Comparison

GroupShot vs Lost Time

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

Head to head
About

GroupShot

Easily create and manage email groups using your existing contacts or by importing lists. This app streamlines sending emails to multiple recipients through your native Mail app.

Highlights
  • Create email groups
  • Use existing contacts
  • Import contact lists
  • Send emails via Mail app
  • Forward emails from groups
Features
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Create email groups you can use to send and forward from the Mail app, , with this new app from the developer of "Mailshot". Create groups from your existing contacts, create new ones, or import lists of names and email addresses- GroupShot will handle the tricky stuff of making sure contacts are all in the right places to make it all work. The app is free to download, and you can create groups and enter new contacts. Adding contacts from a checklist, and importing groups from a list requires a subscription. You can try the more advanced features for a few days without charge, and can even keep any groups you create if you let your subscription expire. NOTE: This app is designed to work with the Mail app and some other third party apps. Note that the Gmail App cannot send email to address book groups (although you CAN use Gmail accounts from the Mail app) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lost Time

This app helps you visualize your life's progress by tracking your efforts, habits, and projects on a single timeline. It offers flexible tracking formats and prioritizes user privacy with no ads or data tracking.

Highlights
  • Visual timeline of efforts
  • Flexible tracking formats
  • Habit and project logging
  • Privacy-focused, no ads
  • Pattern and streak identification
  • Customizable activity tracking
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Your entire history in one view. Record what you do. See how your efforts add up over days, months, and years. TRACK EFFORTS, NOT GOALS Lost Time lets you build your own history, without deadlines, stress, or fixed goals. Create an Effort for anything you want to keep track of. Log a workout, a page you read, a project step, a walk — any event. Add notes to turn your records into a personal journal. NO DEADLINES. NO STRESS. Lost Time does not tell you what to do. It does not tell you when to do it. Do things your way. SEE YOUR ENTIRE HISTORY Use the Activity view to see all your Efforts together. See daily patterns, routines, streaks, gaps, and long-term progress in one place. View your history across weeks, months, and years. EXPLORE YOUR EFFORTS OVER TIME Use the Graph panel to see how an Effort changes over time. Choose a timeframe. Compare your activity across different periods. Find patterns in your history. TRACK ALMOST ANYTHING Use Lost Time for habits, fitness, reading, mood, sleep, health metrics, learning, and long-term projects. When you create an Effort, choose the scale that fits what you want to track: • Checkmarks for yes/no activities • Numbers for distance, weight, pages, hours, and other values • Intervals and sequences for activities that build over time • Ratings for mood, energy, intensity, and other levels • Notes for thoughts and other details HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE Choose from different layouts, panels, and views. Customize scales, colors, and shapes. Organize your Efforts with tags. Use Home Screen widgets. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. • No accounts • No ads • No tracking • No data sent to a server FREE PLAN Use the Free plan for as long as you want. Track up to 10 Efforts. View the last 30 days in the Activity view. Use nearly all core features. UPGRADE TO PRO Track up to 250 Efforts. Unlock unlimited access to the Activity view. Get more customization options and features. ---- Screenshots may show features or larger data sets that are available in paid plans. ---- Preview music: “Background Opener” by BFC Music (bfcmusic.me). ---- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GroupShot4 screens
Lost Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lost Time at 100% against GroupShot's 50%. Lost Time also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2). GroupShot's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. GroupShot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Lost Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lost Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of GroupShot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lost Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GroupShot ships an update every 10 days, Lost Time every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GroupShot versus Lost Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroupShotLost Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings510 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter JohnsonAPSalin Company

Customer experience

GroupShot

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Lost Time

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GroupShot

Subscriptions2
  • One Month3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Twelve Months3 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Lost Time

Subscriptions3
  • Basic$12.991 Year
  • Plus$19.991 Year
  • Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is GroupShot free?
GroupShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lost Time free?
Lost Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GroupShot or Lost Time?
Lost Time is rated higher. GroupShot averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Lost Time averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do GroupShot or Lost Time have ads?
Neither GroupShot nor Lost Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GroupShot or Lost Time?
GroupShot ships an update every 10 days, and Lost Time every 5 weeks. Most recently, GroupShot was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lost Time on October 30, 2026.

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