Comparison

Time Left vs BitCache

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

Head to head
About

Time Left

This app helps you visualize the finite nature of your time, displaying the remaining days, months, and years. It encourages a more present and creative life by emphasizing the preciousness of each moment. Your data remains private, with no notifications or ads.

Highlights
  • Displays remaining days, months, and years
  • Emphasizes the preciousness of time
  • Encourages a happy and creative life
  • No notifications, ads, or sign-up
  • Private data storage
  • Unlockable widgets and customization (Pro)
Features
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No notifications. No ads. No sign-up. Just you and your time. TIME LEFT DESCRIPTION Sometimes life seems really short, and other times impossibly long. This app will help you to emphasize that it’s most certainly finite. Time Left shows you, the days, months, and years you have left and that they are all you have got. Don’t be afraid, that means the only appropriate word to describe your time left is “precious”. So I hope this app will enable you to create a life in which you will be happy and creative. WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY? I think Privacy is a fundamental human right. To that end, I have designed Time Left from the ground up without any external framework. In this way, your data, like your birthdate, stays entirely private. HOW CAN YOU HELP ME? As I don’t collect any data on this app, to improve it I need your help! You can send me an email to julien@lacroix.dev for any feedback, issues, or bugs on this app or just to say “Hello!”. I answer every email! ********** A special thank you to Wait But Why for this amazing article (https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html). Without their work, this app would not have seen the light of day. ********** TIME LEFT PRO - Unlock widgets & skins. - Unlimited moments. - Live Photos in Life Calendar. - Automatically access all future features and widgets. - Support an indie developer. ********** Terms of Use: https://gettimeleft.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gettimeleft.app/privacy

About

BitCache

Features
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Save anything. Find it when it matters. Keep it private. BitCache is your private place for the things you want to keep — web pages, links, notes, images and PDFs. Capture something in seconds, organize it when you want, and find it again when you need it. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE Save content without breaking your flow. Add items directly in BitCache, use the Share Sheet on iPhone and iPad, drag content into BitCache on Mac, or capture from your favorite browsers. MORE THAN BOOKMARKS Keep URLs, text, images and PDFs together in one library. Preview your saved content directly in BitCache instead of hunting through browser tabs, downloads and different apps. ORGANIZE WHEN YOU’RE READY New items can land in your Inbox so you can save first and organize later. Create Collections for the things you want to keep together, archive items you’re finished with, and track what you’ve already read. FIND IT AGAIN Search across your library to quickly rediscover what you saved, including searchable content from supported web snapshots when available. YOUR LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE BitCache is built for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your library stays synchronized through your own iCloud account, so the things you save on one device are available on your others. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library is local-first and syncs through Apple’s iCloud. BitCache doesn’t require an account of its own or store your library on BitCache servers. BUILT FOR THE WEB On Mac, BitCache integrates with Safari and supports browser capture for Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Firefox, so useful content can go straight from your browser to your BitCache Inbox. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Import bookmarks and saved links from supported services and formats, including Raindrop, GoodLinks, Instapaper and legacy Pocket exports. BitCache Pro also provides native library backup and restore for portability and safekeeping. BITCACHE FREE Explore the complete core workflow with a focused library of up to 20 items. Your existing items always remain accessible. BITCACHE PRO Unlock unlimited items, batch actions, manual Collection ordering, Collection color and icon customization, and native BitCache library backup and restore. BitCache Pro is a single purchase that unlocks Pro across iPhone, iPad and Mac when using the same Apple ID.

Screenshots

Time Left4 screens
BitCache4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BitCache at every 2 days against Time Left's every 5 days. BitCache also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 Left sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and BitCache sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Left ships an update every 5 days, BitCache every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Time Left versus BitCache: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime LeftBitCache
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (236 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings236 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJulien LacroixRicardo Mantero

Bugs and requests

Time Left

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Widget not updating daily after recent updates
  • Display text rendering issues (font size problems)
  • App fails to load past welcome screen on some devices
  • Widget incompatibility with iOS 18.4
  • Years and months numbers displaying upside down
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  • Days not appearing in display
  • Laggy page transitions
  • Current day needle stuck and not moving
  • Developer unresponsive to support requests

Requested features

11 requests
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Apple Watch widget integration
  • Multiple time granularity options (weeks, days, hours)
  • Life expectancy limit increased beyond 90 years
  • Customizable row lengths in calendar view
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  • Auto dark mode for app and widgets
  • Specific date countdown feature
  • Weekly and monthly visualization options
  • Ability to adjust widget size and display metrics
  • Calendar view showing weeks per year
  • Pan and zoom functionality for overall view

BitCache

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Time Left

Subscriptions3
  • Per week$4.997 Days
  • Annual3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Per year$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • One time$24.99
1 purchases

BitCache

One-time1
  • BitCache Pro$17.99

Questions

Is Time Left free?
Time Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BitCache free?
BitCache is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Left or BitCache have ads?
Neither Time Left nor BitCache shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Left or BitCache?
Time Left ships an update every 5 days, and BitCache every 2 days. Most recently, Time Left was updated on October 12, 2026 and BitCache on October 9, 2026.

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