TimeMachines vs Time Control!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeMachines
Embark on a time-traveling adventure to master time-telling skills. This game offers interactive lessons and engaging challenges designed for children aged 6-9. Explore different game modes to learn analog and digital time concepts.
- Time-traveling adventure game
- Interactive time-telling lessons
- Tutorial and Game Modes
- Analog and digital time matching
- Clock hand manipulation challenges
- Minute counting with five-times table
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Travel in your Time Machine and reinforce key time-telling skills while embarking on an adventure through time and space in each level of the game. Feature Overview: - Ad and commercial free - Developed with Scholastic, the most trusted name in learning - Free of charge - No in-app purchases Developed with the experts from Scholastic, this app helps empower kids to have fun through learning by seamlessly blending digital free-play with a variety of interactive lessons tailored for kids age 6 through 9. Choose between Tutorial Mode and Game Mode to learn the basics of time telling: Tutorial mode – learn to tell time with a tutorial that features general concepts such as clockwise, counter-clockwise, function of clock hands, telling time, A.M./P.M., and a simple game analog and digital matching game. Game Mode LEVEL 1: Time Stopper - The clock is spinning and the player is given a time. The player must tap the clock at the specific point when its hands are at the indicated digital time in order to stop it. Game Mode LEVEL 2: Counting Time - Players see a clock with a certain amount of time shaded in (for example, a quarter hour). Using their five-times table, they must tap minute buttons worth X minutes to equal the shaded amount without going over. Game Mode LEVEL 3: Rocket Time - Time, in the form of clock faces, is falling from the top of the screen toward the player’s Time Machine. The player must tap the clock that matches the written time shown at the bottom of their screen.
Time Control!
Manipulate the flow of time to navigate through challenging levels. Rewind or fast-forward to avoid obstacles and reach your goal. Experience a unique puzzle-platformer with time-bending mechanics.
- Control time-line
- Go to the past
- Go to the future
- Dodge obstacles
- Puzzle-platformer gameplay
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Control the time-line to go in the past or the future and dodge obstacles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeMachines at 80% against Time Control!'s 22%. TimeMachines also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). Time Control!'s advantage is ratings volume (406 vs 13) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, 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.
TimeMachines holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Control! has 406 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of TimeMachines's written reviews are positive against 22% of Time Control!'s.
TimeMachines ships an update every 6 months, Time Control! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeMachines | Time Control! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 3.8 (406 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 21.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 406 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TIMEX | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
TimeMachines
Time Control!
Bugs and requests
TimeMachines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Time Control!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes frequently
- Game closes unexpectedly
- Visual glitch with character positioning after death
- Game lags during gameplay
- Game performance issues on public transport/offline areas
Requested features
6 requests- Option to pay for ad-free experience
- Offline gameplay mode
- Improved art style and graphics
- Better gameplay mechanics and difficulty
- Reduce ad frequency significantly
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- No ads after every level
In-app purchases
TimeMachines
No in-app purchases
Time Control!
No in-app purchases









