Timestamp & Memo vs InstantLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timestamp & Memo
Effortlessly log your activities with a single tap. Record important notes alongside your timestamps for various tasks like jogging, studying, or meals. This app is ideal for quick record-keeping on the go and allows data export.
- One-tap timestamp creation
- Add notes to entries
- Log various activities (jogging, study, meals)
- Data export to CSV
- Convenient for on-the-go users
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Never wonder where your day went again. Timestamp & Memo is the simplest way to record what you're doing throughout the day. Just tap a button and save the moment. Perfect for: • Personal productivity tracking • ADHD daily logging • Study sessions • Work records • Meal tracking • Health and symptom tracking • Construction and field work logs • Life journaling No complicated setup. No timers. No projects. Just open the app and record. # Why people love Timestamp & Memo - Record events instantly - Add notes later - See your day as a timeline - Export to CSV - Extremely simple and lightweight Many users use Timestamp & Memo as a personal life log to understand how they spend their time every day.
InstantLog
Effortlessly capture important moments with a single tap. Log time for work, study, or routines, add notes, and organize entries with custom tags. Offers smart auto-fill and history viewing for easy management.
- One-tap time logging
- Custom time entry
- Quick tags for categorization
- Smart auto-fill notes
- History view with search and filters
- CSV export (Premium)
- Backup and restore (Premium)
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch support
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InstantLog helps you capture a moment before it slips away. Save the time with one tap, hold to record an idea, or mark where you parked. No InstantLog account is required. THREE QUICK ACTIONS • Stamp: save the current time, with an optional note and smart auto-fill. • Recording: press and hold to create a stamp and record audio. Release to save, or slide up to cancel only the audio. • Parking: save a parking spot, then find your car with a map, distance, parking details, and Apple Maps walking directions. ON YOUR WRIST Record directly on Apple Watch. Stamps and recordings are saved locally when the phone is unavailable and sync to your paired iPhone later. Check pending/synced status and listen to your Watch recordings. MAKE IT YOURS Set iPhone and Apple Watch button positions independently from iPhone Settings. Add text or more recordings to existing stamps. Use quick tags, smart suggestions, time-based rules, history search and filters, flexible time entry, and Home Screen widgets. FREE CORE FEATURES Recording, playback, Watch audio sync, button customization, and basic parking save/retrieval are free. Your stamps, notes, and recordings are stored on device; Watch recordings transfer to the paired iPhone. Transcription and translation are not included. PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Add GPS to regular iPhone stamps, unlock the advanced find-car direction arrow on iPhone and Apple Watch, export CSV, back up and restore your data including recordings saved on iPhone, and remove banner ads. Backups do not include recordings still waiting on Watch. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: InstantLog at 5.0 against Timestamp & Memo's 4.4. InstantLog also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Timestamp & Memo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (52 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. InstantLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timestamp & Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.
InstantLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timestamp & Memo has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Timestamp & Memo's written reviews are positive against 100% of InstantLog's.
Timestamp & Memo ships an update every 4 weeks, InstantLog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timestamp & Memo | InstantLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | masato nakamura | WEI-LUN HUANG |
Customer experience
Timestamp & Memo
InstantLog
In-app purchases
Timestamp & Memo
No in-app purchases
InstantLog
- InstantLog - Quick Timestamp$1.99





