Time Arrow vs Knots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Arrow
Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.
- Countdown and count-up modes
- Quick event recording
- Card sharing
- Multiple widget options
- Annual/monthly anniversary display
- Cloud backup (Premium)
- Daily reminders (Premium)
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■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt
Knots
Create a personal timeline to record life's events, big and small. Mark important dates as anniversaries and explore historical connections. Weave your personal history into the grand tapestry of world events.
- Personal timeline creation
- Record daily events
- Anniversary marking
- Historical context exploration
- Date-based search
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Knots brings your events, diary entries, and anniversaries together in one personal timeline. Keep the moments that shaped you close, from everyday thoughts to the days you never want to forget. A TIMELINE FOR YOUR STORY Add an event for a trip, a new beginning, or a small win. Write a diary entry on its own or link it to an event so the story continues in one place. Switch between all entries, events with their linked entries, and diaries. WRITE WITH FEELING Choose a mood, put your thoughts into words, and add photos. Give quiet days as much space as big milestones. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Save birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates. Set reminders and see the days ahead or the time that has passed. LOOK BACK, FIND YOUR WAY Revisit memories with On This Day and browse your calendar. Use notebooks, tags, and search to find a moment when you need it. Every day adds another thread to your story. Let Knots hold them together. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP Knots offers an annual auto-renewing membership and a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. You can manage or cancel an annual subscription in your App Store account settings and restore purchases in the app. Privacy Policy: https://glen-father-c47.notion.site/10b9e50ad6064cf89b29c37a78a75a74?source=copy_link Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Knots at none against Time Arrow's shown. Knots also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Time Arrow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Knots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Time Arrow against 4.8 for Knots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 162 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 80% of Knots's.
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Knots every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Arrow | Knots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (88 ratings) | 4.8 (162 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | 79.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 | 162 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 重赞 韩 | Guangzhou Xiaorichang Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Time Arrow
Knots
In-app purchases
Time Arrow
- Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
- Premium$4.99
Knots
- 年度订阅3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- 高级用户$9.99







