Arrivo vs Tessera 168
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arrivo
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Arrivo is a personal time log that records when you arrive at and leave the places you save. How it works - With the Always background location permission, Arrivo records arrival and departure times automatically for the places you register. It is built for commutes, site visits, workouts, classes, clinics and caregiving — the moments where you later need to know when you got there and when you left. - Location permission is requested in stages. Arrivo confirms the while-in-use permission first, explains on screen why background access is needed, and only then asks for "Always". - Because of how iOS delivers background events, an automatic record can arrive a few minutes late, and force-quitting the app or turning off Background App Refresh can stop automatic delivery. Anything missed can be corrected at any time with the manual arrival and departure buttons. - Recent entries show whether each one was automatic or manual, stay summaries and daily, weekly and monthly reports are built for you, and CSV or PDF files leave the device only when you tap share. - Files and notifications follow the app language, so an English export reads in English. The language can be set to System, 한국어 or English in Settings. Privacy - Every place and time record is stored on the device only (SwiftData) and is never sent to a server. - Ordinary ad requests are sent after the consent form allows them. Where the law permits, the iOS App Tracking Transparency prompt may follow; declining or limiting it does not stop ordinary ads, which simply continue without an IDFA. - Saved places, precise location, visit times and export contents are never sent to AdMob. - Individual records or all data can be deleted from Settings at any time. Everything is free - Every feature is free: there is no cap on saved places or history length, the monthly report package (CSV and PDF) is included, and the app is supported by light ads (banner and app-open). iOS monitors up to 20 regions at once — a platform limit that applies to every tier. Please note This app is a personal time-keeping tool. iOS background location delivery can be delayed depending on device conditions, so do not rely on it as the sole record for attendance, pay or access control. Terms and policies - Terms of Use (EULA): https://support-minsukkim.github.io/arrivo/terms.html - Privacy Policy: https://support-minsukkim.github.io/arrivo/privacy.html - Support: https://support-minsukkim.github.io/arrivo/support.html - Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tessera 168
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A week is 168 hours. You only get it once. Tessera 168 is a board of 168 squares — one square for every hour of your week. Tap an hour, pick a purpose, and the hour takes that colour. Sweep across a run of hours to fill a whole morning at once. By Sunday the board is a picture of where your week actually went, not where you meant it to go. It plays like a puzzle and it reads like a mirror. THE BOARD • All 168 hours on one screen, no scrolling to see your week • Fourteen purposes to start with — Sleep, Work, Commute, Food, Exercise, Family, Myself, Upkeep, Study, Own work, Health, Friends, Fun and Rest — and the grey of hours you have not answered for yet • Add your own purposes, with your own names and colours • Grey squares are the point: they are the hours you cannot account for THE DAY • Turn the board to a single day and read it as a timeline • Write a note on any hour, or (with Pro) say it out loud and let the phone write it down • Keep side tasks inside the hour they belong to, and tick them off there • Set a sound for an hour that comes back every week • Count the small habits with one tap, right under the board WHAT IT ADDS UP TO • How the week divided, hour by hour, ranked • The change against last week at the same point, so a Wednesday is compared to a Wednesday • Hours of sleep a night, and the other things a full week can say PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account, no sign-in, no server of ours, no analytics and no advertising. Your week is one file on your iPhone, with a copy in your own iCloud that we cannot read — switch it off whenever you like. Voice notes are transcribed on the device itself — the app refuses a language whose on-device model is missing rather than sending your voice anywhere. Export a copy or delete everything, permanently, from inside the app. FREE, AND STAYS FREE The full 168-hour week, all fourteen built-in purposes, written notes on any hour, habits, every Insights page, sharing your week as an image, the iCloud copy, forty app icons earned as you go, and no ads or tracking, ever. TESSERA PRO Your own purposes with your own names and colours, voice notes written down for you, symbol and icon board styles, and every feature added next. Monthly, yearly, or one payment for life. Shareable with your whole family. Made for iPhone, in English, Tiếng Việt, Deutsch, Español, Français, Bahasa Indonesia, Italiano, Português, हिन्दी, 日本語, 한국어. Terms of Use: https://ioniclabs.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ioniclabs.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tessera 168 at none against Arrivo's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Arrivo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tessera 168 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Arrivo ships an update every 4 days, Tessera 168 every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Arrivo | Tessera 168 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minsuk Kim | Tong Then Hung |
In-app purchases
Arrivo
- ARRIVO 프리미엄$1.991 Month
- Local Plus$5.99
Tessera 168
- Tessera Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Tessera Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Tessera Pro Lifetime$29.99









