Comparison

Trimal vs Elsewhere

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

Head to head
About

Trimal

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Know when to call home, what a local price means, and where your travel money goes. Trimal is your lightweight travel companion for iPhone: world time, currency conversion and expenses, connected by the places you visit. Add your cities once to get helpful currency suggestions. Choose home and a destination to bring their currencies to the front. Keep your own choices, and start recording expenses without creating a trip. KNOW THE TIME, HOME AND AWAY Compare your saved cities at a glance. Drag any city's timeline to see the others change with it, and use the green overlap to find a shared time to call. Contact hours follow each city's local time, including daylight saving changes. Weather and sunrise or sunset times help you plan your day when available. MAKE SENSE OF LOCAL PRICES Enter an amount in any currency row and see the others update together. Add up prices with +, −, × and ÷ right where you type. Keep the currencies you need, arrange them your way and copy a result. Reference rates show their dates. SEE WHAT YOU SPEND, CITY BY CITY Record an amount, category, date, city and note. Your latest expenses appear first, grouped along a city or country timeline. Keep original amounts and view reference totals in your chosen currency. Edit or delete entries whenever you need. Choose a city yourself, or allow location access to fill in your current city. LESS TYPING WITH RECEIPT PHOTOS On eligible iOS 27 devices with Apple Intelligence enabled and a receipt model ready, Camera or Photos can suggest expense details. Check every field before saving. When recognition is unavailable, the app opens manual entry directly. READY FOR THE OFFLINE PARTS OF YOUR TRIP Saved-city time calculations, manual expense tracking and conversions using previously downloaded rates work offline. No account is needed. Cities, preferences and expenses stay saved on your device; the app does not sync your expenses. Receipt recognition may send selected images and necessary context to Apple Private Cloud Compute, which needs a connection and available quota, with an available on-device model as a fallback. Receipt images are not saved with entries. New city lookups, weather, rate updates and place photos use external services; see the privacy policy for details. Requires iOS 26 or later. Reference conversions are estimates, not bank or card charges. A saved quote may be dated differently from the expense.

About

Elsewhere

Experience the time in distant cities with immersive, atmospheric scenes that reflect local weather and seasons. See real-time weather, art, and time zones at a glance, making faraway places feel closer. Share moments with custom postcards and enjoy offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Atmospheric city scenes reflecting time and weather
  • Live weather effects (rain, snow, fog, lightning)
  • Original art for each city
  • Shareable 'Moment' postcards
  • Offline search and time zone functionality
  • Customizable city order and art styles
Features
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A world clock that lets you feel the time elsewhere, not just calculate it. Elsewhere shows the cities you care about through beautiful, atmospheric scenes that shift with the local time, the weather, and the seasons. Morning light, evening skies, quiet nights, a sudden thunderstorm. Every city has a sense of place, and you can see it at a glance. Whether you're calling family abroad, working across time zones, planning a trip, or simply wondering what the world feels like right now, Elsewhere makes distant places feel a little closer. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Live weather in every city. Real rain streaks, snow drifts, fog, and lightning — powered by Apple Weather. • Original art for every city, hand-tuned across morning, midday, dusk, and night. • Share a Moment: export a postcard from any city, with a one-line phrase written for that exact place and time. • Beautiful even when you're offline. Search and time zones work without a connection — perfect for flights. • No ads. No tracking. No location permission required. BUILT FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER • Remote workers coordinating across time zones • Families and friends scattered across continents • Travelers planning their next trip, or remembering their last • Anyone who finds the idea of "what time is it in Tokyo right now" quietly magical Tap a city to expand it into a full-screen scene showing the current weather and local time. Reorder, swap your home city, and choose between art styles per city. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic. Weather data provided by Apple Weather.

Screenshots

Trimal4 screens
Elsewhere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Elsewhere at Free against Trimal's $1.99. Trimal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Elsewhere is free to download; Trimal costs $1.99 up front. Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trimal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trimal ships an update every 10 days, Elsewhere every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Trimal versus Elsewhere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrimalElsewhere
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHongfei ZhouDiogo Andre Assumpcao

In-app purchases

None

Trimal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Elsewhere

One-time1
  • City Scene$1.99

Questions

Is Trimal free?
Trimal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elsewhere free?
Elsewhere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trimal or Elsewhere have ads?
Neither Trimal nor Elsewhere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trimal or Elsewhere?
Trimal ships an update every 10 days, and Elsewhere every 2 weeks. Most recently, Trimal was updated on October 14, 2026 and Elsewhere on October 24, 2026.

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