Arc Timeline 4 User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience71.0% of reviews
Neutral6.5% of reviews
Negative experience22.6% of reviews

~ Based on 31 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

日付が見えない

たぶん10年くらい使っています。永久ライセンスを購入して非常に気に入っていました。しかし、

iPhone12で使用していますが、タイムラインで肝心な日付が「2026年7月2…」と表示されてしまい、いつの記録か分からなくなりました。このままでは使えません。何とかしていただけると助かります。
よろしくお願いします。

追記
2日後に回答があり、修正して頂けるとのことでした。
素早い対応に感謝します。星の数を2から5に変更しました。

Response from developer

レビューをありがとうございます。10年近くもArcをご利用いただいていること、心から感謝いたします。 日付が「2026年7月2…」と省略されてしまう問題、ご報告の通り再現・確認できました。原因も特定済みで、バグとして登録しています(整理番号 BIG-673)。近いうちのアップデートで修正できる見込みです。 ご不便をおかけして申し訳ありません。報告していただいたおかげで、日本語表示を使う全ユーザーのための改善につながります。

旧アプリより安定&日本語対応

旧アプリでは、処理中にページ切り替えなどの操作をすると、たまにクラッシュしてしまう事があったのですが、今のところそのような兆候は無く安定しています。

現状の不満点としては、以前は出来ていたライトモード/ダークモードのアプリ内での任意切り替えが出来ない事

Great idea executed awkwardly

Sometimes thinks I walk at 400mph or sleep in a parking lot or am stationary while boating on water. Place search is flaky. Great concept though. Hasn’t changed substancially in years.

Response from developer

Ah the old hater is back. You've been at this 8 years! Never a good thing to say, but still paying for the app year after year. To others reading, I recommend checking the support forum, where we have a vibrant, active, and happy community of users and builders, focused on using and improving the app, taking it to new heights. It's at https://support.bigpaua.com/ This hater is not representative (nor do they ever highlight any genuine problems).

無視されちゃう

前のアプリでは、移動してると記録されてるのに、かすりもしない時がある。なんで?

Response from developer

レビューありがとうございます。移動が記録されないことがあるとのこと、ご不便をおかけしています。レビュー欄では詳しいやり取りができないため、サポートフォーラム(https://support.bigpaua.com)に投稿していただけると、状況を確認しながらきちんと対応できます。日本語での投稿でも大丈夫です。また、最新バージョン(1.5.0)には調査に役立つ診断機能が追加されていますので、まずアップデートをお試しください。

Top aber plötzlich sehr hoher Akkuverbrauch

Top aber plötzlich sehr hoher Akkuverbrauch seit ich das iPhone vor ca 4 Wochen neu gestartet habe. Ein Modus mit geringerer Genaugkeit zu Gunsten des Akkus wäre wichtig.

Response from developer

Danke für die Rückmeldung! Ein plötzlich hoher Akkuverbrauch ist nicht normal — Arc ist darauf ausgelegt, sehr sparsam zu laufen, und sollte im Alltag kaum spürbar sein. Statt die Genauigkeit zu reduzieren (was die Qualität der Timeline deutlich verschlechtern würde), finden wir lieber die Ursache. Solche Phasen erhöhten Verbrauchs entstehen oft durch iOS selbst und normalisieren sich meist von allein. Falls nicht: Im Support-Forum (support.bigpaua.com) können wir uns das mit einem Log genauer ansehen.

Long time user, great app, great support

I have used this since its release. The arc timeline 4 release has been great. Any issues have been take up by the developer in the forums.

I feel the improvements have been great and the support ongoing.

Impressive App, incredible update

Timeline 4 is a massive update and huge change for the better! The UI *flies* now, days and weeks and months load instantly. And finally dark mode! Congrats and thank you to Matt for the job well done, glad for all the work you do.

Still thinks 40 mph is an appropriate walking speed

But it’s a great app overall.

Response from developer

Ah the old hater is back. You've been at this 8 years! Never a good thing to say, but still paying for the app year after year. To others reading, I recommend checking the support forum, where we have a vibrant, active, and happy community of users and builders, focused on using and improving the app, taking it to new heights. It's at https://support.bigpaua.com/ This hater is not representative (nor do they ever highlight any genuine problems).

