Comparison

TimeBlocks vs Sorted³

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

Head to head
About

TimeBlocks

This app helps you organize your time with a simple interface for scheduling, task management, and habit tracking. Decorate your calendar with themes and stickers, and connect with other services. It also offers event recommendations and group scheduling.

Highlights
  • Intuitive schedule management
  • To-do list management
  • Habit tracking
  • Memo and general planning
  • Calendar decoration with themes and stickers
  • Group scheduling
  • Event recommendations
Features
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Organize your time, Simply in one place TimeBlocks is a mobile planner that enables smart time management through simple and easy interface. [Detailed functions] ● Intuitive schedule management, Calendar • Use it easily just like a paper diary through intuitive drag & drop action. • Screen enlarges according to number of schedules, so you can view the schedules at a glance like a calendar. ● Don’t forget, To-do • Manage your trivial tasks on To-do list. • Incomplete tasks are moved to the next day to help you remember. ● New challenges, Habit • Manage new habits in Habit list. • You can find your habit records in Habit Mini Calendar. ● Whenever it may be, Memo • If there are plans that you can’t fix the time right now, keep it in Memo and plan it later. • You can organize memos by month to set up general plans. ● Themes, stickers, and wallpapers for decoration • You can decorate the diary on the app. TimeBlocks in-app store provides colors, stickers, masking tapes (date background), themes, and fonts for you to decorate your own calendar. • You can find decoration items by unique artists and design companies that are working with TimeBlocks. ● Anniversary • You manage birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries, etc. • It supports both solar and lunar calendars. ● Together with other services, Connection • Did you use another calendar before? You can easily connect it through Connection service. • It can link to Google, Apple, Naver calendars, Google Keep, and Apple Reminders. ● For faster use, various widgets • You can access various functions in TimeBlocks through widgets. • It provides various widgets including monthly calendar, weekly calendar, today’s list, habit list, to-do list, etc. ● Group schedule for friends, family, loved ones • You can share your group schedule with friends, family, and loved ones. • You can designate different access level by participants, and receive real-time alarms in case of changes. ● What to do today? Event recommendations • Weekends, after work, after school… what do you do after your busy schedule? • TimeBlocks recommends various events based on user’s interest to spend time well. • You can add recommended events to the Calendar or save in Memo. ● What did I do today? Other information of the day • You can check various activity logs in the past along with the schedule. • You can link to the current photo app to find photos taken on that day along with the schedule. ● World’s first contact-free 1:1 Time management coaching (to be released) • Time management coach understands user’s time management tyle and helps 1:1 to find an appropriate time management method. • It is recorded in calendar-based time log screen, and provides feedbacks, 1:1 coaching, community, and report. ● Better time management with TimeBlocks Premium TimeBlocks Premium provides powerful functions for better time management. Improve your productivity through 1-month free trial. • Interval Marker • To-do in Calendar • Habit in Calendar • Date Countdown • Remove Ads • Auto Sync • Alert Setting • Search All Period • To-do’s % Complete • File Attachment • Color Label • Memo Scheduling • Memo Alert • Support for All Connections • Bonus Coins • Coaching Price Discount ● Authorization for app use and purpose • Alarm: Schedule alarm and push alarm • Calendar: Used to import schedules from iOS calendar. • Contact: Used for attendees in the schedule. • Location: Location information in schedule, or weather information of current location in calendar. • Reminder: Synchronize with iOS Reminder. • Photo: Photos in Other information of the day. • Biometrics: Used for biometrics login. • Camera: Profile photo for the account. ● Terms of use • https://timeblocks.com/legal/terms ● Privacy policy • https://timeblocks.com/legal/privacy ● Customer support • Developer: TimeBlocks, Inc. • E-mail: support@timeblocks.com

