Timetracks4D vs Panols
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timetracks4D
Create unique moving photographs with a slit-scan camera effect. Adjust scan movement, time intervals, resolution, and exposure for custom results. Automatically save your creations periodically.
- Slit-scan camera effect
- Adjustable scan movement (One-way, Palindrome, Still)
- Customizable scan time interval
- Image resolution settings
- Scan line width adjustment
- Exposure lock
- Automatic image saving
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Timetracks4D is a camera that cuts time out as if it were space. Think of video as a cube stacked in three directions: width, height and time. Ordinary playback cuts that cube straight across time and shows you the slices one after another. Timetracks4D tilts the cut. Once it is tilted, every place on the screen shows a different moment: whatever held still comes out as it was, and only what moved is twisted. ■ Two ways to shoot [Movie] Records while the cut turns. The tilt changes from frame to frame, so the picture keeps moving. Angle, Speed and Window Time change how it twists. [Still] Builds one picture by stacking narrow bands, one at a time. Each band was taken at a different moment, so the finished picture reads as the flow of time from top to bottom. This is the slit scan, the way the first Timetracks worked. It saves a long picture: eight screenfuls joined end to end, each at the camera's own resolution. Both are made from the same camera feed, but they treat time differently, so each one has its own settings. ■ Main settings - Camera (Back / Front), Zoom (Lens), Resolution, Frame Rate - Transform (Shear / Rotate) and the edge time runs along (Long Edge / Short Edge) - Auto Rotate speed, Angle, Window Time - How the band moves (One-way / Palindrome / Wave / Fixed / Drift / Random) - Interval between bands, from single frames to hours - Scan Width - Full Screen, Show Buttons, Touch Gestures, Prevent Auto-Lock - Add Location There is a button that randomizes the settings. If you are not sure what to touch first, press that. ■ Getting a good result Hold the device still. If the device moves, the whole picture moves with it and you cannot tell that apart from the subject moving. A tripod or a table is the sure way. Point it at something that moves. A still subject seen from a still device gives the same picture at every moment, so nothing happens. People walking, a hand, water, traffic, anything swaying in the wind - these work well. Once you have the feel of it, try moving the device instead. That is where the more complicated shapes come from. ■ Pricing Everything except recording is free. Play with the camera and the settings as much as you like; the picture you would get is on the screen already. Try it first. Full Access (a one-time in-app purchase) removes the ad and lets you save movies and stills. If you have already bought Timetracks, you do not need to buy anything. Full Access turns on by itself when you update.
Panols
Easily split any photo from your library into multiple squares for seamless posting on Instagram. Showcase your panoramic shots or other images across your profile grid. Organize and edit your photos with metadata, tags, and personal branding.
- Split photos into multiple squares
- Post panoramas to Instagram
- Edit and organize photos
- Add personal branding
- View photo metadata
- Sync edits with Photo Library
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Your story. Beyond the frame. Turn one photo into a seamless, swipeable story. Panols gives every detail room—and every frame your personal touch. CREATE Choose a photo and a layout. Make a single-image post or spread your story across 2–5 tiles. Or ask Siri: “Create a new Panol.” MAKE IT YOURS Refine the crop and rotation. Add borders, rounded corners, colors, and watermarks. Find the words with optional title and description suggestions from Apple Intelligence—or write your own. SHARE Export your images in order, ready to share. Your original stays untouched. Revisit saved Panols or explore your geotagged moments on the Globe. YOUR LANGUAGE. YOUR WAY. More languages. Layouts for larger text and right-to-left reading. Clearer accessibility labels and support for your motion and transparency settings. On iOS 27, bring supported RAW and ProRAW photos into your editing workflow with Apple’s new RAW 9 processing. The frame is limited. Your story isn’t. For iPhone and iPad running iOS/iPadOS 18 or later. AI suggestions require iOS 27 and supported Apple Intelligence capabilities. RAW processing requires iOS 27 and supported, local, unadjusted photos. Some layouts and branding tools require Panols+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Panols at 4.4 against Timetracks4D's 1.0. Panols also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (120 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
Both are free to download. Timetracks4D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Panols sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Panols holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Panols has 120 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Timetracks4D's written reviews are positive against 48% of Panols's.
Timetracks4D ships an update every 3 weeks, Panols every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timetracks4D | Panols |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.2% of reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Juan Arreguin |
Customer experience
Timetracks4D
Panols
Bugs and requests
Timetracks4D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Panols
Reported bugs
15 issues- App freezes during image creation
- App crashes when loading images
- App crashes on high-resolution photos
- App crashes on iPhone X
- App crashes upon choosing a photo
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- App stalls or does nothing when clicking split button
- App doesn't export photos
- Photos not saved to library
- In-app purchases not restoring
- App adds a vignette effect
- Seams visible in split photos
- Lower quality in one half of split photo
- App doesn't start or respond to input
- App freezes or shows black screen
- Unable to restore purchases
Requested features
7 requests- Option to choose number of parts to split into
- Support for more than 3 parts/squares
- Ability to split into portrait orientation
- Add spaces between generated images
- Support for 3x2, 3x3, 4x1, or more grid sizes
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- Option to make pictures over more than one row
- Add vignette effect removal option
In-app purchases
Timetracks4D
- Full Access$3.99
Panols
- Panols+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- Panols+ Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Portrait Formats$0.99
- Watermarks$1.99
- Multi-grid Formats$2.99
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- Unlock All Features$4.99
- Panols+ Lifetime$24.99









