Time Caps vs 爪印 Pawly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Caps
This app allows users to create a digital diary with various types of entries, including daily reflections, future messages, and voice notes. It offers features like mood-based coloring, serendipitous retrieval of past entries, and secure privacy protection. Users can also subscribe for enhanced functionalities and premium features.
- Daily mood-based journal entries
- Write messages to your future self
- Record voice notes for the future
- Serendipitous retrieval of past entries
- Secure passcode and biometric lock
- Daily reminders and widgets
- Offline functionality
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***Featured on App Store*** Features: * Daily Caps: One day one cap, different colors for your different moods. * Today Card: Today's cap, On This Day, Old Time and fortune in one place. * Flow & Grid: Display journals in a timeline or a calendar. Fill your lovely life with colorful daily caps. * Years: Revisit each year from the sidebar, with all its caps and moods. * Time Fortunes: Collect fortunes by writing daily caps. Share in your mood color. * Future Caps: Write to your next birthday, to next Christmas, to the time after the exam/enrollment/entry, to the dear future you. * Echo Caps: Send yourself a piece of voice from the present. * Old Time: Shake your phone like a jar full of caps and meet your old days by serendipity. * Workshop: Regain cap pieces every day to craft more future caps. * Widgets: Meet your lovely widgets, glanceable anytime on your device. * Siri & Shortcuts: Write and open caps with Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts. * iPad: Better on big screens, with multiple windows. * Account System: No more worry about accidentally removing the app or switching to a new phone. * Privacy Protection: Secure your journals with passcode lock or Touch ID/Face ID. * Daily Reminder: One day one cap! * Offline Use: Everything works well under no network connection. * Export & Share: Export your favorite caps to your albums or share them with your friends. * Time Traveler Pro: Subscribe to unlock exclusive features, enhance Daily Caps, double regaining Pieces, and enjoy premium sync. Your lovely designer and developer (same person :D) is working hard to explore and create more cool and useful features. Thanks for your liking and support! If you like it, don’t forget to come back for rating, encouraging your developer and helping Time Caps become better. Ideas or feedback are always welcome. Please email us at: hi.pol.chen@gmail.com. Crafted with love by Pol Terms of Use: https://timecaps.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://timecaps.app/privacy
爪印 Pawly
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爪印是为 iPhone(及配对 Apple Watch)打造的宠物健康记录工具,帮你把疫苗、驱虫、用药和体重管在一处。 【核心功能】 • 多只宠物档案,头像与基础信息 • 疫苗 / 驱虫记录与到期提醒 • 用药计划、打卡与补药提醒 • 体重曲线与品种参考区间 • 日常护理计划(剪指甲、洗耳朵等) • 桌面小组件:今日待办一览(Plus) • Apple Watch 快速打卡与记体重(Plus) • 用药 Live Activity 倒计时(Plus) • 家庭共享,多成员共同维护(Pro) • AI 识单:拍照识别单据预填录入(Pro) • 医疗时间线与病史 PDF 导出(Pro / Plus) • 常见药品相互作用提醒(Pro) • Siri / 快捷指令:记录体重、喂食、用药打卡 【免费与会员】 免费版开放核心记录与提醒,历史记录有时长限制。 Plus:小组件、导出 PDF、Watch、无限历史等。 Pro:含 Plus,并解锁家庭共享、AI 识单、医疗时间线、药品禁忌等。 终身版:一次买断,解锁 Pro 全部能力。 【重要说明】 本 App 仅提供健康记录与提醒,不构成兽医诊断或医疗建议。紧急情况请就医。 【隐私】 数据默认保存在你的设备;可选经 iCloud / CloudKit 同步。我们不要求注册账号,也不把档案上传到自有服务器。详见隐私政策:https://wooeyes-dawn.github.io/pawly-site/privacy/ 【使用条款 / Terms of Use (EULA)】 https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 【订阅说明】 Plus / Pro 为自动续期年订阅;长度 1 年;价格以购买时 App Store 显示为准(参考:Plus ¥18/年,Pro ¥38/年;终身版 ¥68 为非消耗型买断)。订阅到期前 24 小时内扣费并续期,可随时在系统「账户设置 → 订阅」中取消。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 爪印 Pawly at daily against Time Caps's every 2 months. Time Caps's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Time Caps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and 爪印 Pawly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time Caps ships an update every 2 months, 爪印 Pawly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Caps | 爪印 Pawly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (156 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 灿海 陈 | 愉钧 沈 |
Bugs and requests
Time Caps
Reported bugs
2 issues- 🐛 Interface issues with updates
- 🐛 Face ID issues reported
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to export previous posts
- Lower gem prices for capsules
- More options for describing the day
- Add template feature
- Support dark mode
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- Ability to add photos to daily journal entries
- Option to get one future cap a week
- Allow editing of old time caps without currency
- More descriptive options for daily mood
爪印 Pawly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Time Caps
- Time Traveler Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Time Traveler Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- 1200 Cap Pieces$0.99
- 2888 Cap Pieces$1.99
- 3600 Cap Pieces$2.99
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- 5000 Cap Pieces$3.99
爪印 Pawly
- 爪印 Plus$2.991 Year
- 爪印 Pro$4.991 Year
- 爪印终身版$9.99









