Comparison

TimeLine vs Hyperbloom

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

Head to head
About

TimeLine

This app allows users to simulate time running backward on command, creating the illusion of reversing time. It can be used as a standalone magic trick or integrated with various existing magic routines.

Highlights
  • Simulate backward time
  • Standalone effect
  • Integrates with magic routines
  • Customizable options and settings
  • Video tutorial included
Features
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Simulate having time run backwards on your command - TimeLine lets you apparently reverse time! TimeLine can be used as a stand alone effect, or is perfect when used in conjunction with any time plot in magic including triumph, out of this world, torn and restored, predictions, deja-vu, and more! TimeLine comes with lots of options and settings, as well as a video tutorial by Patrick Kun. This app is for entertainment purposes only. TV rights reserved by Marc Kerstein and Patrick Kun

About

Hyperbloom

Create a dynamic, interactive garden of light and sound with intuitive touch controls. Experience a calming, generative visual and auditory landscape that evolves and dissolves over time, offering a unique, goal-free experience.

Highlights
  • Tap to plant seeds and grow light tendrils
  • Drag to bend light and stir spores
  • Hold to charge and release petal shockwaves
  • Generative musical score responds to gestures
  • Calming, evolving visual and auditory experience
  • No goals, scores, or levels
Features
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HYPERBLOOM is a living garden of light that grows wherever you touch, and forgets you, slowly. There are no levels, no scores, and no goals. Just light, motion, and sound that respond to your hands. TAP to plant a seed and watch tendrils of neon light grow, branch, and burst into blooms. DRAG to bend the light and stir drifting spores into glowing comets. HOLD to charge a nova, then release a shockwave of petals and sound. Every gesture plays a note in a soft, generative score: a calm wash of plucks, sparkles, and deep booms that drift through reverb and echo. The garden quietly dissolves over time, so it is never the same twice and never asks anything of you. SEVEN MOODS Original, Bright, Somber, Dream, Dawn, Abyss, and Voltage. Each one swaps the color palette and the musical scale together, so the garden sounds the way it looks. MIRROR Turn on two, four, or six fold symmetry and every stroke you draw becomes a rosette. Your finger paints a mandala without you having to aim. KEEPSAKES Press the keep button once and Hyperbloom records the next twenty seconds of your garden, with its sound, as a movie you can share or save. Press and hold instead to keep the moment as a still image at full resolution, with no interface in it, which makes a good wallpaper. Built natively for iPhone with Metal and live synthesized audio for a smooth, glowing, endless experience. Perfect for unwinding, focusing, or simply watching light grow. No accounts. No ads. No data collected. Just you and the light.

Screenshots

TimeLine3 screens
Hyperbloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hyperbloom at $1.99 against TimeLine's $44.99. Hyperbloom also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). TimeLine's advantage is ratings volume (121 vs 7) and chart position (#65 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TimeLine costs $44.99 and Hyperbloom $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TimeLine against 5.0 for Hyperbloom. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeLine has 121 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of TimeLine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hyperbloom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeLine ships an update every 3 weeks, Hyperbloom every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
TimeLine versus Hyperbloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeLineHyperbloom
Price$44.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (121 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#65 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick KunvatanagarnCraig Anthony Perkins

Customer experience

TimeLine

All ratings121 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

Hyperbloom

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimeLine

No in-app purchases

None

Hyperbloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeLine free?
TimeLine costs $44.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hyperbloom free?
Hyperbloom costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeLine or Hyperbloom?
Hyperbloom is rated higher. TimeLine averages 4.9 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while Hyperbloom averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do TimeLine or Hyperbloom have ads?
Neither TimeLine nor Hyperbloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeLine or Hyperbloom?
TimeLine ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hyperbloom every 6 days. Most recently, TimeLine was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hyperbloom on October 25, 2026.

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