Tiimo app review: what it does, what it costs, and an alternative with no timer

Tiimo is a visual daily planner: your day becomes a colored timeline, with a countdown timer for the task in front of you. It is free on iPhone and Android, and Tiimo Pro adds the rest. Tiimo doesn't print the Pro price on its site, and the US App Store lists its purchases between $7.00 and $54.00. This Tiimo app review covers what you get, what it costs, and an alternative with no timer and no schedule: Carnet, a weekly planner at $10 a month.

We make Carnet, so read this page with that in mind. Every Tiimo fact below comes from Tiimo's own site or its App Store listing, read on October 9, 2026. We did not run a lab test. The sources are at the bottom.

Tiimo vs Carnet at a glance

The short verdict

Choose Tiimo if:

• you want your day laid out hour by hour, in color;
• you like a visible countdown while you work;
• you plan mostly on your phone or your watch;
• you want AI to turn a vague task into steps;
• you want to start without paying.

Choose Carnet if:

• you'd rather decide what happens on Thursday than what happens at 2:30;
• timers, streaks and reminders feel like being watched;
• you write a lot and want your notes next to your week;
• you plan at a computer more than on a phone.

Tiimo app review: what it does well

Tiimo is good at the thing it set out to do, and its App Store listing carries Apple's iPhone App of the Year 2025 badge.

It makes time visible. Your tasks sit on a timeline, so you see what comes next. The focus timer shows time running down instead of leaving you to guess.

It lives where you already look. Widgets, Live Activities and an Apple Watch app keep the current task in view.

It helps with the blank page. The AI co-planner takes what you type and builds a step-by-step plan with time estimates.

It reaches a lot of people. iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, Mac and the web, in 24 languages, with no ads even in the free version.

Tiimo says it was built with ADHD and autism in mind. If a structured, visual day is what you're after, you may not need to read further.

Is Tiimo free?

Partly. The free version exists on iPhone and Android only. The App Store listing describes it as a basic planner, limited AI chats and one profile, and Tiimo's site says it includes the focus timer.

Tiimo Pro adds the web planner, calendar integration, sync across your devices, unlimited AI and up to five profiles.

Why people look for a Tiimo alternative

Four reasons follow from how Tiimo is built and sold.

You can't see the price up front. Tiimo's FAQ says it depends on your location and appears at checkout.

The trial has a condition. The 7-day trial applies only to the yearly plan. Choose monthly and you are charged right away.

A timeline is a schedule. If the 10:00 block runs over, everything under it is wrong. Some people enjoy dragging the blocks back into place. Others end the day with a plan that no longer describes anything.

It keeps score, kindly. Tiimo has streaks, trophies and rewards. That motivates some people. For others, a broken streak is the day they stop opening the app.

How Carnet is different

No timer and no schedule

Carnet opens on your week: two cream pages, seven day boxes, like a paper planner lying open. Appointments keep their time. Tasks don't have one.

"Call the landlord" goes in Tuesday's box. If Tuesday fills up, you move it to Wednesday, and nothing else has to shift.

There is no AI either: nothing breaks your tasks down for you.

A place for what has no day yet

Some things need doing this week, and you don't know when. They wait in a box called "This week", in sight, until you slide them onto a day.

Room for what isn't a task

Carnet has a Notes box on the spread, pages inside every day, and a brain dump page each day to empty your head first and sort later. There are no folders. You search for a word and the page comes up.

Nothing keeps score

No streaks, no trophies, no red badges. What's done turns gray, and that is all the feedback you get.

What Carnet doesn't do

Read this before you switch.

• No reminders. Carnet never notifies you. You have to open it.
• No native app. No widgets, no watch. It runs in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone.
• No free plan. There is a 7-day free trial (card required, nothing charged before it ends), and a homepage demo that works without an account, but nothing you write there is saved.

Tiimo pricing in detail

Tiimo Pro is sold monthly or yearly, through the App Store, Google Play or the web. Tiimo's site gives no figure.

