Comparison

Yesterdays vs Tiny Timers

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

Head to head
About

Yesterdays

This app helps you privately record and recall your thoughts, feelings, and important moments. It offers secure on-device storage or iCloud syncing, with options to add photos and audio. Features include reminders, tagging, and a randomized memory retrieval function.

Highlights
  • Private by design storage
  • Automatic iCloud syncing
  • Add photos and audio
  • Face ID/Touch ID protection
  • Randomized memory retrieval
  • Home screen widget
  • Weekly writing reminders
  • Tagging and CSV import/export
Features
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Hi! Yesterdays is a simple, privacy-centric memory tracker. Use it to write down and remember those sayings, thoughts, or feelings you might otherwise forget. - Private by Design: All your data is either stored on device or in a private iCloud container if you've got an Apple ID. - Simple: No bloat. Fast. Just write and remember. - Synced Automatically: No account creation needed. If you're signed in with the same Apple ID on multiple iOS devices, everything will just sync. - Photos & Audio: add them to your memories, or don't! The choice is yours. - Face ID / Touch ID: add some extra protection from prying eyes. - Randomized Nostalgia Trip: At the press of a button, view five random memories from your collection. - Widget: Show a random memory on your home screen, shuffled every so often. - Writing Reminders: get nudged to jot down a memory every week (ish). - Tags: Tag your memories to find them easily later and easily keep track of people, ages, dates, or themes - Import: Bring your previous memories with you via CSV import. Share text, photos, or audio into Yesterdays via the system share sheet. - Export anytime: Take your memories with you in the form of a very compatible .csv file. Individually share memory text, photos, or audio as well. - Premium users can customize the font and app icon. Give it a try and store 10 memories for free. Want to store more? Subscribe to Yesterdays Premium for a low yearly cost. All memories are accessible even if you unsubscribe later on. We take privacy seriously. Really. We don't track anything about you. Check out full information here: https://yesterdays.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tiny Timers

Features
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Tiny Timers is a calm, beautiful timer app built around dots. Each dot is a unit of time — watch them fade as you focus, recharge as you rest, and tick through your routines without the noise of a traditional timer. Use Tiny Timers for: • Focus blocks and deep work • Pomodoro-style work / break cycles • Study sessions, reading sprints, and writing pushes • Workout intervals and stretching • Meditation, breathing, and wind-down routines • Any moment where you want a gentle, visual sense of time Free includes a built-in set of ready-to-use timers so you can start in seconds. Tiny Timers Pro unlocks: • Create your own custom timers • Configure durations, intervals, and dot styles • Save unlimited timers for every part of your day • Change theme color Designed to feel quiet on your screen and quiet in your head. No accounts, no ads, no nagging. Just dots, time, and you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Yesterdays4 screens
Tiny Timers3 screens

Verdict

The call

Yesterdays and Tiny Timers are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Yesterdays sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Tiny Timers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yesterdays ships an update weekly, Tiny Timers every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Yesterdays versus Tiny Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYesterdaysTiny Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHere & Co.TOMAS ENRIQUE ALONSO PAUL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Yesterdays

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Yearly)$4.991 Year
2 purchases

Tiny Timers

Subscriptions2
  • Pro1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Yesterdays free?
Yesterdays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Timers free?
Tiny Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yesterdays or Tiny Timers have ads?
Neither Yesterdays nor Tiny Timers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yesterdays or Tiny Timers?
Yesterdays ships an update weekly, and Tiny Timers every 8 days. Most recently, Yesterdays was updated on September 16, 2026 and Tiny Timers on October 7, 2026.

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