Comparison

Back in Time for iPhone vs Time Travel

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

Head to head
About

Back in Time for iPhone

Explore the history of the universe, Earth, life, and civilization through interactive timelines, stunning visuals, and custom animations. This app offers an immersive learning experience with social and historical context for key events.

Highlights
  • Interactive timelines
  • Over 350 images
  • 60+ animations and videos
  • 200+ interesting facts
  • Offline access
  • Multilingual support
Features
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• "...a beautifully executed lesson on the history of the universe" - The New York Times • Winner of the WSA Mobile Award • Top1 iPhone Book App in 10 Countries • Featured by The New York Times (Top10 iPad Apps of the year) • Featured by the American Photo Magazine (Top 10 Photo eBooks of the year) For iPad download - Back in Time Back in Time will take you on a stunning exploration of the history of our Universe, Earth, Life and Civilization. A journey through time where each event is documented with social and historical context, several images, an illustrative timeline and little-known interesting facts. Custom made animations bring those events to life, creating an interesting, immersive learning experience. An imaginary clock will guide you through this quest, proposing a simple analogy: the entire Universe started 24 hours ago. The Big Bang, the source of time and space, is the first event in our journey – the clock reads 0:00 hours. Today, 13.7 billion years later, the clock reads midnight. In between is a sequence of key events that has brought us to where we are today. Explore them, place them in perspective, see how they relate and understand the connections. We invite you to take a step back and see the whole picture. :::: REVIEWS - iPad version :::: "The coolest history textbook you’ll find on the iPad" - Bob Tedeschi, The New York Times “The iPad could use more apps like this one.” - The Daily “...a beautifully executed lesson on the history of the universe and the evolution of life on earth. Great for high school students or parents who’d like to tutor younger children and enjoy a first-rate experience of their own...” - Bob Tedeschi, The New York Times “...the best iPad apps are those that combine coffee table-styled books with the fluid nature of the iPad’s interface. Back in Time is just that, it’s the story of the entire history of our universe made interactive on the iPad.” - Casey Chan, Gizmodo (App of the Day) “Back in Time is utterly gorgeous in its presentation. (...) The app is so easy to navigate that it is a delight to explore. Landka could scarcely have done a better job in putting everything together.” - Gwen Phua, Appmodo :::: FEATURES :::: Designed for iPhone; 47 chapters; Over 350 remarkable images; 60+ amazing animations and videos; 40+ illustrated timelines; More than 200 little-known interesting facts; Music by the compositor Rodrigo Leão; Developed in 7 different languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese); No internet connection required.

About

Time Travel

Explore a vast digital library of historical events and locations with a multi-layered timeline. This app offers a chronological data editor, links to external resources, and a map view of historical sites. Easily create and publish your own timelines.

Highlights
  • Multi-layered timeline structure
  • 90,000+ historical events
  • 17,000+ map locations
  • Links to Wikipedia, Google Images, YouTube
  • Chronological data editor
  • Create and publish timelines
Features
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A multi-layered table type timeline with time scales from billion years down to date and time. 400+ timelines in the Library. You can export/import data file across platforms (iOS, macOS, Windows, Android).

Screenshots

Back in Time for iPhone4 screens
Time Travel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Back in Time for iPhone at 72% against Time Travel's 39%. Back in Time for iPhone also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Time Travel's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On 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

Back in Time for iPhone costs $4.99 and Time Travel $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Travel holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Travel has 279 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Back in Time for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 39% of Time Travel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Back in Time for iPhone ships an update every 8 months, Time Travel fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Back in Time for iPhone versus Time Travel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBack in Time for iPhoneTime Travel
Price$4.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.8 (16 ratings)4.1 (279 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.7% of reviews — better38.9% of reviews
Number of ratings16279 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size625 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandkayoshiie hamada

Customer experience

Back in Time for iPhone

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive71.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.6%

Time Travel

All ratings279 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive38.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative61.1%

In-app purchases

None

Back in Time for iPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Time Travel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Back in Time for iPhone free?
Back in Time for iPhone costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Travel free?
Time Travel costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Back in Time for iPhone or Time Travel?
Time Travel is rated higher. Back in Time for iPhone averages 3.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Time Travel averages 4.1 from 279 ratings.
Do Back in Time for iPhone or Time Travel have ads?
Neither Back in Time for iPhone nor Time Travel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Back in Time for iPhone or Time Travel?
Back in Time for iPhone ships an update every 8 months, and Time Travel fortnightly. Most recently, Back in Time for iPhone was updated on November 6, 2026 and Time Travel on November 11, 2026.

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