Comparison

Arc Timeline vs Zenith

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

Head to head
About

Arc Timeline

This app automatically tracks your movements, including places visited, travel methods, and activities. It features advanced cycling detection and a learning engine to improve accuracy over time. Export your travel data in various formats.

Highlights
  • Automatic cycling detection
  • Automatic recording of places visited
  • Automatic detection of various transport modes
  • Searchable travel memory
  • GPX export for trips and data
  • Activity summaries and statistics
Features
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Automatically keep track of the places you visit, how you got there, and what you did while you were there. With a learning engine that gets smarter and more accurate the more you use it. FEATURES - The highest accuracy cycling detection available! - Automatic running and cycling recording - no start button required! - Automatic recording of places you visit, with analytics and statistics that evolve over time - Automatic detection and recording of walking, running, cycling, driving, train, tram, bus, airplane, motorcycle, boat, skiing, snowboarding, wheelchair, and many more - A learning engine that makes it possible to achieve increasingly accurate and detailed recordings of visits and trips, personalised specifically for you - A searchable memory of your life's travels, searchable by places names, locations, activities, and more - Export individual trips, or entire days, weeks, months, or years to standard GPX format files, for analysis and visualisation in hundreds of third party services and apps AND MORE - Collates place statistics, average visit durations, average calories burned, heart rate, and more - Compare individual visit statistics to your averages - Collates workout sessions, sleep times, and weather reports for each timeline item - Altitude graphs for visualising mountain hikes, airplane flights, etc - Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activity summaries, showing duration, distance, calories burned, and much more, for every activity type - Automated daily and monthly exports in GPX format or full detail JSON files - Save walking, running, and cycling workouts to Apple Health - Moves app data importer HEALTH DATA Collection of Health data such as calories burned and heart rate requires an Apple Watch or other Apple Health connected device. BATTERY USE Arc is only awake and using GPS when you are active and moving. For the rest of the day Arc stays in a low power sleep mode, with GPS turned off, to conserve battery. On a typical day of two to three hours of travel a single full battery charge should last from morning to evening without requiring extra recharging during the day. However longer trips (for example a long hike or cross country drive) may consume more than expected battery, due to Arc needing to be awake and recording, with GPS activated, for the duration of the trip. For longer trips, I recommend plugging your phone into a car charger or battery pack, to avoid unpleasant battery surprises. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PURCHASES A free trial, active subscription, or Lifetime purchase is required to use the app. ## Subscription Details Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the term your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. ## Legal https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/terms https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms https://policies.google.com/privacy

About

Zenith

Features
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Know your elevation, distance, and climb on every drive, hike, walk, run, or ride. Zenith tracks your altitude in real time as you move — then logs every track with its high, low, net gain, total climb, and a full elevation profile. GLANCE, DON'T UNLOCK A Live Activity keeps your current elevation, trend, and climb on the Lock Screen while you move, so you never open the app just to check your altitude. • Lives in the Dynamic Island too • Mirrors to CarPlay and the Apple Watch Smart Stack • Current elevation, high, low, and climb at a glance PRECISE BY DESIGN Zenith fuses the barometric altimeter's responsiveness with GPS's absolute accuracy, so your current elevation reacts instantly without drifting. • Live current-elevation readout, updated as you move • High, low, net gain, total climb, average, distance, and duration • Keeps recording in the background while your phone's in your pocket • Smart idle auto-stop that always confirms — it never ends a track silently FIND YOUR WAY BACK Slide the map up mid-track and watch your route draw itself behind you. A heading marker shows which way you're facing and a compass gives you the bearing, so retracing your steps means turning around and following the line back to the flag. • Your route drawn live, from the start flag to right now • Heading marker and compass bearing for backtracking • Heading-up mode turns the map as you turn • Street or satellite, with your elevation still on screen EVERY CLIMB, IN DETAIL Open any track for its full elevation profile and the peak Zenith reached. Scrub the chart to trace your position on a route map drawn over real terrain. • Scrub-to-trace elevation chart, by distance or time • Track history with rollups: total distance, total climb, and your highest point ever • A warm, glanceable design that adapts to light and dark • Feet and miles or meters and kilometers FREE TO TRACK Real-time elevation tracking, the Live Activity and Dynamic Island, and your recent track history never cost a thing. ZENITH PRO One purchase unlocks the automatic, connected, and unlimited extras — starting with a 7-day free trial: • Automatic activity detection — Zenith knows when you're hiking, walking, running, riding, or driving, and labels each track for you • Live map with compass — see your route as it happens and find your way back • Route maps traced on real terrain, linked to the elevation profile • Apple Health export — hikes, walks, runs, and rides saved as workouts with route, distance, and elevation gain (drives stay in the app) • Apple Watch app with live heart rate — start, watch, and end tracks from your wrist • Unlimited track history Two ways to buy Pro, and either grants every feature. Zenith Pro Yearly is an auto-renewing subscription: 1 year for $9.99 per year, starting with a 7-day free trial. It renews at $9.99/year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Zenith Pro Lifetime is a one-time $24.99 purchase — not a subscription, nothing renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Zenith reads elevation on-device — your tracks stay on your iPhone unless you export them to Apple Health. Move. Glance. Climb. — Support: https://zenithelevation.app/support Privacy Policy: https://zenithelevation.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Arc Timeline4 screens
Zenith4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arc Timeline and Zenith are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Arc Timeline sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Zenith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Arc Timeline versus Zenith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArc TimelineZenith
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (425 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings425 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMatthew Bruce GreenfieldSteve Smith

Bugs and requests

Arc Timeline

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inaccurate activity detection
  • Unexplained data gaps
  • Syncing issues with iCloud
  • Slow performance on older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Weekly/monthly activity summaries
  • Improved location accuracy
  • Better background tracking
  • Easier data editing tools
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  • Customizable units of measurement

Zenith

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Arc Timeline

Subscriptions3
  • Arc Subscription · Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Arc Subscription · 6 Monthly14 Days trial$24.996 Months
  • Arc App Backer · Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Arc App Backer · Lifetime$219.99
2 purchases

Zenith

Subscriptions1
  • Zenith Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zenith Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Arc Timeline free?
Arc Timeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zenith free?
Zenith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arc Timeline or Zenith have ads?
Neither Arc Timeline nor Zenith shows ads.

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