Comparison

Timeframe vs Timelogger Plus

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

Head to head
About

Timeframe

Easily monitor your work hours from any location and sync data across devices. Ideal for freelancers, students, and anyone looking to optimize their productive time and reduce wasted hours.

Highlights
  • Track working hours
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Project time tracking
  • Workload monitoring
  • Productivity optimization
Features
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With Timelime for iPhone, you can easily track your working hours from anywhere and synchronize with Timelime and Timeframe for Mac. Timelime is the perfect assistant for: ◦ Freelancers and independent contractors who have to track their time spent on projects ◦ Students who want to spend more time studying by monitoring their daily/weekly/monthly workload ◦ Individuals who are interested in how they spend their work time ◦ People who wish to reduce the amount of time not being productive If you have any questions or suggestions to improve the app, please email us at feedback@timeframeapp.com or start a discussion at community.timeframeapp.com. We’d love to hear from you!

About

Timelogger Plus

This app helps you actively manage and monitor your time across multiple Apple devices. It offers features like stopwatches, goal setting, and detailed reporting, making it ideal for freelancers, managing daily routines, or personal projects.

Highlights
  • Record time with stopwatches
  • Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
  • Synchronize across devices via iCloud
  • Generate PDF and CSV reports
  • Manual time input
  • Multiple active stopwatches
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
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Timelogger Plus is a time tracking app that allows you to actively manage and monitor various tasks on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac securely and updated across all devices using iCloud. It is ideal for freelancing, repetitive daily routines, homemaking tasks, personal projects, or any activity people want to track and control. Timelogger Plus lets you: ▪ Record time using stopwatches; ▪ Define Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Goals; ▪ Synchronize between devices using iCloud; ▪ Generate PDF reports from custom intervals; ▪ Input time manually; ▪ Have multiple stopwatches active; ▪ Set Home Screen Widgets for ease to use; ▪ Set Lock Screen Widgets for ease to use; ▪ Use the Split View on the iPad for ease to use; ▪ Use the Stage Manager on the iPad for ease to use; ▪ Integrate with the Shortcuts application; ▪ Define hourly rates for your tasks; ▪ Define hourly rates for your folders; ▪ Export your entries to CSV; ▪ Create notes; ▪ Create billing notes; ▪ Use Context actions for ease to use; ▪ Add Tags to your Tasks, Entries, or Notes; ▪ Generate Manual backups; ▪ Archive Folders, Tasks, Entries, or Notes; ▪ Analyze your data through a Dashboard; ▪ Choose any Color for your Tasks and Folders; ▪ Filter by Folders or Tasks on the Dashboard views; ▪ Schedule notifications for running stopwatches; ▪ Change to Light or Dark mode; If you have a question, problem, or need help, please send a support request via e-mail. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timeframe4 screens
Timelogger Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Timeframe at free against Timelogger Plus's free with in-app purchases. Timeframe also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 76%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Timelogger Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (72 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Timeframe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Timelogger Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timeframe holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Timeframe's written reviews are positive against 76% of Timelogger Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeframe ships an update every 2 months, Timelogger Plus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timeframe versus Timelogger Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeframeTimelogger Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better4.6 (72 ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better76.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1872 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNiko KramerFilipe Martins

Customer experience

Timeframe

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

Timelogger Plus

All ratings72 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.6%

Bugs and requests

Timeframe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Timelogger Plus

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Single Timer does not work on iPad
  • Old task will continue after clicking a new task
  • iCloud sync broken
  • Apple Watch doesn’t work
  • Syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad is iffy
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  • List of apps does not sync in their proper order on the Home page
  • Home Screen flickers in and out
  • Confusing Interface (Plus version)
  • Widgets not available as advertised
  • Single Timer feature gone
  • iCloud sync is buggy
  • Apple Watch app keeps running after session ends
  • iCloud integrity check crashes app and deletes tasks
  • Timer still running in widget after stopped in-app
  • Task on iPad keeps running after stopping on phone
  • Refusing to stop a task for whatever reason
  • Mac app font size hard to see
  • Task name overlaps time info on the right side

Requested features

25 requests
  • Bar chart instead of circular chart in Time Distribution
  • Toggle switch for time and percent in task total time chart
  • Larger start timer button
  • Add Limits for tasks to goals
  • Manual sort of tasks
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  • Sort tasks by spend time in reports (not alphabet)
  • Show each activity with time and percent in reports
  • Ability to set recurring reminders when a timer is running
  • Notifications to start timers
  • Add an email address for feature requests
  • Automatically discard tasks running for very short time
  • Ability to link a 'goal' to a combo of tasks from different folders
  • Widget for the main screen
  • Planning (to-do lists) implemented
  • White theme option
  • Task name overlap issue fixed
  • Other sync options like NextCloud
  • Menu in Finder top navigation
  • Stop all timers Siri shortcut
  • One at a time timer option
  • Lock the app function
  • Aggregate color-based charts by groups or use text labels
  • See timeline and daily distribution of entries by group
  • Share text from reminder/meeting to automatically create an entry with text in notes
  • Ability to lock minutes to 15 min increments, or 6 or 10 for manual entries

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timeframe

One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Full Version$6.99
3 purchases

Timelogger Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Timeframe free?
Timeframe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timelogger Plus free?
Timelogger Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timeframe or Timelogger Plus?
Timeframe is rated higher. Timeframe averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Timelogger Plus averages 4.6 from 72 ratings.
Do Timeframe or Timelogger Plus have ads?
Neither Timeframe nor Timelogger Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeframe or Timelogger Plus?
Timeframe ships an update every 2 months, and Timelogger Plus every 2 weeks. Most recently, Timeframe was updated on July 18, 2026 and Timelogger Plus on September 29, 2026.

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