# Time Caps - A future diary — Write to my dear future

> Digital diary for future messages, daily reflections, and voice notes. (iPhone/iPad app by 灿海 陈.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-caps-a-future-diary/id1195852313 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [灿海 陈](https://appshunter.io/developer/1068107051)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 153 App Store ratings · 49 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2017-02-07
- Data updated: 2026-07-25
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-caps-a-future-diary/id1195852313/reviews.md

## What is Time Caps?

＊＊＊Featured on App Store＊＊＊

Features:
＊ Daily Caps: One day one cap, different colors for your different moods.
＊ Day Grid: Display journals in grids. Fill your lovely life with colorful daily caps.
＊ Time Fortune: Collect fortunes by writing daily caps. Share in your mood color.
＊ Future Caps: Write to your next birthday, to next Christmas, to the time after the exam/enrollment/entry, to the dear future you.
＊ Echo Caps: Send yourself a piece of voice from the present.
＊ Old Time: Shake your phone like a jar full of caps and meet your old days by serendipity.
＊ Workshop: Regain cap pieces every day to craft more future caps.
＊ Widgets: Meet your lovely widgets, glanceable anytime on your device.
＊ Account System: No more worry about accidentally removing the app or switching to a new phone.
＊ Privacy Protection: Secure your journals with passcode lock or Touch ID/Face ID.
＊ Daily Reminder: One day one cap!
＊ Offline Use: Everything works well under no network connection.
＊ Export & Share: Export your favorite caps to your albums or share them with your friends.
＊ Time Traveler Pro: Subscribe to unlock exclusive features, enhance Daily Caps, double regaining Pieces, and enjoy premium sync.

Your lovely designer and developer (same person :D) is working hard to explore and create more cool and useful features. Thanks for your liking and support!
If you like it, don’t forget to come back for rating, encouraging your developer and helping Time Caps become better.
Ideas or feedback are always welcome. Please email us at: hi.pol.chen@gmail.com.

Crafted with love by Pol

Terms of Use: https://timecaps.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://timecaps.app/privacy

## Key features

- Daily mood-based journal entries
- Write messages to your future self
- Record voice notes for the future
- Serendipitous retrieval of past entries
- Secure passcode and biometric lock
- Daily reminders and widgets
- Offline functionality

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Time Traveler Pro (Yearly) | $24.99 | per year |
| Time Traveler Pro (Monthly) | $3.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1200 Cap Pieces | $0.99 | one-time |
| 2888 Cap Pieces | $1.99 | one-time |
| 3600 Cap Pieces | $2.99 | one-time |
| 5000 Cap Pieces | $3.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 49)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-caps-a-future-diary/id1195852313/reviews.md

### 1/5 — 拿掉密碼鎖功能超爛

*2025-11-15, version 3.6*

本來很讚的現在竟然要訂閱才能用密碼鎖==哪個天才想的有夠過分連這都要收錢

### 5/5 — 很好！

*2025-06-18, version 3.2*

我其实是个不喜欢写日记的人，每次都写不下去，但这个软件真的很好用，连我都开始天天乱写哈哈哈哈哈( °ᴗ°)。特别期待给一年后的自己写的胶囊，希望我能坚持每天写下去。

### 5/5 — Love this app so much

*2025-06-09*

It’s absolutely amazing for day to day journaling, 10/10 and would definitely recommend

### 5/5 — send a letter to future me

*2025-02-01*

Every year I will send a letter for future me. That’s amazing. When I get it, I feel I am taking to myself. And I will see the development through the whole year. Thanks this app’

### 5/5 — Wholesome journal app

*2025-01-29*

This is one of those rare apps that is actually beneficial for your wellbeing ❤️

### 4/5 — 字号偏小

*2024-12-16, version 2.16*

如果字号能大一点就好了

### 5/5 — Best journal app

*2024-12-12, version 2.16*

I have been using this app for over 10 years now. Clean, easy to use, reminisce about your feelings and your life.

### 3/5 — Horrible devs. Horrible app.

*2024-03-02*

Just be aware that everything you enter in owned by them and they will make it as difficult as they possibly can to get your data out of this app. These are the types of developers that should be banned from creating these deceptive apps. Based on the other reviews, they’re done a great job of duping countless people. The only saving grace is that Apple now lets you copy any text from any image. Hahaha I bet the devs love that. Can’t charge to export data anymore? Go cry about it.

