Moves Lite vs Arc Timeline Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moves Lite
This app automatically tracks your daily activities and exercise, including steps, distance, time, and calories burned. It operates lightly, consuming minimal battery, and allows you to view your movement routes on a map. Receive daily health status notifications to support a healthier lifestyle.
- Automatic activity tracking
- Low battery consumption
- Route mapping
- Step, distance, time, and calorie tracking
- Daily health status notifications
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Moves Lite is the pedometer that automatically tracks your everyday life and exercise. Because it is simple, it operates lightly and consumes almost no batteries. Since you can check the daily health status with notifications, it will help you to create your healthy lifestyle. [Features] - Just carry your iPhone or iPad, it automatically tracks activity. - If the application is suspended, it will automatically continue tracking. - You can check the route that you moved on the map. - Because it has no unnecessary function, it consumes almost no battery. [How to use] When you first start up, you will be asked for permission to access the activity sensor and location data, so please allow. Tracking starts automatically after launching. On the main screen you can check the activities of today. On the calendar screen, you can check past activity. On the map screen, you can check the route you moved. [Tracking activities] - Number of steps - Activity distance (meters, miles) - Activity time - Calories consumed
Arc Timeline Recorder
This app acts as a backup for timeline recording. It runs in low power mode and takes over if the main timeline app is closed, ensuring continuous data capture without interruption.
- Background recording
- Low power standby mode
- Automatic takeover on app termination
- Ensures uninterrupted timeline data
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Arc Timeline Recorder is a companion app to Arc Timeline and Arc Mini. Leave Arc Timeline Recorder running in the background, and it will stay in low power standby mode until needed. If Arc Timeline or Arc Mini is terminated, and there is risk of a data gap in your timeline data, Arc Timeline Recorder will take over the recording role, and ensure that timeline recording continues uninterrupted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moves Lite at 4.4 against Arc Timeline Recorder's 3.0. Moves Lite also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (418 vs 8). Arc Timeline Recorder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Moves Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arc Timeline Recorder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moves Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moves Lite has 418 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Moves Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of Arc Timeline Recorder's.
Moves Lite ships an update every 8 days, Arc Timeline Recorder every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moves Lite | Arc Timeline Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (418 ratings) — better | 3.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 418 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hayato Shimizu | Matthew Bruce Greenfield |
Customer experience
Moves Lite
Arc Timeline Recorder
Bugs and requests
Moves Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Loses historical data
- Fails to track activity unless the app is open
- Misidentifies activities (e.g. cycling as driving)
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to edit tracked activities and locations
- Support for more activity types (cycling, running, etc.)
- Improved data export and sync options
- Better integration with Apple Health and other fitness apps
Arc Timeline Recorder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moves Lite
- Remove Ads$2.99
Arc Timeline Recorder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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