Comparison

iHour vs Time Arrow

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

Head to head
About

iHour

Plan and track your time spent on developing habits and mastering skills. Set daily reminders, use a countdown timer, and plan up to ten years ahead. Unlock achievements to stay motivated on your journey to mastery.

Highlights
  • Daily activity tracking
  • Long-term planning (up to 10 years)
  • Daily reminders and countdown timer
  • Progress statistics and visualization
  • Over 80 unlockable achievements
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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"iHour" helps you plan & track your time spending on habits. You can record things like Play Guitar, Read Book, Coding, Running etc. The app supports daily reminder, countdown timer, up to 10 years long-term planning. Special designed Achievements help you achieve your goal. 10000 Hours to Master a Skill. =Special Feature= · Daily Tracker: Record your daily activities by hours & minutes · Cloud Sync · Task Planner & Reminder · Time Statistics: Visualize your efforts · Achievements: 80+ Achievements are waiting for you · Share with your friends —————— About the In-App Subscription: We provide "iHour Pro · Monthly Membership" for $0.49 / month. Your subscription will be billed through your Apple ID account after purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of your billing cycle. Renewal cannot be cancelled. Privacy Policy: https://clover.ly/privacy Terms: https://m.icity.ly/tos

About

Time Arrow

Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Quick event recording
  • Card sharing
  • Multiple widget options
  • Annual/monthly anniversary display
  • Cloud backup (Premium)
  • Daily reminders (Premium)
Features
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■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt

Screenshots

iHour4 screens
Time Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iHour at none against Time Arrow's shown. iHour also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 77%) and ratings volume (810 vs 88). Time Arrow's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iHour sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iHour against 4.7 for Time Arrow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iHour has 810 ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of iHour's written reviews are positive against 77% of Time Arrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHour ships an update monthly, Time Arrow every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iHour versus Time Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHourTime Arrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (810 ratings) — better4.7 (88 ratings)
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews — better76.8% of reviews
Number of ratings810 — better88
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size362 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.重赞 韩

Customer experience

iHour

All ratings810 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews461 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative5.6%

Time Arrow

All ratings88 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

iHour

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Apple Watch version has sync issues
  • Countdown timer stops when screen is locked
  • Time records not always accurate

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more detailed time tracking (e.g. down to the second)
  • Improve data visualization and analytics
  • Introduce a desktop/iPad version
  • Allow more customization of UI and sounds
  • Implement a dark mode option

Time Arrow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

iHour

Subscriptions1
  • iHour Pro - Monthly Membership7 Days trial$0.491 Month
One-time5
  • 咖啡$2.99
  • iHour Pro$3.99
  • 银币$5.99
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  • 金币$14.99
  • Coffee for Everyone$29.99
2 purchases

Time Arrow

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is iHour free?
iHour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iHour or Time Arrow?
iHour is rated higher. iHour averages 4.8 out of 5 from 810 ratings, while Time Arrow averages 4.7 from 88 ratings.
Do iHour or Time Arrow have ads?
Time Arrow shows ads; iHour does not.
Which is updated more often, iHour or Time Arrow?
iHour ships an update monthly, and Time Arrow every 5 weeks. Most recently, iHour was updated on October 13, 2026 and Time Arrow on October 6, 2026.

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