Time Friends vs TurtleBackup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Friends
Easily track the time for your contacts across different time zones. This app offers a widget for quick access and a unique time travel feature to convert times instantly. Keep your international connections on schedule.
- Track contacts in multiple time zones
- Today view widget for quick access
- Time travel function for instant conversion
- Keep track of contact times on iPhone/iPad
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Time Friends for iPhone and iPad is a simple, elegant and fast way to stay on time with you contacts in different time zones. FEATURES: - Add multiple contacts in different time zones - Today view widget helps you to keep track of time with just a swipe - Time travel function: Quickly adjust the local time and convert time instantly across all time zones - Keep track of your contact’s time on your iPhone or iPad //////////////////////// How to add the Time Friends widget to your Today view: 1. On your iOS device’s home screen, swipe down from the top to pull down the Notification Centre. 3. Tap the Today button near the top of the screen. 4. Tap the Edit button at the bottom of the page. 5. Now you’ll see a list of installed apps that support widgets. Tap the green ‘+’ button next to Time Friends icon to show it in the notification centre.
TurtleBackup
This utility app allows you to back up files from memory cards to external drives or internal storage, ideal for travelers. It offers options for folder structure, file filtering, and incremental backups, ensuring data integrity and easy review of backup history.
- Backup memory cards to external drives or internal storage
- Organize backups by original structure, date, or date/type
- Filter files by creation date
- Incremental backup support
- Integrity check with checksum comparison
- Backup history log
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Easily backup files from memory cards to external drive (like USB flash drive) or to internal storage. Combined with a compatible USB hub / card reader, it’s a simple and lightweight photo backup solution for travel / short trips. Has 4 main features: Check, Backup, Integrity check, History. "Check" gives a brief overview / size estimate, and also confirms whether basic conditions (e.g. available space) are met. "Backup" copies files from source to destination. You have 3 options regarding folder structure on destination: • use original (same as source) folder structure • group files into folders by file creation date (YYYY-MM-DD, example: 2026-02-10/DSC_5555.JPG) or • group files by file creation date and type (YYYY-MM-DD/type, example: 2026-02-10/JPG/DSC_5555.JPG) There's also a filter feature - you can exclude files created before certain date (e.g. if you want to skip files created before the trip, but don't want to delete them from source). Incremental backup is supported as well - matching existing files are skipped, if size (and file creation time, depending on selected setting) is the same. Also, if you're using same backup source / destination each time, app will remember and pre-select them on startup, so in ideal scenario, backup can be performed just by clicking couple of buttons. "Integrity check" is optional, compares checksums of corresponding files from source folder to the ones in the destination folder. "History" is optional (can be enabled via settings) - saves (locally) basic statistics (date, number of files, etc.) about performed backups, which you can review later. App doesn't need a network connection and does not support backup to network locations (cloud etc.).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TurtleBackup at 100% against Time Friends's 0%. TurtleBackup also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). Time Friends's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0.1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
TurtleBackup is free to download; Time Friends costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Time Friends ships an update every 14 months, TurtleBackup every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Friends | TurtleBackup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ziga Porenta | SERGEI SOKOLOV |
Customer experience
Time Friends
TurtleBackup
In-app purchases
Time Friends
No in-app purchases
TurtleBackup
No in-app purchases
Questions
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