Time Was vs Mentava Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Was
Create and share interactive history timelines with events, dates, descriptions, and images. View your timelines vertically or horizontally, and search for specific historical information. Share your creations publicly or keep them private.
- Create custom history timelines
- Add events with dates, descriptions, and images
- View timelines vertically or horizontally
- Search events within timelines
- Share timelines publicly or privately
- Add public timelines from other users
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Create your own history timelines and share them with others through the Time Was app. Add events to your timeline and include dates, titles, descriptions and images. The app lays out your events in an easy-to-view timeline format. View your timeline as a vertical list of events, or as a traditional horizontal timeline with events placed along a series of years. Search events to find important people, places and happenings in your timeline. Make your timeline public to share with the Time Was user community if you'd like. Or keep it private for your own use. Add public timelines from other people to your library to view and learn what others are publishing about historical events. [:mav: 2.0.2]
Mentava Parent
Manage your educational coaching account, view student progress, and communicate with your dedicated coach. Access tools, chats, and your dashboard anytime, anywhere. Send photos or videos for personalized feedback on student learning.
- Manage Mentava account
- View student progress
- Read coach messages
- 24/7 coach communication
- Send photos/videos for feedback
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You can now manage your Mentava account and read your coach's messages in a mobile app! What you get with this app - Access your Mentava account, tools, chats, and dashboard - See your students' progress - Access your messages from your Mentava coach (a real person, not AI!) - 24/7 access to message a coach and get responses asap - Send photos or videos to get feedback on students' learning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mentava Parent at Free against Time Was's $1.99. Mentava Parent also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Time Was's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Mentava Parent is free to download; Time Was costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mentava Parent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Was has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Time Was's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mentava Parent's.
Time Was ships an update every 5 weeks, Mentava Parent every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Was | Mentava Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hindsight Apps LLC | Mentava |
Customer experience
Time Was
Mentava Parent
In-app purchases
Time Was
No in-app purchases
Mentava Parent
No in-app purchases
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