About

Sorted³

This app unifies your calendar events and tasks into a single timeline, allowing for formatted notes and attachments. It helps you effortlessly schedule your day with features like Auto Schedule and built-in flexibility to adjust to changes.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline for events and tasks
  • Formatted notes and attachments
  • Effortless scheduling with Auto Schedule
  • Built-in flexibility for schedule adjustments
  • Widgets for iOS and macOS
  • iCloud Sync
  • Natural Language Processing
Features
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FREE forever. Also check out the PRO features for 14 days. NO Subscription! Get PRO to gain the full power of Sorted³ once and for all. PRO iOS and macOS are separate purchases. You can choose to buy the bundle or separately. Sorted³ has been featured by Apple as [App Of The Day], [Apps We Love Right Now] & [Get Stuff Done] in 130+ regions. We've now rebuilt the app from the ground up to make it even easier (and more fun) to hyper-schedule your entire day from a single place. As you start integrating Sorted³ into your daily workflow, you'll notice 3 foundational benefits: ● Unified Timeline Sorted³ seamlessly integrates your calendar events and tasks into one timeline so you can manage your entire day from a single place. To make things even more delightful, you can take formatted notes, attachments and drawings on both your events and tasks inside the app. ● Effortless Scheduling Sorted³ helps you easily set a schedule for your day, and decide what’s important, what can wait, and what you reasonably have time for. You can use Auto Schedule to figure out what you can realistically get done in a day. Instead of feeling underproductive, Sorted³ helps you set attainable goals that you can accomplish. ● Built-in Flexibility Even when properly scheduled in advance, days don’t always go as planned! Sorted³ is built with that flexibility in mind to adjust to your changing schedule. It's as dynamic as your day, with smart features such as Magic Select and our signature Time Ruler to help you shift things around with a few taps. On top of all these, there are various other functionalities to make your experience more fun and seamless across all your devices: - New Widgets for iOS 16 & macOS Monterey - Auto Backup - Timeline view - iCloud Sync - Powerful repeat rules - Light & Dark Themes - Natural Language Processing - URL Scheme - Siri Integration - And much more! ● Get Sorted³ Today If you've ever struggled with to-do lists or managing your day, then you need to try hyper-scheduling with Sorted³. - Sorted³ for macOS is now available on the Mac App Store! - Sorted³ PRO is also available for Mac (sold separately) To learn more, check our website and blog (sortedapp.com) We love hearing from our users about how much clarity and focus Sorted³ brings to their day. We can't wait for you to try it out and see for yourself! ● Community & Support Join our Slack community by visiting: bit.ly/sorted-slack Twitter: @SortedHQ Email: hello@sortedapp.com Support Center: support.sortedapp.com

Screenshots

TimeBlocks4 screens
Sorted³4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sorted³ at 4.7 against TimeBlocks's 3.1. Sorted³ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (73% vs 47%). TimeBlocks's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. TimeBlocks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Sorted³ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sorted³ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sorted³ has 4.1K ratings behind it against 162, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of TimeBlocks's written reviews are positive against 73% of Sorted³'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeBlocks ships an update weekly, Sorted³ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TimeBlocks versus Sorted³: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBlocksSorted³
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (162 ratings)4.7 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews72.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1624.1K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeBlocks, inc.StaySorted Limited

Customer experience

TimeBlocks

All ratings162 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative42.6%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral15.6%
Negative37.4%

Sorted³

All ratings4,055 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews1,248 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.0%

User reviews

TimeBlocks

From 162 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Customizable
  • 💡 Helpful features
  • 🚀 Convenient
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Subscription model
  • 🐛 Syncing issues
  • 🐛 Disappearing data
  • 🐛 Unreliable widget

Sorted³

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent time management and scheduling features
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🔒 Reliable syncing across devices
  • 💡 Innovative auto-scheduling functionality
  • 👍 Customizable task organization (lists, tags, etc.)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recurring issues with syncing and data loss
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported by multiple users
  • 🔧 Lack of integration with other productivity apps
  • 🔧 Limited calendar and weekly/monthly views
  • 🔧 Difficulty managing large number of tasks

Bugs and requests

TimeBlocks

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Calendar entries disappearing
  • Inability to log in
  • Syncing issues with other calendars
  • Glitches with font changes
  • Crashing on launch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Weekly view option
  • 24-hour time format
  • Desktop/Mac version
  • More free customization options
  • Ability to earn coins without inviting friends

Sorted³

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Crashes and freezes on launch
  • Recurring tasks not behaving as expected
  • Calendar integration not working as intended

Requested features

5 requests
  • Location-based reminders
  • Improved calendar integration and views
  • Ability to set task dependencies and priorities
  • Export/backup functionality for task data
  • Pomodoro timer integration

In-app purchases

10 purchases

TimeBlocks

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Account (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Account (Annual)1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time8
  • 15 coins$1.99
  • 10 coins$1.99
  • 30 coins$2.99
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  • 30 coins$3.99
  • 50 coins2 variants$4.99
  • 100 coins$7.99
  • 150 coins$10.99
  • 200 coins$13.99
11 purchases

Sorted³

One-time11
  • SSPAI Member BundleFree
  • 14-day Extended TrialFree
  • 14-day Extended Trial for MacFree
Show 8 more
  • Buy a soda$1.99
  • Buy a pizza$9.99
  • Get PRO on iOS$14.99
  • Get PRO on macOS Promo$19.99
  • Get PRO on macOS$24.99
  • Apple Staff Benefits Bundle$31.99
  • Students Benefits Bundle$31.99
  • Sorted³ PRO iOS + macOS$35.99

Questions

Is TimeBlocks free?
TimeBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sorted³ free?
Sorted³ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeBlocks or Sorted³?
Sorted³ is rated higher. TimeBlocks averages 3.1 out of 5 from 162 ratings, while Sorted³ averages 4.7 from 4.1K ratings.
Do TimeBlocks or Sorted³ have ads?
TimeBlocks shows ads; Sorted³ does not.
Which is updated more often, TimeBlocks or Sorted³?
TimeBlocks ships an update weekly, and Sorted³ every 3 weeks. Most recently, TimeBlocks was updated on October 13, 2026 and Sorted³ on October 11, 2026.

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