Comparison

iHour vs Coves

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

Coves

This app helps you track study time and progress for exams. It breaks down large goals into manageable tasks, schedules them, and logs your focused study sessions. Review your progress with clear data to ensure you've done enough to succeed.

Highlights
  • Break down large study goals into tasks
  • Schedule tasks onto specific dates
  • Log focused study time and duration
  • Review progress by subject
  • Pomodoro and countdown timers
  • White noise for focus
  • Apple Watch and widget synchronization
Features
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The worst part of exam prep is not working hard - it is not knowing whether you have done enough. Why do you ace physics? Because the total hours added up - quantity turned into quality. Why do the words stick? Because of those two focused hours, every day. SAT, AP, finals, bar exam, USMLE: it all comes down to one question - have you done enough? coves is the tool that records that quantity and shows it back to you. WHAT IT DOES INSTEAD OF YOU • Break down: turn one big goal (say, calculus) into tasks you can finish today • Schedule: drop those tasks onto real dates, so the plan exists before the week starts • Measure: log what you actually did - how much, how long you focused • Review: plan and reality side by side, so you see which subject is short HOW FAR YOU ARE: NUMBERS BEAT FEELING Total hours for maths, total hours for vocabulary, completion per subject - counted and shown separately. Enough quantity and the result follows. You will see it in your own numbers. WHILE YOU STUDY, IT KEEPS YOU SEATED Pomodoro, countdown, white noise - one tap and you are in focus mode. When it ends, it logs straight into the day's total. No catch-up later. Widgets and Apple Watch stay in sync. coves is the study tool for exam prep: break down, schedule, measure, review - one loop, closed. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS coves Membership offers a monthly subscription ($2.99/month), a yearly subscription ($19.99/year), and a lifetime purchase ($29.99). Subscriptions auto-renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.softwindlab.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.softwindlab.com/products/coves/terms YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no ads, no analytics. We don't collect your name, phone number or location, and we never upload what you record - it stays on this device and in your own iCloud.

Screenshots

iHour4 screens
Coves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iHour at 4.8 against Coves's 4.2. iHour also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 67%) and ratings volume (815 vs 11). Coves's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Coves sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iHour holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iHour has 815 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of iHour's written reviews are positive against 67% of Coves's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHour ships an update every 6 weeks, Coves every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iHour versus Coves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHourCoves
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (815 ratings) — better4.2 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings815 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.朋 潘

Customer experience

iHour

All ratings816 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews462 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative5.6%

Coves

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Coves

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
3 purchases

Coves

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is iHour free?
iHour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coves free?
Coves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iHour or Coves?
iHour is rated higher. iHour averages 4.8 out of 5 from 815 ratings, while Coves averages 4.2 from 11 ratings.
Do iHour or Coves have ads?
Neither iHour nor Coves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHour or Coves?
iHour ships an update every 6 weeks, and Coves every 3 weeks. Most recently, iHour was updated on November 1, 2026 and Coves on November 2, 2026.

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