Comparison

Time Friends vs TurtleBackup

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.).

Screenshots

Time Friends1 screens
TurtleBackup4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Friends versus TurtleBackup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime FriendsTurtleBackup
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZiga PorentaSERGEI SOKOLOV

Customer experience

Time Friends

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

TurtleBackup

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Time Friends

No in-app purchases

None

TurtleBackup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Friends free?
Time Friends costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TurtleBackup free?
TurtleBackup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time Friends or TurtleBackup have ads?
Neither Time Friends nor TurtleBackup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Friends or TurtleBackup?
Time Friends ships an update every 14 months, and TurtleBackup every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time Friends was updated on November 1, 2026 and TurtleBackup on October 24, 2026.

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