Time Machine vs Elastic Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Machine
Track your life's progress with this app that estimates your lifespan based on your birthday. It also helps you track important dates and your progress through the current year in a visually engaging way.
- Lifespan estimation based on birthday
- Track important dates
- Visualize yearly progress
- "Is today Friday?" feature
- Support for English language
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What can Time Machine Pro do? ******** When you set your birthday, the APP can estimate the time you live, the data is accurate, and the atmosphere is cool. ******** ******** You can set your important days and allow you to view them with more time details. ******** ******** You can check the progress of this year, of course, in a very cool way. ******** Support English. Added [Is today Friday? ] Plate. [Instructions for members of the automatic renewal club] 1. Service name: Time Machine 1-month membership automatically renews, Time Machine 1-year membership automatically renews 2. Subscription period: 1 month, 1 year 3. Subscription price: 3 yuan/month, 32 yuan/year 4. Payment: Debit through the user's iTunes account, and the user will pay after confirming the purchase. 5. Continue to subscribe: The Apple iTunes account will deduct the fee within 24 hours. After the deduction is successful, the subscription will be postponed to the first subscription week every week. 6. Cancel subscription: If you need to cancel the subscription, open the "Settings" of the Apple phone --> enter the "iTunes Store and App Store" --> click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", and enter the "Account" setting page, Click "Subscribe" and select Time Machine Member to unsubscribe. This subscription will automatically activate if not canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. 7. Member Service Agreement: https://zbcdady.github.io/timemachine_vip.html 8. Privacy Agreement: https://zbcdady.github.io/policy.html More features are coming to the shelves one after another, and there are more suggestions and suggestions, please contact zbcdady@gmail.com
Elastic Time
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What if time actually fit your life? Elastic Time is a human-centric alternative to the rigid 24-hour clock. Instead of watching hours tick by disconnected from the world around you, Elastic Time aligns your day with the sun — right where you are. **How it works** Your day begins at sunrise and ends at sunset. That full arc is divided into 100 Blocks, each containing 100 Moments — giving you 10,000 Moments of daylight and 10,000 Moments of night. The math adapts daily to your exact location and the season, so your sense of time always reflects the actual world outside your window. **It's personal time — ME time** Standard time was built for coordination across populations. Elastic Time is built for you. Add your birthday and unlock a deeper layer: personal year cycles, life themes, and day rhythms aligned with your unique journey through the solar year. **What you can do with Elastic Time** • Live Clock — See your current Block and Moment at a glance, always calibrated to your local sunrise and sunset. • Personal Cycles — Enter your birthday to see where you are in your personal year, which quarter you're in, and what theme is shaping your current season of life. • Calibration — Train your intuition for Elastic Time through guided calibration exercises that help you feel the relationship between standard and elastic moments. • Journaling — Capture thoughts tied to your elastic moment for deeper awareness of your natural rhythms. • Web Companion — Explore the full Elastic Time experience at elastictime.me. **Why it matters** Modern life has drifted far from natural rhythms. Fatigue, distraction, and the feeling of being "off" are often symptoms of living on clock time while your body runs on solar time. Elastic Time doesn't replace your calendar — it gives you a parallel awareness that helps you understand yourself better. This is time that breathes. Time that stretches with the long days of summer and contracts with the quiet of winter. Time that is yours. Start your Elastic Time journey today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Elastic Time at none against Time Machine's 2. Elastic Time also leads on ads (none vs shown). Time Machine's advantage is iOS requirement (14 vs 16.6). On price 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 Machine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Elastic Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Time Machine | Elastic Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 红升 孙 | LUKE A ARMSTRONG |
In-app purchases
Time Machine
- 时间机器1月高级会员$0.491 Month
- 时间机器1年高级会员3 Days trial$5.991 Year
Elastic Time
No in-app purchases









