AcuraLink vs Places Time Intelligence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AcuraLink
Connect with your vehicle remotely through cloud-based technology. Check your car's status, schedule maintenance, and access advanced features for convenience. Ensure your vehicle is compatible to unlock its full potential.
- View vehicle status (fuel, range, doors)
- Remote cabin preconditioning
- Locate vehicle with lights/horn
- Recall and maintenance alerts
- Schedule service appointments
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AcuraLink* moves beyond the car, as cloud-based technologies enable you to connect with your vehicle. Stay connected by checking vehicle status, scheduling service with ease, and accessing a suite of advanced remote features designed for your convenience. Check your vehicle compatibility: https://mygarage.honda.com/s/acuralink-product-compatibility The AcuraLink app provides some of the following and more: View Vehicle’s Status • Fuel level • Remaining range • Door, trunk, and hood status Remote Commands • Precondition your vehicle’s cabin ahead of time • Locate your vehicle with lights or horn • Find where your vehicle is parked Service and Safety • Receive recall notifications • Receive maintenance alerts • Schedule service appointments *Available AcuraLink features may differ depending on the model, model year and country. Check to make sure your vehicle is compatible. AcuraLink subscription package may be required.
Places Time Intelligence
This app uses your background location to create a detailed overview of how you spend your time. It tracks visits to various places, measures duration, and provides breakdowns by day, week, month, or year. You can also view commute times and distinguish between sleep and awake time at home.
- Background location tracking
- Time spent at locations breakdown
- Visit duration measurement
- Commute time tracking
- Sleep vs. awake time differentiation
- Map view of detected places
- Pause tracking anytime
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Places turns background location into a clear picture of where your time goes. See how much of a day, week, month, or year was spent at Home, Work, the Gym, errands, and in transit. Places detects repeated locations, measures visit duration, and keeps untracked time visible instead of redistributing it. Use Places to: - Compare time across common places - Separate estimated sleep from awake time at Home - Review day, week, month, and year breakdowns - See driving and commute time - Understand gym visits without assuming every long stay is a workout - Switch between Time, Places, Map, and Settings with bottom navigation - View detected places on a map - Pause background tracking at any time Sleep is an estimate based on continuous overnight presence at Home. Places does not access HealthKit and does not present estimated sleep as medical or confirmed health data. Your location history is private to your account. Places does not sell location data or use your activity for cross-app tracking. OPTIONAL AD-FREE ACCESS Ads help support the free app. Remove Ads Forever is a one-time in-app purchase with no renewal. Restore Purchases is included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AcuraLink at none against Places Time Intelligence's shown. AcuraLink also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (55K vs 1). Places Time Intelligence's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Places Time Intelligence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AcuraLink has 55K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AcuraLink ships an update fortnightly, Places Time Intelligence every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AcuraLink | Places Time Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (55K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acura | Edge Case LLC |
Customer experience
AcuraLink
Places Time Intelligence
Bugs and requests
AcuraLink
Reported bugs
4 issues- App unable to connect to vehicle
- Inaccurate mileage and fuel range reporting
- Remote start/unlock commands failing
- App crashing or freezing
Requested features
5 requests- Remote window/sunroof control
- Ability to use phone as a key
- Apple Watch app integration
- Customizable app dashboard
- Improved vehicle health monitoring
Places Time Intelligence
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AcuraLink
No in-app purchases
Places Time Intelligence
No in-app purchases
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