Comparison

Florida Wildflowers vs Time Was

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

Head to head
About

Florida Wildflowers

Identify plants by providing details like location, flower color, and season. This app helps you discover which of the 2,931 plant species found in Florida match your selections.

Highlights
  • Plant identification by characteristics
  • Database of 2,931 Florida plant species
  • Categorization of plant types (wildflowers, trees, vines, etc.)
  • Detailed species information
Features
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This App helps find and identify plants. When you give the App information about a plant, such as its location, flower color and the time of year, the App will quickly show you which plants match your selections. The App includes 2,931 species of plants found in Florida. Overall, 1,516 are "Wildflowers", 334 are shrubs, 287 are broadleaf trees, 15 are conifers, 131 are vines, 5 are a cactus, 479 are grass-like, 61 are fern-like, 124 are moss-like, 51 are seaweed and 151 are lichen.

About

Time Was

Create and share interactive history timelines with events, dates, descriptions, and images. View your timelines vertically or horizontally, and search for specific historical information. Share your creations publicly or keep them private.

Highlights
  • Create custom history timelines
  • Add events with dates, descriptions, and images
  • View timelines vertically or horizontally
  • Search events within timelines
  • Share timelines publicly or privately
  • Add public timelines from other users
Features
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Create your own history timelines and share them with others through the Time Was app. Add events to your timeline and include dates, titles, descriptions and images. The app lays out your events in an easy-to-view timeline format. View your timeline as a vertical list of events, or as a traditional horizontal timeline with events placed along a series of years. Search events to find important people, places and happenings in your timeline. Make your timeline public to share with the Time Was user community if you'd like. Or keep it private for your own use. Add public timelines from other people to your library to view and learn what others are publishing about historical events. [:mav: 2.0.2]

Screenshots

Florida Wildflowers4 screens
Time Was4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Florida Wildflowers at Free against Time Was's $1.99. Florida Wildflowers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Time Was's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, 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

Florida Wildflowers is free to download; Time Was costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Florida Wildflowers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Florida Wildflowers's written reviews are positive against 60% of Time Was's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Florida Wildflowers ships an update every 4 months, Time Was every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Florida Wildflowers versus Time Was: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlorida WildflowersTime Was
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size608 MB66 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWildflower SearchHindsight Apps LLC

Customer experience

Florida Wildflowers

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Time Was

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Florida Wildflowers

No in-app purchases

None

Time Was

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Florida Wildflowers free?
Florida Wildflowers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Was free?
Time Was costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Florida Wildflowers or Time Was?
Florida Wildflowers is rated higher. Florida Wildflowers averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Time Was averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Florida Wildflowers or Time Was have ads?
Neither Florida Wildflowers nor Time Was shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Florida Wildflowers or Time Was?
Florida Wildflowers ships an update every 4 months, and Time Was every 5 weeks. Most recently, Florida Wildflowers was updated on November 2, 2026 and Time Was on October 30, 2026.

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