The US App Store lists ten purchases named "Tiimo Pro" or "Pro", at $7.00, $11.99, $12.00, $14.00, $36.00, $42.00, $48.00 and $54.00. It doesn't say which is monthly and which is yearly, so we won't guess.

What the list does tell you:

• nothing on it costs more than $54.00, so a yearly plan bought there can't cost more than that;
• billed monthly at $7.00, twelve payments would come to $84.00, and at $14.00 to $168.00;
• Carnet is $120 for twelve months, with one plan and no yearly discount.

If one of those listings is the yearly plan, a year of Tiimo Pro costs less than half of a year of Carnet. Tiimo's FAQ says charges are generally nonrefundable.

Tiimo vs Structured

Structured is the obvious app to weigh against Tiimo, because both put your day on a timeline.

Pick Structured if you want a free timeline in a browser, or you'd rather pay once. Pick Tiimo if the AI co-planner, shared profiles or mood tracking matter to you. Structured's Android and web versions don't have every iOS feature yet.

Other Tiimo alternatives

• You like the countdown more than the timeline: Llama Life puts a timer on each task in a list. $6 a month or $39 a year, with a 7-day trial.
• You only want a solid task list: Todoist has a free plan.
• You want to leave timers and timelines behind: that's where Carnet sits.

FAQ

Is Tiimo free?

Tiimo has a free version on iPhone and Android with a basic planner, limited AI and one profile. The web planner, calendar integration and sync across devices need Tiimo Pro. The 7-day free trial applies only to the yearly subscription.

How much does Tiimo cost?

Tiimo doesn't publish a price on its website. On October 9, 2026, the US App Store listed Tiimo Pro purchases from $7.00 to $54.00, without saying which is monthly and which is yearly. The exact price for your country shows at checkout.

Is Tiimo worth it?

It is if you use what Pro adds: the web planner, calendar import, unlimited AI and sync across devices. If you only need a simple timeline on your phone, the free version may be enough. If the timeline itself is the problem, a different kind of planner will suit you better.

Is Tiimo or Structured better?

They do a similar job. Structured is free on every platform, including the web, and offers a lifetime purchase. Tiimo includes limited AI in its free version and adds mood tracking and shared profiles, but keeps the web planner for subscribers.

What is a good Tiimo alternative?

Structured if you want another timeline planner. Llama Life if you mostly want a timer per task. Carnet if you want neither: a week on two pages, where a task gets a day and nothing counts down.

Try the spread before you decide

You don't need an account to see whether a week on two pages suits you. Open the homepage, click a line and write. Nothing is saved, it's scratch paper.

Try Carnet's weekly spread

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Sources

Checked on October 9, 2026.

• Tiimo, homepage (timeline, focus timer, AI co-planner, widgets, streaks and trophies, mood tracking, platforms, audience): https://www.tiimoapp.com/
• Tiimo, FAQ (devices, free version on iOS and Android only, web planner for Pro, price shown at checkout, 7-day trial on the yearly plan only, calendar import, refunds): https://www.tiimoapp.com/faq
• Tiimo, "Why Tiimo isn't fully free but will always be ad-free" (what free users get, what Pro includes, no ads): https://www.tiimoapp.com/resource-hub/why-tiimo-went-freemium
• App Store (US), Tiimo listing (in-app purchase prices, free version contents, 24 languages, iPhone App of the Year 2025 badge): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tiimo-to-do-list-planner/id1480220328
• Structured, help center (free and Pro features by platform, Pro sold monthly, yearly or once): https://help.structured.app/en/articles/1897986
• Structured, help center (Structured Web is free to use): https://help.structured.app/en/articles/2050050
• Structured, help center (Android version, features still missing): https://help.structured.app/en/articles/331714
• App Store (US), Structured listing (in-app purchase prices, inbox, Pomodoro timer): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/structured-daily-planner-todo/id1499198946
• Llama Life, pricing (monthly and yearly price, 7-day trial): https://llamalife.co/pricing
• Todoist, pricing page (a free plan called Beginner): https://www.todoist.com/pricing
• Carnet, homepage (features, price of $10 a month, demo without an account): https://gocarnet.com/en