Comparison

Pinning vs Timescape

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

Head to head
About

Pinning

Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.

Highlights
  • Event countdown and count-up
  • Calendar event syncing
  • Birthday and anniversary tracking
  • Event organization with notebooks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Recurring event notifications
Features
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Pinning keeps the days that matter in view. Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and anniversaries, or count up from the moments you want to remember, all in one beautiful timeline. COUNT DOWN, OR COUNT UP • See how long until any date, or how long it’s been • Show time in days, weeks, months or years, the way you think about it • Multi-day events, like trips and conferences, show while they’re happening • Repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or on a schedule of your own BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES • See the age someone turns and the years you’re celebrating • Import birthdays from Contacts, with their photos • Supports the Chinese lunar calendar ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Group events into notebooks, add tags, and star the ones that matter most • Give every event a symbol, an emoji or your own image • Find anything in a moment with Quick Find SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE • Share a notebook with family and friends over iCloud and plan together • Share any event as a beautiful image NEVER MISS A DAY • Get reminded on the day, or days, weeks or a month before, at the time you choose • See your calendar events and reminders with due dates next to your countdowns • Rewind brings back what happened a month or a year ago today ALWAYS AT A GLANCE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add an event right from Control Center • Siri and Shortcuts support • Apple Watch app with complications • A native Mac app EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Your events sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. There’s no account to create, and your events stay in your iCloud. PINNING PRO Try everything free for 7 days. After that, the free plan keeps 7 events. Pinning Pro unlocks: • Unlimited events • Calendars in your timeline • Scheduled reminders • Importing birthdays from Contacts One purchase works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or buy it once for life, each with or without Family Sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://pinning.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy

About

Timescape

Visualize your entire year in a 52-week grid with no gaps. Plan travel, track birthdays, and gain perspective on your available time. Customize with your own color-coded events for a personalized view.

Highlights
  • 52-week year grid
  • Color-coded event customization
  • Event ribbon view
  • Single-tap day access
  • Travel and birthday planning
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Sometimes you have to think about the big picture. Timescape is the calendar app that shows your entire year: 52 weeks in a grid, no gaps. It's great for planning travel, checking upcoming birthdays, or thinking seriously about the time you have available. You can immediately focus on any day of the year with a single tap. It's easy to use - give it a download, and check it out with a 7 day free trial! After your trial, TImescape is just $0.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or regional equivalents. Terms of Use: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/terms Privacy Policy: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/privacy

Screenshots

Pinning4 screens
Timescape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pinning at 4.7 against Timescape's 3.8. Pinning also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 5) and device support (5 vs 1). Timescape's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Timescape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pinning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinning has 51 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinning ships an update every 4 weeks, Timescape fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pinning versus Timescape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinningTimescape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (51 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnybox LTDMatthew James O'Donnell

Customer experience

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

Timescape

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99
2 purchases

Timescape

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Pinning free?
Pinning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timescape free?
Timescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pinning or Timescape?
Pinning is rated higher. Pinning averages 4.7 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Timescape averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Pinning or Timescape have ads?
Neither Pinning nor Timescape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinning or Timescape?
Pinning ships an update every 4 weeks, and Timescape fortnightly. Most recently, Pinning was updated on November 8, 2026 and Timescape on November 5, 2026.

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