Comparison

Wayback Machine vs UBTimeLine

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Archive web pages
  • Archive tweets
  • Share content to archive
  • Generate shareable URLs
  • Long-term preservation
Features
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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

About

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.

Screenshots

Wayback Machine4 screens
UBTimeLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wayback Machine ships an update every 2 months, UBTimeLine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wayback Machine versus UBTimeLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWayback MachineUBTimeLine
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (279 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings279 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInternet ArchiveBjorn 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

None

Wayback Machine

No in-app purchases

None

UBTimeLine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wayback Machine free?
Wayback Machine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UBTimeLine free?
UBTimeLine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wayback Machine or UBTimeLine have ads?
Neither Wayback Machine nor UBTimeLine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wayback Machine or UBTimeLine?
Wayback Machine ships an update every 2 months, and UBTimeLine fortnightly. Most recently, Wayback Machine was updated on September 23, 2026 and UBTimeLine on September 17, 2026.

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