Finalist vs TimeBloc

Finalist

• People who rely on Apple Calendar and Reminders and want one page per day
• Paper-planner users who want a journal and habit tracker beside their tasks
• Obsidian users who want dated tasks in Markdown files to show up in a planner

TimeBloc

• People who plan a day as back-to-back time blocks on their phone
• Daily routines that should fill into the schedule on their own
• iPhone users who want the next block on the Home or Lock Screen

Finalist

• Apple platforms only: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. The site lists no web, Windows or Android version.
• The App Store listing says full functionality needs a subscription or the lifetime purchase, and does not say what works without one.
• The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 26, and the 4.1 release notes say Siri and Plan My Day need iOS 27.
• Prices are the US App Store in-app purchase amounts; the vendor's own site does not publish a price list.

TimeBloc

• Phone app only: the listings cover iPhone and Android, and there is no web or desktop version.
• Unlimited routines, unlimited calendars, advanced notifications and statistics all require TimeBloc Premium.
• The website has no price list. The US App Store shows several Premium price points and labels the term for only one of them.
• The Google Play listing shows the Android app was last updated on Sep 23, 2025.

Finalist

Daily page

Tasks, calendar events, reminders, habits, weather and journal entries share one page per day, in two designs with a layout editor and saved presets.

Timeline time blocking

Drag untimed tasks onto an hourly grid as tentative blocks, resize or move them, then tap Accept to write the times into the tasks. Free time collapses into bands.

Apple Calendar and Reminders

Events and reminders appear in the day and can be managed from either app. A task can be converted into a reminder or an event and back.

Notes and Markdown folders

A Notes tab has notebooks, tags and search. A folder of Markdown files, including an Obsidian vault, becomes a notebook, and tasks in those files become Finalist tasks.

Habits and journal

Habits repeat automatically with streaks and a yearly heatmap. The journal takes photos and daily goals and reads activity data from Apple Health.

Capture and Plan My Day

Capture turns a photo, screenshot or pasted text into dated tasks, and Plan My Day drafts a schedule on the timeline. Both run on Apple's on-device models.

TimeBloc

Timelines

Split the day into blocks by the hour or the minute, mark them with icons and colored tags, and reschedule a block by dragging it along the timeline.

Routines

Plan a routine once and TimeBloc places it into the timeline for you. Unlimited routines are a Premium feature.

Calendar integration

Events from your existing calendars can be brought into the day's plan. Unlimited calendars are a Premium feature.

Widgets

Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets on iPhone show the next block without opening the app.

Notifications

The app can send a notification for every event. Advanced notifications are listed as a Premium feature.

Statistics

Visualizes your progress over time. Statistics are listed among the Premium features.

Finalist

• Finalist Pro Weekly$2.99

  per week

  Full functionality billed weekly, as listed among the in-app purchases on the US App Store.

• Finalist Pro Monthly$4.99

  per month

  Full functionality on a monthly subscription. The vendor says one subscription covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

• Finalist Pro Yearly$29.99

  per year

  The same subscription billed once a year, as listed on the US App Store.

• Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99

  one-time purchase

  A single in-app purchase for lifetime access instead of a subscription.

TimeBloc

• Free$0

  Timeline blocks with icons and tags, routines, calendar import and notifications, without the Premium features.

• Lifetime Membership$19.99

  one-time purchase

  Listed among the in-app purchases on the US App Store. The listing does not describe what it covers.

• TimeBloc Premium 1 Year$26.49

  per year

  Unlimited routines, unlimited calendars, advanced notifications and statistics on a one-year term.

• TimeBloc Premium$39.99 to $59.99

  billing period not shown on the US App Store listing

  The same Premium features. The US App Store shows price points of $39.99 and $59.99 without saying what term each covers.

• Growth Bundle$4.99 to $99.99

  $4.99 labelled Monthly, $99.99 labelled Yearly

  A multi-app subscription sold as an in-app purchase inside TimeBloc. The listing does not say which apps or features it includes.

Finalist

• Annual discount

  About 50% less on the yearly plan

  The US App Store lists Finalist Pro Monthly at $4.99 and Finalist Pro Yearly at $29.99. Twelve monthly payments come to $59.88, so the yearly plan costs about 50% less.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime access for $59.99

  Finalist Pro Lifetime is a one-time in-app purchase listed at $59.99 on the US App Store. The vendor says one license covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

• Other savings

  Apple Family Sharing supported

  The App Store listing states that Finalist supports Apple Family Sharing.

TimeBloc

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Membership in-app purchase

  The US App Store listing includes a Lifetime Membership in-app purchase at $19.99. The listing does not describe its terms.