Time vs Flag Maker!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time
Easily create and manage visual timelines for personal or professional projects. Record key events, track progress, and share your progress with others. Supports automatic cloud backup for your data.
- Create, modify, and delete timelines
- Add and manage events within timelines
- Sort timelines
- Share timelines
- iCloud automatic backup
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Time-Line is an app that can be used to keep track of the timelines. For example, you can create timelines such as "Baby Growth", "My Love Story", "Company Growth History", and "Product Roadmap" to record related events. Its main functions: ◆ iCloud automatic backup ◆ Timeline • Create timeline • Modify the timeline • Delete timeline • Sorting timeline • Share timeline ◆ Event • Create events in the timeline • modify event • Delete event
Flag Maker!
Create custom flags quickly with a vast library of base designs and emblems. Combine elements, customize colors, and manipulate emblems for endless design possibilities. Save and share your unique flag creations.
- Design flags in minutes
- Dozens of base designs
- Hundreds of emblems
- Combine base designs and emblems
- Customizable colors for each element
- Move, resize, flip, and rotate emblems
- Save and share designs
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Design your very own flag in minutes! Are you a fan of making flags? This app is a simple tool to design and create flags! Create within minutes using dozens of base designs and hundred emblems to choose from! Unlike other flag creation tools, you can combine base designs and apply multiple emblems! Each emblem and design can have a separate color! Every emblem can be moved, resized, flipped and rotated to make the flag you want! The combinations are practically endless! There are literally millions - if not billions - of potential flag designs you can make with this app! Save them to your device, or share them with friends or on social media! It's up to you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Time at 4.5 against Flag Maker!'s 4.0. Time also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 48 months) and ratings volume (861 vs 132). Flag Maker!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flag Maker! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Time holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time has 861 ratings behind it against 132, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Time's written reviews are positive against 66% of Flag Maker!'s.
Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Flag Maker! every 48 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time | Flag Maker! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (861 ratings) — better | 4.0 (132 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better | 65.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 861 — better | 132 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dengfeng Zhou | Matthew Williamson |
Customer experience
Time
Flag Maker!
User reviews
Time
From 861 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Straightforward timeline creation
- 💡 Useful for tracking events and milestones
- 🔒 No data tracking or ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Data loss and sync issues
- 🔍 Limited customization and formatting options
- 🗓️ Restrictive date range (only up to 4713 BCE)
- 💻 Lack of export/sharing features
Flag Maker!
From 132 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 🎨 Creative flag design capabilities
- ⭐ Great for alternate history and micronations
- 🎯 Simple and straightforward functionality
- 💾 Ability to save flags to device
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🔒 Limited symbol availability
- 🎨 Limited color selection and shape options
- 🔧 Small control buttons for moving/scaling
- 💰 Paywall restrictions on symbols
Bugs and requests
Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- Randomly deleting timeline entries
- Inability to edit dates and times accurately
- Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more date formats (DD/MM/YYYY, etc.)
- Implement cloud backup and sync options
- Allow rearranging of events within the same date
- Add tagging and filtering capabilities
- Provide option to view multiple timelines side-by-side
Flag Maker!
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on startup
- iPad crashes requiring hard reset
- Ad-watching feature not functioning properly
- Symbols stuck in center position
- Ads appear even in airplane mode
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- Symbols not moving/scaling as expected
Requested features
19 requests- Nordic cross design
- Maple leaf symbol
- Text/typography support
- Custom image import capability
- Non-rectangular flag shapes
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- Union Jack symbol
- Layers functionality
- Chinese dragon symbol
- Castle symbol
- Olive wreath (UN style)
- Wheel of stars pattern
- Ad-free premium option
- Symbol size reduction (smaller than US star)
- Coat of arms maker
- British territory flag templates
- More blank flag templates
- Heraldry/arms creation section
- Symbol naming/album organization
- Flag integration into photos
In-app purchases
Time
- Time-Line Pro$1.99
Flag Maker!
No in-app purchases