**Developer response:** Hi Pyk, thanks so much for your feedback. I really appreciate your support all the time.
Here are a few things to address:
First, about "They’ve also confirmed that they have no intention of adding this through email", we've never said this in any email reply. "Exporting data" is a feature on our roadmap but not yet supported. I understand you've waited for so long. But given that the app is still designed, developed and maintained by one person, I had to make choice and implement major features first.
Second, we don't charge money for editing old daily caps. You can spend some Pieces to edit a daily cap after 24 hours but Pieces are not equal to money. You've used Time Caps so long, so I'm sure that you know Pieces are a way that we introduce to encourage users to write daily caps. You can gain Pieces for writing any caps. It's true that you can purchase some Pieces with a few dollars, but it's just one of the ways earning them. In fact, most users did not purchase any pieces.
Moreover, with the update, we introduced several new ways for users to gain Pieces, including weekly/monthly rewards, Piece Reward Program, etc. And meanwhile, we offered ways to help users utilize the Pieces they gained to perform some actions that they could not do in old versions, such as filling a old day, or editing a daily cap after 24 hours.
Last, if this does any help, if you update to the latest version (2.5.4), you can long press the text in a cap and copy them. You don't need to spend Pieces to edit just to copy anymore. I know this is still far away from an ideal "exporting" feature, but I'm working on it.
Thanks again for your support and feedback and love for Time Caps. Have a good day!

### 5/5 — Love this app so so much

*2024-02-20*

Such a fun and creative way to memorialize your life. Will be using it for as long as possible! One suggestion would be the ability to export your previous posts

### 5/5 — Wow!

*2024-01-27*

It is such a great app! I do wish the in app purchases weren’t a thing though. If you really wanted to have an incredible experience, get rid of the purchases and watch a couple adds instead. I would have loved to see myself in the past, but only if you 
- watch adds to get gems
- use gems to get capsules
- use capsules to send a photo or voice recording. 
If anything, just lower the gem prices on the capsules. Thank you!

## Frequently asked questions about Time Caps

### What is Time Caps?

Time Caps is a digital diary application that allows you to write entries to your future self, record daily reflections, and save voice notes. It offers various features to help you capture and revisit your memories, moods, and thoughts over time.

### What are the key features of Time Caps?

Key features include Daily Caps for mood-based journaling, Future Caps to write messages to specific future dates, Echo Caps for voice notes, and Old Time for serendipitous retrieval of past entries. It also offers privacy protection, widgets, daily reminders, and offline use.

### Is Time Caps free to use?

The app offers a freemium model. Basic functionalities are available for free, but a subscription called 'Time Traveler Pro' unlocks exclusive features, enhances daily caps, doubles regained pieces for crafting future caps, and provides premium sync.

### What devices is Time Caps compatible with?

The description mentions widgets and offline use, implying compatibility with mobile devices that support these features. It also highlights an account system for switching phones, suggesting broad mobile platform support.

### How can I use Time Caps to preserve memories?

You can use Time Caps to create a comprehensive record of your life by writing daily entries about your experiences and feelings. The Future Caps feature allows you to send messages to specific future dates, effectively creating a personal time capsule of your thoughts and aspirations.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.1 — 2026-07-25

“Smooth sailing.”

＊ Optimization: Fixes some bugs and improves the app stability.

### 3.8 — 2026-02-06

“Rise and shine.”

＊ Optimization: Fixes some bugs and improves the app stability.

### 3.7 — 2025-12-17

“Merry and bright.”

＊ Christmas Cap: Special time-limited Future Cap to next Christmas, available till December 27, 2025.
＊ Optimization: Fixes some bugs and improves the app stability.

### 3.6 — 2025-09-21

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.”

＊ Liquid Glass: Adopts iOS 26 Liquid Glass design to app appearance.
＊ Optimization: Fixes some bugs and improves the app stability.

### 3.5 — 2025-08-02

“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers.”

＊ Localization: Adds support for Japanese.
＊ Optimization: Fixes some bugs and improves the app stability.

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