOUR WEEK Set how much discretionary time you control each week and give your activities weekly goals. See progress toward each goal in Insights, explore 7-day, 30-day, 90-day, and yearly patterns, and export your history to CSV. COUNT WHAT MATTERS Use counters for things you want to record without timing. Log an occurrence now or choose a past date and time. Correct existing entries, add notes and descriptions, and explore your history. Counters have their own CSV exports and never consume your weekly time budget. SCREEN TIME — OPTIONAL Choose apps, categories, or websites in Apple's Screen Time picker to compare scrolling with the time you intentionally tracked. Blocks uses individual Family Controls authorization, never blocks or limits an app or website, keeps its scrolling insights on device, and includes this feature free. WORKS WHERE YOU DO Start and control blocks from iPhone or Apple Watch, even when the watch is offline. Keep the current block close with Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, and watch complications. APPLE HEALTH — OPTIONAL AND READ ONLY Optionally read workouts, sleep, and mindful minutes from Apple Health. Blocks never writes to Health or sends Health data to its servers. User-initiated CSV exports include available sleep, workouts, and mindful minutes by default, with controls to exclude them before sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Core tracking works without an account or cloud sync. Your records stay on your devices unless you choose to export them. No ads, tracking SDKs, or data brokers. Optional first-party product analytics are off by default and can be turned off and deleted in Settings. FREE TO USE Every feature is included for up to five active activities and three active counters. Blocks Unlimited is an auto-renewing monthly subscription that removes both limits for $2.99/month in the U.S. You can cancel in your App Store subscription settings. Existing records remain available after expiration. Terms of Use: https://timeblocks.io/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blocks at weekly against TimeBlock's every 3 weeks. TimeBlock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. TimeBlock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Blocks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TimeBlock ships an update every 3 weeks, Blocks weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | TimeBlock | Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乘黄 李 | Nathaniel Gerdes |
In-app purchases
TimeBlock
- Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
- Premium Quarterly$2.993 Months
- Premium Lifetime$9.99
Blocks
- Blocks Unlimited$2.991 Month









