Comparison

Pendo Note 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

Pendo Note

This app helps you capture ideas, manage tasks, and organize events with smart features. It offers AI assistance for writing, learning, and translation, and syncs your data across devices using iCloud.

Highlights
  • AI writing and learning assistant
  • Smart calendar event creation
  • Recurring to-do list management
  • Unified timeline for all entries
  • Customizable tags for organization
  • Contact info parsing for new contacts
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Pendo brings your notes and calendar together in one place. Write notes, plan your day, and keep everything organized with a clean, intuitive timeline. Whether you're jotting down ideas, planning meetings, or keeping a journal — Pendo keeps it all in sync across your devices. Your data stays yours: export every note with its photos, location and weather into a single file, and import it back anytime — perfect for backups or moving to a new device.

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

Pendo Note4 screens
BlockyTime Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlockyTime Lite at none against Pendo Note's 3. BlockyTime Lite also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.4). Pendo Note's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). 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. Pendo Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Pendo Note against 4.8 for BlockyTime Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 840 and 374 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Pendo Note's written reviews are positive against 89% of BlockyTime Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pendo Note ships an update every 11 days, BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pendo Note versus BlockyTime Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPendo NoteBlockyTime Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (840 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better88.8% of reviews
Number of ratings840 — better374
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Lychee Isle Co., Ltd.妮 安

Customer experience

Pendo Note

All ratings840 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews579 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.0%

BlockyTime Lite

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

User reviews

Pendo Note

From 840 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices
  • 💡 Unique timeline view for organizing thoughts
  • 🎨 Cute and visually appealing design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🔌 Syncing issues between devices
  • 🗓️ Difficulty managing recurring tasks

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

Pendo Note

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes and to-do items disappearing after updates
  • Calendar events not syncing correctly
  • Widget not displaying all information as expected
  • Inability to add more than 3 images to a note

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add password protection or biometric lock
  • Improve note-taking capabilities with more formatting options
  • Integrate with more calendar/productivity apps
  • Introduce a web/desktop version for better cross-platform experience

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

3 purchases

Pendo Note

One-time3
  • A tikka$0.99
  • A basket of buns$1.99
  • A cup of Coffee$4.99
None

BlockyTime Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pendo Note free?
Pendo Note 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, Pendo Note or BlockyTime Lite?
Pendo Note and BlockyTime Lite are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 840 and 374 ratings respectively.
Do Pendo Note or BlockyTime Lite have ads?
Neither Pendo Note nor BlockyTime Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pendo Note or BlockyTime Lite?
Pendo Note ships an update every 11 days, and BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, Pendo Note was updated on September 29, 2026 and BlockyTime Lite on September 28, 2026.

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