Timelapse Helper vs Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelapse Helper
This app assists timelapse photographers by calculating the necessary shooting time for a desired playback duration. It's a straightforward tool for planning your timelapse projects.
- Timelapse shooting time calculation
- Desired playback duration input
- Simple and straightforward interface
- Planning tool for timelapse projects
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The Timelapse Helper is a neat companion for anyone interested in timelapse photography. It's a simple app to help you calculate the shooting time needed to create timelapse footage of a desired playback duration.
Time
Create captivating time-lapse videos with adjustable frame rates from 1 to 100 frames per minute. Capture unlimited frames and access your creations directly in your camera roll.
- Record time-lapse videos
- Adjustable frame rates (1-100 fps)
- Unlimited frame capture
- Save directly to camera roll
- Create time-lapse content
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This app allows you to take Time-Lapse Videos. Reord anywhere from 1 to 100 frames per minute. After you record your video you can access it in camera roll directly in camera roll. There is no limit to the number of frames you can take. Check out my website for some example Time-lapse videos created with the app. Hope you enjoy the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timelapse Helper at 3.5 against Time's 1.9. Timelapse Helper also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 47%). Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timelapse Helper holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Timelapse Helper's written reviews are positive against 47% of Time's.
Timelapse Helper ships an update every 8 months, Time every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelapse Helper | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better | 1.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sighmon | TippTech LLC |
Customer experience
Timelapse Helper
Time
Bugs and requests
Timelapse Helper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos not saving to camera roll as promised
- Frames getting shuffled or out of order in final video
- App crashing during video processing
Requested features
3 requests- More control over frames per minute and playback speed
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to save longer time-lapse videos
In-app purchases
Timelapse Helper
No in-app purchases
Time
No in-app purchases
