Comparison

Time vs Mayica

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

Head to head
About

Time

Capture moments you missed with a time machine feature, allowing you to retake photos and edit them later. Apply real-time filters, adjust aspect ratios, and even convert videos into pictures. Customize controls and remove ads with in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Time Machine for retaking photos
  • Real-time filters (60+ types)
  • Video to picture conversion
  • Editable aspect ratios
  • Customizable volume button/shake gestures
  • Ad removal option
Features
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It's okay to miss a definitive moment. You can retake it until the moment you launch the application with the Time Machine function. You can change the moment of taking, zoom, filter, aspect ratio, orientation later. In the past mode, a picture can be taken with frame-advance or slow playback. Also, recorded videos can be read and turned into pictures. 60 kinds of real-time filter installed. Color change 17, effect 10, transformation 10, face recognition 12, other 11. You can edit the photographs, change the rotation,trimming,filter,deformation(10 types),color and square. Aspect ratios of three types (1: 1, 4: 3, 16: 9) can be switched. For animals and babies, who cannot communicate, you can change shutter sounds to gain their interest. ◆in-app purchases option settings ・Remove Ads Advertisement will disappear. ・volume switch and shake gesture Assign a function to the volume button and shake gesture (shutter, favorite, pause, change brightness of the screen). ・temporally save if app stop in background,temporarily save the movie automatically.You can check the video at next startup. ・Startup setting You can choose startup page with three kinds(camera,album,setting). ・Change icon Band of the icon disappears.

About

Mayica

Features
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Maybe it's the camera. Maybe I just love you. Photos of the people we love always look a little better. That thought is where Mayica started. Remember the tiny camera keyring on your bag? Mayica keeps a wall of them. Pick one, hang it by the shutter, and just shoot. Tilt your phone and it swings. Press the shutter and the photo takes on that camera's color and grain. The viewfinder shows the scene exactly as it is. Every camera on the wall suits a different scene: a Sunday afternoon with nothing planned, tulips at the flower market, convenience-store light on a wet road, dense black and white, even a photo that looks like it came from the phone you had back then. Choosing which one to hang today is where the shot begins. FOR YOU IF • You love the feel of film but are tired of scrolling through twenty filters. • You want the photo finished on the spot, with no editing afterward. • You keep photos of the people you love, the light on a trip, and days when nothing happened. SHOOTING IS SIMPLE • Pick 14, 28, 35, or 50 mm, tap to focus, touch and hold to lock it. • Swipe up and down for exposure, left and right for the aperture effect: how much the background blurs and how the lens feels. • Hold the shutter for a bulb exposure and keep the trails of light. • 4:3, 16:9, 1:1, a grid, a level, and portrait composition guides. • Review right after the shot, save or retake, and keep the original too if you like. MAYICA PRO • Import photos from your library or another app's share sheet and give them the look of any camera. • Save and share every camera's photos without the watermark. • Shooting and every camera stay free. Some cameras add a small Mayica mark below the photo on free saves; the camera picker shows which ones. • PRO is an auto-renewing annual subscription you can manage or cancel anytime from Settings. Everything happens on your device. No account, no sign-in. Camera names are inspired by real films and cameras, but their colors are not copies. For ad measurement, Singular processes app launches and sessions plus limited device and network information. Photos and location never leave your device for Singular. This app follows Apple's standard EULA. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time4 screens
Mayica4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mayica at none against Time's shown. Mayica also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mayica sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time ships an update every 5 months, Mayica daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Time versus Mayica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeMayica
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyumu KinoshitaSKENE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Mayica

Subscriptions1
  • Mayica PRO Annual$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Time free?
Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mayica free?
Mayica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time or Mayica have ads?
Time shows ads; Mayica does not.
Which is updated more often, Time or Mayica?
Time ships an update every 5 months, and Mayica daily. Most recently, Time was updated on November 2, 2026 and Mayica on October 31, 2026.

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