# Lookback — A time machine for places

> A time machine for places (iPhone/iPad app by 10xDev Systems.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lookback/id6814311740 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [10xDev Systems](https://appshunter.io/developer/1565896604)
- Category: Education, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 70 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-15

## What is Lookback?

Choose a place. Choose a time. See what it might have looked like.

Lookback is a time machine for places. Pick anywhere on Earth, go back to any year from 1000 BCE to today, choose the light, from dawn to night, and look back. You get the scene as it might have been, a short documentary note read from real sources, and numbered details that tell you what you are looking at and where it is documented.

YOUR FIRST JOURNEY IS FREE
Start without an account. Pick one of eight cities: Rome in 120, Kyoto in 1600, Cairo in 1250, Tenochtitlan in 1500, Istanbul in 1453, Timbuktu in 1500, York in 1450 or Paris in 1789. Open its look, then watch it come alive in a fifteen-second film. Sign in when you want to keep it.

FLING THROUGH THREE THOUSAND YEARS
Drag the years under the needle and feel each period click past, named the way the place itself names them: Heian and Edo in Kyoto, Mamluk and Ottoman in Cairo. Touch the sky to set the time of day, and the light changes with the sun.

EVERY DETAIL, WITH ITS SOURCE
Every look is an interpretation, and says so. The note tells you what is documented and what is imagined, and every numbered detail links the source it was read from. Ask a question about the moment and the answer comes from the same sources.

WATCH THE MOMENT COME ALIVE
Turn any look into a short film, fifteen or thirty seconds long, with the ambient sound of the street.

TWENTY-ONE JOURNEYS
From Persepolis on tribute day to Paris in 1900: moments worth standing in, each ready to open. Turn on reminders and a new one arrives every three days.

YOUR LIBRARY, WHEREVER YOU ARE
Everything you make is kept in your library, on your iPhone, your iPad and the web. Compare two eras of the same place side by side, save pictures and films to Photos, and share a film with a link.

CREDITS
New accounts start with 100 free credits. A look costs 10 credits, a film from 80, and a question 1. When you need more, buy a pack once.

Pictures and films are reconstructions, not photographs, footage or historical records.

Terms of service: https://www.lookbackai.app/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.lookbackai.app/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lookback Plus Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Lookback Plus Yearly | $99.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 credits | $9.99 | one-time |
| 600 credits | $24.99 | one-time |


## Is Lookback safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Lookback.

## Is Lookback legit?

Lookback appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lookback is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-14

There’s more to discover in every moment.

• Explore multiple views of a place, with photo thumbnails that make switching between scenes easy.
• Tap a hotspot to uncover its story, then explore deeper with new images and more detail.
• Discover surprising facts and read more without leaving the app.
• Let the past find you with optional location-based discoveries, trip reminders, and a more personal widget.
• Introducing Lookback Plus: choose monthly or yearly membership and receive 250 credits each month. Granted credits never expire.
• Enjoy improved hotspot reliability and a cleaner account page, with important actions always within reach.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-09

A new place every morning. 
Add the Today’s journey widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen: a place in its own year, a new one each day, one tap from opening it.
Watch your film being made. 
While a film renders, your Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island show it shot by shot, and tell you when it’s ready.
Take it with you. 
Save any film for Stories in 9:16, turn two years of a place into a five-second wipe for Reels, and every film you save ends on a card with the place and the year.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-09

No release notes.

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