Comparison

一言 vs Time Caps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

一言

Free

🌟 Lifestyle

★ 4.8115 ratingsView app →

Time Caps

Write to my dear future

Free

🌟 Lifestyle

★ 4.8153 ratingsView app →

About

一言

This app is a sophisticated tool for recording and organizing text, serving as a personal collection for quotes, lyrics, or dialogues. It also functions as a creative writing platform, a journaling tool with image support, and a curated reading experience.

Highlights

Record and collect quotes, lyrics, and dialogues
Creative writing and long-form content creation
Journaling with image support
Curated daily content discovery
Minimalist text formatting and design
Share touching quotes with friends

Features

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【App Store 官方“偶遇佳句”、“发现与分享”专题推荐】「一言」记录字句，发现共鸣。「一言」是一个有温度的文字轻社区，也是一个精致的文字记录和排版工具，它可以是你的： · 字句收藏本：一段文字、一篇歌词、几句对白，总有触动到你的字句，「一言」为你铭记这一瞬。 · 创作本：写诗、创作长文，或许能引起他人共鸣，成为你的读者。 · 日记本：用精美的图文记录生活，丰盈自我。你的图文永不丢失。 · 闲时读物：或许你更喜欢作为读者，邂逅「一言」首页每日推荐的内容。 · 排版工具：极简美学的设计，重塑文字视觉美感。 · ...... 一切关于文字，一切关于你的思考和内心共鸣。在「一言」，你可以： · 用干净极简的模板记录字句 · 发现和收藏让你共鸣的字句 · 成为优质内容创作者或读者 · 将触动你的字句与好友分享「一言」欢迎你。 ---------------------------------- 【连续包年会员说明】 --订阅周期：1年。 --订阅价格：每年12元。 --付款：通过用户的iTunes账户扣款，用户确认购买后即付款。 --续订：苹果iTunes账户会在到期前24小时内扣费，扣费成功后订阅周期顺延1个订阅周期。 --取消续订：如需取消续订，请在当前扣费期前至少24小时操作，操作方法：从Home页进入[设置] —> 点击[iTunes Store与App Store] —> 点击[Apple ID]，选择 [查看Apple ID] —> [账户设置] —> 点击[订阅]，选择言YAN年会员取消订阅即可。 --自动续费会员服务协议： https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0EBawVbrur6gBHex0aDSLw --会员服务条款： https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yMu03mSyS6HaoTxKk_KwoA ---------------------------------- 微博官方号：一言app 微信公众号：一言YAN（yiyan-app）官方邮箱：yiyanapp@163.com

About

Time Caps

This app allows users to create a digital diary with various types of entries, including daily reflections, future messages, and voice notes. It offers features like mood-based coloring, serendipitous retrieval of past entries, and secure privacy protection. Users can also subscribe for enhanced functionalities and premium features.

Highlights

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

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＊＊＊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

Screenshots

一言4 screens

Time Caps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Time Caps at freemium against 一言's subscription. 一言's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 一言 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Time Caps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for 一言 against 4.8 for Time Caps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 115 and 153 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of 一言's written reviews are positive against 84% of Time Caps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

一言 versus Time Caps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	一言	Time Caps
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.8 (115 ratings)	4.8 (153 ratings)
Positive reviews	87.8% of reviews — better	83.7% of reviews
Number of ratings	115	153 — better
Update frequency	Every 6 weeks	Every 6 weeks
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Subscription	Freemium — better
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	74 MB	18 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	秸嵘韩	灿海陈