Florida Wildflowers vs Time Was
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Plant identification by characteristics
- Database of 2,931 Florida plant species
- Categorization of plant types (wildflowers, trees, vines, etc.)
- Detailed species information
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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.
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.
- 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
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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]
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Florida Wildflowers | Time Was |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 608 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wildflower Search | Hindsight Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Florida Wildflowers
Time Was
In-app purchases
Florida Wildflowers
No in-app purchases
Time Was
No in-app purchases
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