Comparison

iHour vs BlockyTime Lite

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

BlockyTime Lite

Effortlessly log your time without manual start/stop. Categorize events, add comments, and visualize your time usage with insightful charts. Set goals and back up your data to improve productivity.

Highlights
  • Rapid time tracking by blocks
  • Custom event classification
  • Event and object linking
  • Detailed event comments
  • Pie and bar chart statistics
  • Line chart trend analysis
  • Goal setting
  • iCloud data backup
Features
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BlockyTime, A simple time logger no need to tap Start/Stop. ### App Store Featured of 2016 in China & HongKong ### ### Top 10 Productivity apps in China ### Everybody has his own demand on tracking time, but most people can't persist on it for long time because the traditional time-tracking App is way too professional, and it costs too much energy to use a stopwatch. BlockyTime is very different from traditional time-tracking App, it never needs to tap "Start/Stop". Months of research of users experience made us to work out a better tracking method which is more suitable for people's thinking. No worries to forget to start or stop stopwatch, just take a few seconds in leisure time, like playing game, select, tap, a whole day is tracked. When tracking time no longer has pressure but becomes relaxing, it solves the persistence problem easily. Even people don't has huge perseverance can be good at time management. [Features] • Super easy and rapid method to track time spending on every event • Custom classification of event Not only by event type (eg. work, rest), but also by specific details (eg. Game, music), also by priorities (such as four quadrants) • Unique link of event and object, analyze event from different angle • Comment, record details of event like writing a diary • Statistics, analyze time occupation by pie or bar chart • Trend, check and compare events time spending in line chart by day or month • Goal, such as reach 10000h in 5 years on drawing • Backup data to iCloud or computer, never lose it • Selected color themes, and colorblind mode is added [Suitable for] • Students Track time spending on subjects, analyze it and make a better study plan • Researchers Track time spending on research, analyze and make a more efficient research plan • Managers Who have many projects to do and needs to know time spending on every project • People with part-time jobs Track time on every work and analyze earnings • Salespeople Record time and frequency of contacting clients • New moms and dads Get to know baby's regular life and make a plan to rest • People haven't know the value of time Keep tracking time for a while, the statistics will shock you • People want to analyze time and make him better • People want to know what costs time • People are not satisfied with current situation, want to learn how to manage time and improve himself [Q & A] Q: Why named "BlockyTime"? A: Though time is continuous, for rapid tracking, we separate time into blocks by half an hour at the expense of accuracy. This period not only meets the need of statistics, but also is convenient for people to remember event. Q: Why make 30 minutes a block? This is not accurate. A: Statistics is meaningful only when people persist for a long time. Look at statistics in week or month, 30 minutes a blocks hardly make negative effects on analysis. Compared to spending more energy to make it accurate, track time quicker, take advantage of saved time on other things makes it better. Q: I have OCD, inaccuracy makes me uncomfortable. A: Just stand back and think about it, if you pursue the accuracy, after every time of record, should you add an event called "Tracking time"? Then it takes some time to track this one, so you have to record again, and then, endless loop… Never spend much time on tracking time, this is truly using time effectively. [Users' comments] “The most time-saving tool ever” “It makes me not to spend time on recording, reveals the essence of tracking. I must rate this truly efficient app” “One of my favourite time management/tracking apps!” “Very easy to use and intuitive” “Easiest time tracking tool I ever used” “Milestone app of time tracking” -- zhihu.com If you like this app, just take one minute to rate it, we'll appreciate it! [Contact me] Got some ideas in your mind? Let’s get in touch! Say hello to hi@anniapp.com

Screenshots

iHour4 screens
BlockyTime Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlockyTime Lite at none against iHour's 6. BlockyTime Lite also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. BlockyTime Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iHour against 4.8 for BlockyTime Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 810 and 374 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of iHour's written reviews are positive against 89% of BlockyTime Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHour ships an update monthly, BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iHour versus BlockyTime Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHourBlockyTime Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (810 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings)
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews — better88.8% of reviews
Number of ratings810 — better374
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size362 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.妮 安

Customer experience

iHour

All ratings810 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews460 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative5.4%

BlockyTime Lite

All ratings374 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative4.7%

User reviews

iHour

From 810 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient time tracking
  • 💎 Cute and motivating design
  • 🎯 Helpful for productivity and focus
  • 🎮 Gamification elements are engaging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional performance issues (e.g. overheating, crashes)
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 📊 Lack of detailed data export/analysis features
  • 🔕 Intrusive notifications/sounds
  • 🌙 No dark mode option

BlockyTime Lite

From 374 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 🎨 Beautiful, minimalist design with customizable colors
  • ⚡ Fast and lightweight app
  • 🆓 Free with no ads or paywalls
  • 📊 Effective time tracking and visualization

Room to improve

  • 🕐 24-hour military time format only (no 12-hour AM/PM option)
  • 📱 iPad app doesn't support landscape orientation
  • 🔄 No cross-device synchronization
  • ⚙️ Reminder notification prompts appear too frequently
  • 🐛 Home screen icons cannot be removed

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

BlockyTime Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen icons cannot be removed after deletion
  • M1 Mac version fails to open
  • Reminder notifications cannot be disabled without clicking 'nope' repeatedly
  • App does not work beyond 2024 (year limitation)

Requested features

20 requests
  • 12-hour time format (AM/PM) option
  • iPad landscape orientation support
  • Cross-device iCloud synchronization
  • Home screen widget
  • Smaller time block options (5, 10, 15 minutes)
Show 15 more
  • Data export to Excel/CSV
  • Google Calendar integration
  • Apple Watch support
  • Customizable day reset time
  • Recurring/template time blocks for daily routines
  • Ability to disable reminder notifications by default
  • macOS and Windows desktop versions
  • Android version
  • Weekly view with all days visible
  • Multiple activities per time block
  • Custom icons or labels for activities
  • Statistics and trend analysis improvements
  • Drag-and-drop functionality for time blocks
  • Activity grouping/categorization
  • Landscape mode for iPad

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
None

BlockyTime Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iHour free?
iHour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockyTime Lite free?
BlockyTime Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iHour or BlockyTime Lite?
iHour and BlockyTime Lite are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 810 and 374 ratings respectively.
Do iHour or BlockyTime Lite have ads?
Neither iHour nor BlockyTime Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHour or BlockyTime Lite?
iHour ships an update monthly, and BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, iHour was updated on September 22, 2026 and BlockyTime Lite on September 19, 2026.

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