Comparison

Time Capsule vs Capytime

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

Head to head
About

Time Capsule

Send letters to your future self or loved ones. Capture memories with photos and heartfelt messages. Experience the joy of receiving a message from the past.

Highlights
  • Send future dated electronic letters
  • Include photos with your messages
  • Write short love letters with photos
  • Receive physical paper letters
  • Capture and store memories
  • Communicate with your future self
Features
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A time capsule for your words — write a letter today and it arrives on the future day you choose. Or keep a diary: every day goes into your time bottle. FEATURED * Picked for the Alipay Apple Zone ¥1 premium recommendation * Featured on AppSo's AppWall * "Today's Most Beautiful" pick by Zuimei Yingyong WRITE TO THE FUTURE [Electronic letters] Write now, and it arrives by email on the future day you choose. [Letters with photos] Seal a photo together with your words — open it years later and the memory comes back. [Three-line love notes] Three words are enough to say I love you — with a photo attached. [Paper letters] Turn your letter into a printed keepsake on custom stationery, bound in a Time Capsule envelope and mailed just before the delivery date. DIARY · TIME BOTTLE [Four doors] Journal, Capsules, Mailbox and Write — every part of life has its own place. [Ten ways to look] Notebook, list, timeline, calendar, photos, mood, notes, flip, look-back and topics. [Calendar] Browse month by month — photos, moods and weather sit right in the date cells. [Time bottle] Keep every day in the bottle and revisit "on this day" whenever you like. TIME BADGES 30 badges across 6 series — records, letters, waiting, reunions, companionship. Turn time into something you can collect. MAKE IT YOURS * 10 themes and multiple fonts; choose your capsule's look * Home-screen widgets, Face ID lock, iCloud sync * Built for iPad, localized in 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, 日本語 and 한국어 BEFORE YOU SEND I. Can't find your letter? Please check your spam folder first. II. Mailboxes with strict anti-spam rules may reject the message entirely — apologies for the inconvenience. III. A letter cannot be scheduled for the same day, so no meaningless mail goes out instantly. IV. The recipient address matters — please don't get it wrong. AUTO-RENEWING MEMBERSHIP — Subscription period: monthly or yearly (auto-renewable). — Price: the monthly and yearly plans renew automatically; the price for your storefront is shown in the App Store before you confirm the purchase. — Payment: charged to your Apple ID account after you confirm the purchase. — Manage your subscription or turn off auto-renewal anytime in your account settings. — To cancel: disable auto-renewal in iTunes / Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. — Renewal: the account is charged within 24 hours before the period ends, and the subscription is extended by one period. — Privacy policy: https://www.northcity.top/timepill-privacy/ — Membership terms of service: https://www.northcity.top/timepill-terms/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.northcity.top/timepill-terms/ Time is the only cure. Past, present and everything after. Time Capsule is a journey through time — it carries your hopes, your dreams and your regrets, and walks with you. Feelings fade. Words stay. Everything starts from here — a familiar summer, a familiar classroom, a familiar afternoon light. Look, I'm back. And where are you?

About

Capytime

Features
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Bottle up the present. Savor it later. CapyTime is a capybara with a little magic. It uses time-lock encryption to guard your secrets — and not even it can peek before the time comes (it tried). -- Real time-locks. Not just reminders. -- Unlike ordinary scheduled reminders, we use drand's distributed network timelock encryption. Before the moment arrives, the decryption key simply does not exist anywhere in the universe. -- Messages to your future self -- A letter, a video, a wish — sealed and waiting Capture how you feel right now, and let time keep it safe New Year's hopes, birthday wishes, life milestones -- Surprises for friends -- Thoughts that travel across the world, delivered on time Graduation blessings with a "see you in ten years" promise The gratitude that's always been hard to say face to face Co-create a friendship capsule and write your shared story -- Co-create together -- Start a capsule and invite friends, family, or teammates to seal in their own moments Perfect for couples, besties, families, and colleagues — every relationship deserves its own ritual When the unlock time arrives, everyone opens it together — that moment is worth the wait -- Time Gallery: a wall of warmth, updated daily -- A public timeline where people around the world share what they've sealed today Scroll through a date-sorted board — new stories appear every single day Found something that resonates? Leave a little whisper -- Time Diary: daily check-ins, daily growth -- Launch a 7-day, 30-day, 6-month, or 1-year check-in challenge Write or photograph your day, every day — consistency earns you exclusive badges Seed Capy → Flower Capy → Tree Capy → Star Capy. Watch yourself grow. -- Daily Challenge: one creative prompt, every day -- Each day, the app gives you a surprise writing challenge Accept it, seal it in a capsule, capture that one-of-a-kind moment VIP members can catch up on the past two days — no inspiration wasted -- Collections: turn scattered moments into a story -- Organize related capsules into a series: graduation, wedding, baby's first year… Look back along your own timeline and feel every step you've taken -- Toolbox: never forget the people who matter -- Birthday Reminders: supports lunar calendar, reminds you days in advance Anniversary Tracker: first dates, wedding days, every precious "today" Daily Quotes: one uplifting sentence each morning — save the ones that hit different -- 19 hand-crafted stationery designs -- Four seasons, charming illustrations, minimalist elegance — choosing your stationery is like choosing a mood. Every style is carefully designed. -- Location Unlock (VIP) -- Only openable when you return to the café where we had our first date. Real-life magic, basically. -- Time Window (VIP) -- Set a window. Miss it and it's gone forever. A gentle nudge for the chronically late. -- Secure. Private. No compromises. -- Protected by a global distributed network (Cloudflare, Ethereum, Protocol Labs, and more) BLS12-381 state-of-the-art cryptography No backdoors — we genuinely cannot see your secrets either Download CapyTime and let the gentlest capybara in the world keep your moments safe. Entrust your secrets to time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://capytime.maienzx.com/en/privacy

Screenshots

Time Capsule4 screens
Capytime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Capytime at none against Time Capsule's shown. Capytime also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Time Capsule sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Capytime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Capsule ships an update every 6 weeks, Capytime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Capsule versus Capytime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime CapsuleCapytime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer希 陈上海麦恩

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Time Capsule

Subscriptions2
  • 时间胶囊-月度超级会员服务$0.991 Month
  • 时间胶囊-年度超级会员3 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time8
  • 获取不限字数的信纸$0.99
  • 给未来寄一封带照片的信$0.99
  • 给你的Ta寄一封三行情书$0.99
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  • 时间胶囊-永久去广告$0.99
  • 纸短情长-纸质信纸普通版$4.99
  • 时间胶囊超级会员$5.99
  • 纸短情长-纸质信纸升级版$9.99
  • 纸短情长-纸质信纸尊享版$19.99
2 purchases

Capytime

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Time Capsule free?
Time Capsule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capytime free?
Capytime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Capsule or Capytime have ads?
Time Capsule shows ads; Capytime does not.
Which is updated more often, Time Capsule or Capytime?
Time Capsule ships an update every 6 weeks, and Capytime every 2 weeks. Most recently, Time Capsule was updated on October 16, 2026 and Capytime on October 18, 2026.

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