Comparison

Moves Lite vs Arc Timeline 4

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Arc Timeline 4

This app automatically tracks your location history, including how you travel and how long you stay at places. It learns your habits to provide a detailed, searchable timeline of your daily life, offering insights into your activity and health metrics.

Highlights
  • Automatic background location recording
  • Smart learning engine for place recognition
  • Detects over 20 activity types
  • Searchable trip and place history
  • Health and activity insights (heart rate, calories)
  • Data stored on device with optional iCloud backup
Features
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Arc Timeline automatically records where you go, how you get there, and how long you stay - all in the background, with no buttons to press. A smart learning engine gets more accurate the more you use it, building a detailed, searchable timeline of your daily life. Your trips, your places, your history - recorded effortlessly. WHAT ARC TIMELINE DOES ▸ Automatically detects and records your visits and trips ▸ Learns your places and recognises them by name ▸ Detects walking, running, cycling, driving, train, bus, airplane, and 20+ more activity types ▸ A learning engine that improves over time, personalised to you ▸ Search your entire history - find any place, any trip, any day BUILT FOR QUALITY ▸ High quality GPS data with advanced Kalman filtering ▸ Reliable background recording with intelligent sleep mode ▸ Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass design ▸ Full dark mode support YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE ▸ All data stored on your device ▸ Optional iCloud backup to your private iCloud account ▸ No accounts, no sign-ups, no data shared with third parties ▸ Export your data anytime in standard JSON format HEALTH & ACTIVITY INSIGHTS ▸ Heart rate, calories burned, steps, and altitude for every trip and visit ▸ Import workouts from Apple Health ▸ Sync visits to your calendar ▸ Places tab with visit history, occupancy charts, and geographic reports A free trial is included. An active subscription or lifetime purchase is required after the trial period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/terms

Screenshots

Moves Lite3 screens
Arc Timeline 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Arc Timeline 4 at 64% against Moves Lite's 21%. Arc Timeline 4 also leads on ads (none vs shown). Moves Lite's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (418 vs 23). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Moves Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Arc Timeline 4 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moves Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moves Lite has 418 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Moves Lite's written reviews are positive against 64% of Arc Timeline 4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moves Lite ships an update every 8 days, Arc Timeline 4 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Moves Lite versus Arc Timeline 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoves LiteArc Timeline 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (418 ratings) — better3.9 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews21.0% of reviews63.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings418 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHayato ShimizuMatthew Bruce Greenfield

Customer experience

Moves Lite

All ratings418 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive21.0%
Neutral11.8%
Negative67.2%

Arc Timeline 4

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative30.6%

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 4

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Moves Lite

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
3 purchases

Arc Timeline 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$179.99

Questions

Is Moves Lite free?
Moves Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arc Timeline 4 free?
Arc Timeline 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moves Lite or Arc Timeline 4?
Moves Lite is rated higher. Moves Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 418 ratings, while Arc Timeline 4 averages 3.9 from 23 ratings.
Do Moves Lite or Arc Timeline 4 have ads?
Moves Lite shows ads; Arc Timeline 4 does not.
Which is updated more often, Moves Lite or Arc Timeline 4?
Moves Lite ships an update every 8 days, and Arc Timeline 4 weekly. Most recently, Moves Lite was updated on September 21, 2026 and Arc Timeline 4 on September 22, 2026.

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