Comparison

iamDiary vs Habit Time Tracker

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

Head to head
About

iamDiary

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iamDiary is the note app for people who focus on productivity. Keep it simple: as easy as possible, so nothing breaks your focus. In the morning, put your key to-dos in one place. During the day, stack up every win. At the end of the day, tap to check in on the goals you set: Did work move forward as planned? Did you exercise? Is your money on plan? Then look back and see how far you've come. MAIN FEATURES • Today's Focus: your key to-dos in one place, so you know what to focus on today. Drag to reorder, tick when done. • Success Diary: stack up every win to keep your momentum going. One line is enough. • Daily Check-in: check in on key goals to keep a close eye on them every day. Set your own goals, with over 60 icons to pick from. • Progress History: see how far you've come and keep reflecting on yourself. Every day you logged, with filters for wins, check-ins and Focus. • One reminder a day at the time you choose, skipped on days you've already logged. • Light and dark mode. Thai and English, switchable in the app. Keep it simple: no scores and no streaks. Numbers in the app only show what you got done. YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No account and no sign-in. • Your entries live on your iPhone and go with its backups, such as iCloud Backup. The developer can't see them. • No ads, no analytics, no tracking and no third-party SDKs. Data Not Collected. • Lock with Face ID or your passcode. • Export a backup file anytime and import it again, for a new iPhone or a reinstall. FREE TRIAL AND MEMBERSHIP • Everything is free for 14 days from your first day. No sign-up and no payment details needed to start. • After that, membership lets you keep logging, checking in and adding to Focus: monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. • Without membership, every entry stays yours: reading, History, export, import, the lock and settings keep working. Nothing is hidden or deleted. • Monthly membership renews automatically until cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Cancel in your Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the next period. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://iamdiary.com/privacy

About

Habit Time Tracker

Track your time spent on activities and reflect on each session with custom questions. Visualize your habits and progress with insightful charts and a timeline. Personalize your experience with goals, widgets, and a companion character.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer for activities
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Customizable reflection questions
  • Visual insights and charts
  • Habit nudges and goal setting
  • Data export and import
  • Widget support
Features
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Tap an activity's name and your time starts. When you finish, answer a few questions you wrote yourself. Burrow turns those minutes and answers into a calm picture of where your time goes. Burrow is a habit time tracker for the things you want to do more of: reading, practice, study, deep work, a workout, a new language. One timer, one tap, and a marmot called Marko who keeps you company. TAP A NAME. YOUR TIME STARTS. • One timer at a time. Tap the name to start, tap again to pause, then finish. • Your timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Pause or finish without opening the app. • Forgot to start? Add the time by hand afterwards. REFLECT AFTER EACH SESSION • A short reflection when you finish, one question at a time. Skip any question. • Every activity comes with a 1 to 5 rating and a note. • Build your own reflection for each activity from 8 kinds of question: a note, a 1 to 5 rating, a number (pages, reps, km), yes or no, up to 6 photos, mood, a slider and tags. • Start from 8 templates (Reading, Practice, Deep work, Workout, Study, Language, Meditation, Creative), or save any activity's questions as your own. • Choose when Burrow asks: after every session, only after sessions over 5 minutes, or never. YOUR ANSWERS BECOME INSIGHTS • See what your answers say over time, like the time of day you focus best or how many pages each book took. • History keeps every session with its answers. Edit or delete any of them. • A Timeline of your week in colored blocks, Year in minutes with a dot for every day, a weekly recap and charts. IT LEARNS WHEN YOU USUALLY START • Burrow notices when you usually start each habit and nudges you only if you forget. • By default, two nudges a day at most, never during your quiet hours. See what it has learned and change any of it. MAKE IT YOURS. MARKO TOO. • A symbol, a color and a daily, weekly or monthly goal for each activity. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and alternate app icons. • Earn gems by showing up. Spend them on Marko's hats, scarves and backgrounds, on streak freezes, or on unlocking one feature at a time. • Streaks that forgive: a freeze covers a missed day. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • No account and no sign-up. • Your notes, reflections and photos stay on your iPhone, or in your own iCloud Drive if you turn on backup. • Export or import your history as a file whenever you like. • Usage statistics (which features get used, never your activity names, notes or answers) help improve the app. You choose whether to share them, and can change it any time in Settings › Privacy. FREE AND PRO Free: the timer and Live Activity, up to 3 active activities, a rating and note after each session, History, Year in minutes essentials, the weekly recap, the Marko widget, gems and Marko's wardrobe, export and import. Burrow Pro: unlimited activities, every kind of question and every template, the Timeline, all charts and insights, every widget including the Lock Screen ring, alternate app icons and Pro-only Marko items. Burrow Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. If Pro ends, everything you have recorded stays on your iPhone. Privacy Policy: https://helloburrow.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iamDiary4 screens
Habit Time Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

iamDiary and Habit Time Tracker 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. iamDiary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Habit Time Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
iamDiary versus Habit Time Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriamDiaryHabit Time Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPoom ManeesriwongTooAvid Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iamDiary

Subscriptions2
  • iamDiary Monthly$1.991 Month
  • iamDiary Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • iamDiary Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Habit Time Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Burrow Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Burrow Pro Yearly$29.491 Year

Questions

Is iamDiary free?
iamDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Time Tracker free?
Habit Time Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iamDiary or Habit Time Tracker have ads?
Neither iamDiary nor Habit Time Tracker shows ads.

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