Comparison

VisualRecord vs Time Nodes

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

Head to head
About

VisualRecord

This app offers a visual database for recording information about objects, including photos. It allows for powerful searching using SQL or a simpler fetch interface. Ideal for cataloging valuables for insurance or personal inventory.

Highlights
  • Visual record keeping
  • Attach multiple photos per record
  • Store textual descriptions
  • SQLite database storage
  • SQL query language support
  • Intuitive 'fetch' interface for filtering
  • Use iPad camera or Photo Library
Features
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VisualRecord for iPad provides an easy to use, visual record keeping database. With its intuitive interface, VisualRecord allows you to record information about a particular object, including one or more pictures of the object itself. The information you supply about the object, including photos, is stored in the form of a record in a SQLite database table. This allows you to use the powerful SQL query language to search over the records you've created and filter the data to suit your needs. In addition, VisualRecord provides a "fetch" interface which requires no prior knowledge of SQL that also allows you to filter your data based on simple criteria. When you add a new record for a particular object to your database table, VisualRecord makes it easy to insert a picture of the object into the record itself using your iPad's Photo Library or Camera. The records in your database table can include textual fields of arbitrary length. This allows you to include descriptive text in the record associated with the object in question. VisualRecord is ideal for record keeping of your valuables for insurance purposes.

About

Time Nodes

Track time with simple count-up and count-down timers. Monitor progress towards future events or count elapsed time from past dates. Sync across devices with a native, intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Count up from past dates
  • Count down to future dates
  • Track percentage progress
  • Log actions needed
  • Sync across Apple devices
  • Native system style UI
Features
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Time Nodes is a simple and focused app that helps you to: - Count up from a past date. - Count down to a future date, with the ability of tracking the percentage progress and actions that need to take. You can sync your time nodes across multiple Apple devices (login with same Apple ID), and the system native style user interface is intuitive and easy to use.

Screenshots

VisualRecord4 screens
Time Nodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Nodes at none against VisualRecord's 1. Time Nodes also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. VisualRecord sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Nodes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VisualRecord against 5.0 for Time Nodes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisualRecord ships an update every 10 months, Time Nodes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VisualRecord versus Time Nodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualRecordTime Nodes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKal-El SoftwareCreationAct (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

VisualRecord

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Time Nodes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VisualRecord

One-time1
  • Remove App Restrictions$2.99
None

Time Nodes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VisualRecord free?
VisualRecord is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Nodes free?
Time Nodes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VisualRecord or Time Nodes?
VisualRecord and Time Nodes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do VisualRecord or Time Nodes have ads?
Neither VisualRecord nor Time Nodes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisualRecord or Time Nodes?
VisualRecord ships an update every 10 months, and Time Nodes every 3 months. Most recently, VisualRecord was updated on October 8, 2026 and Time Nodes on October 1, 2026.

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