Unstable and crashes

Feels very vibe coded. Lots of crashes in the app and no developer support.

Response from developer

Is this trolling? The app has no crashes (it’s all monitored), there’s an incredibly active customer support forum that I’m replying on all day, and the app has been in development for two years with an entire year of successful public beta prior to going live on the App Store. If you are a genuine user, please come to the support forum (https://support.bigpaua.com), which is clearly linked from within the app.

Solides Location Tracking mit exportierbaren Daten

Läuft seit langem durchgängig, und die Version 4 hebt das ganze auf ein neues Level.

Recommended

Thank you for this amazing update, Matt. The new Arc app 4 has proven on my end to be very reliable and it does its job flawlessly, once I confirm a location it stays that way which is great. Its simplicity makes it easy to use and understand and fun to use. It doesn’t affect my battery significantly which is a big plus too. Totally recommend this app.
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Major flaw

RIP Arc timeline, this new version puts a blue active location indicator at the top of your screen 24/7!! This is completely unnecessary but there's no way to make it go away.

Response from developer

Update: as of version 1.5.0, the persistent location indicator is gone. Arc now records in the background with no Dynamic Island indicator and no status bar location arrow, with the same recording reliability, battery use, and data quality as before. This one took years of experimenting against iOS's constraints, and we're glad to finally have it resolved. Hope you'll give the app another look.

Good idea

Rewrite is faster. Doesn’t fix most problems with the old app.

Response from developer

Ah the old hater is back. You've been at this 8 years! Never a good thing to say, but still paying for the app year after year. To others reading, I recommend checking the support forum, where we have a vibrant, active, and happy community of users and builders, focused on using and improving the app, taking it to new heights. It's at https://support.bigpaua.com/ This hater is not representative (nor do they ever highlight any genuine problems).

Crashtastic

Uninstalling. Again.

Response from developer

Hi! There are no known crashes, so what you're experiencing is not normal. Please contact customer support at https://support.bigpaua.com.

A great upgrade to a great app

This is the best app that I have ever used. The developer is responsive and dedicated. The update seems more accurate and stable than ever before. If you are concerned about the cost you should consider the fact that, if you are like me, you will use this app multiple times per day every day and it does exactly what it promises to do.
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What Google Timeline should have been

This was exactly what I was looking for as it discreetly and privately logs my location without a lot of battery drain. I really like that I can leave notes at each location and it is easy to correct a particular location if need be. I rarely pay subscriptions for apps but for this one, I will gladly make an exception and pay the $4.99 monthly fee. Well worth it. Good job! 🙂
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Great app

Love how it doesn’t crash like the old version.

Response from developer

Hi! This is not something that can be done by us, it has to be decided by Apple. You will need to ask Apple. Also, I recommend asking these things on the support forum (https://support.bigpaua.com). App Store reviews are not the best place for support or feature requests. This particular topic has been discussed several times on the forum, so you will find more details there.

交通に新幹線や特急列車を追加してください

Response from developer

Thanks for your review! We plan to add a high speed rail / Shinkansen type in an update soon.

旧バージョンからの乗り換え

旧バージョンで永久ライセンス購入してます

AppStoreでダウンロードしたら旧バージョンからデータのインポート開始 しかしライセンス関係が移行されておらず一週間無料お試しをしました それが切れたらライセンス購入の画面が出てそれ以上進めず…

一旦、こちらを削除して旧バージョンを開いたら、なんと旧バージョンでもライセンス購入の画面が表示されるようになってしまった!

購入のリストアボタンがあったので、それでライセンス復活出来ました その後、改めてこのバージョンをインストール  再度過去データがインポートされ、無事ライセンスも移行されました

ライセンス関連で少し手間取りましたが、動作自体は全く問題無いです
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Response from developer

Hi! Sorry to hear you had trouble with the subscription carryover. We shipped an update to the old app to try to improve it, so it hopefully won't happen again for more people. But yeah, the initial carryover didn't work as well as planned. Anyway, thanks for your review and feedback! Oh and do make sure you've cancelled the free trial you started, so that you don't accidentally get charged unnecessarily.

要望

地図の日本語化をお願いします

Response from developer

Hi. Thanks for the feedback! We weren't aware that the map was showing the wrong language. I will make sure this is fixed in the next update.