Wayback Machine vs UBTimeLine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wayback Machine
Preserve web pages and tweets for the future. Share content directly to the app to archive it, ensuring links remain accessible for decades. Easily share archived URLs across various platforms.
- Archive web pages
- Archive tweets
- Share content to archive
- Generate shareable URLs
- Long-term preservation
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Archive Web pages and Tweets to the Wayback Machine! To archive Web pages or Tweets simply "Share" them to this app. From Safari - select the "Share" icon at the bottom of the screen then select this "Wayback Machine" app. From the Twitter app - select the "v" icon at top-right of Tweets, select "Share Tweets via..." then select this "Wayback Machine" app. But first you must add this app to your iOS device's "Share" feature by selecting the Share icon (the up-pointing arrow at the bottom of Safari) then selecting the "..." (More) button and finally adding this app. After you have archived your web pages or Tweets you can confidently share their Wayback Machine URLs via Twitter, Facebook, Email, etc. knowing they will be there for decades to come. Please send bug reports, questions and suggestions to info@archive.org
UBTimeLine
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This app provides an easy to maintain list of your personal, maybe private events. Trips, birthdays, etc The capability to add photos to an event makes it much easier and fun to look up an event and enjoy the memories associated with the pictures and videos. By saving the relevant references to the photos in the event, the photoLibrary becomes an excellent storage of the photos. By providing search mechanisms in the list of events (dates, names places...) the app becomes an easy to use index into the PhotoLibrary. The app makes use of iCloud for backup of local data as well as syncing automatically between iOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UBTimeLine at fortnightly against Wayback Machine's every 2 months. Wayback Machine's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.2). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wayback Machine ships an update every 2 months, UBTimeLine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wayback Machine | UBTimeLine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (279 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Archive | Bjorn Sellgren |
Bugs and requests
Wayback Machine
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and account creation problems
- Archiving failures and errors
- Crashes and freezes when loading content
- Unresponsive UI elements
Requested features
4 requests- Add search functionality
- Improve back/close navigation
- Implement offline content access
- Integrate with other apps and browsers
UBTimeLine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wayback Machine
No in-app purchases
UBTimeLine
No in-app purchases






