Time Atlas vs WritePath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Atlas
This app automatically records your daily activities, locations, and photos to create a comprehensive, private journal of your life. Effortlessly revisit past moments and rediscover your history with a curated visual timeline.
- Automatic location and activity capture
- Daily life snapshots with full context
- Explore past journeys and events
- Curated daily stories with photos and maps
- Private and encrypted on-device storage
- Optional note-taking for added context
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Life moves fast. Time Atlas helps you remember everything, for FREE (advanced features available with a paid subscription). Time Atlas is an automatic visual diary, which captures your daily life: places you visit, paths you take, activities you participate in and photos you take along the way. The app gives you a snapshot of each day as it really was – in full context. Your story is elegantly curated for you, with no effort whatsoever. Shape it further as you wish! It runs quietly in the background, turning your routine into a clear picture of your day. No manual inputs required, no wearable device needed. You get a private, personal record of your days – so you can revisit any day, recall any moment and rediscover your past. Photos you take during the day appear automatically in your story – curate them freely with elegant results. WHAT TIME ATLAS LETS YOU DO * Automatically capture your location and activity day by day. * View a snapshot of any day in your past – all in full context. * Explore where you went, how you got there and what happened along the way. * Build and curate your daily story, narrated with photos, maps, activity spotlights, place visits and more. * Effortlessly keep track of your travels, vacations and work trips. * Choose what content you want to see of any day and customize how it all is laid out. * Recall any moment in the past easily and at a glance. * Add context when you want to, for example by writing notes. * Keep everything private and encrypted on your device. * Connect to your Apple Health for deeper insights. * Turn on Eco Mode for lower battery use. * Import your diary from Apple Journal app or Day One, or your location history from Google Timeline. * Unlock Time Atlas Plus for advanced features. WHY IT MATTERS * You don't miss out on the important moments and memories in your life. * Recalling that significant day, moment, life event or vacation trip becomes an absolute delight. * A valuable record of your days is stored for the future, archived automatically. AUTOMATIC * Turn "Always" on in your location permissions, so the app can accurately analyze your movements. * Turn "Full" on in your photo permissions, so the app is able to populate your days with appropriate photos. PRIVACY COMES FIRST It’s your data, period. All processing (with the exception of optional AI features) happens privately on your device. Time Atlas stores the data only on your device and in your iCloud backup. When you leave, you leave no trace. PERFECT FOR YOU IF ... * You would like to keep a record of your life, but don't want to put in much effort. * You feel like life moves fast and you don't want to miss out on memories. * You want to keep a diary, so you can reflect and reminisce later. * You wish you had an amazing journal of all your trips and vacations. DOWNLOAD TIME ATLAS AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING Have questions, feedback, or ideas? Contact the team at info@timeatlaslabs.com. Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timeatlasapp/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/zwJEYNdsPE TRY OUR MAC APP TO WRITE NOTES! https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761260518 OPEN SOURCE TOOLS TO ACCESS TIME ATLAS DATA https://github.com/timeatlaslabs/oss/
WritePath
This app automatically creates a timeline of your life based on your phone's data, like location and calendar events. It helps you recall past activities and places visited, with options to manually enhance entries with photos and videos.
- Automatic timeline generation
- Location tracking and history
- Calendar event integration
- Photo and video enhancement
- Map view of visited places
- Searchable entries
- iCloud sync
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“How was your weekend?” “Remind me, what was the name of that beach we loved in Okinawa?” “This restaurant looks really familiar, have we been here before?” Life is a little hard to remember, isn’t it? WritePath is a different kind of journaling app that uses data already on your phone to build a timeline for you based on your activities that day. You no longer need to cobble data from multiple apps to try to remember what you did. Use WritePath for lightweight life logging. Or, use the iPhone and the iPad app together for deep journaling. TRACK WHERE YOU’VE BEEN Automatically keep a log of places you’ve visited. Easily approve, edit, or reject suggested entries. IMPORT FROM YOUR CALENDAR Connect your calendars to add entry suggestions based on events in your calendar. Useful for remembering appointments and meetings. AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCE ENTRIES WITH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Add photos and videos manually, or enable photo suggestions to have photos and videos automatically added to relevant entries. VIEW PLACES YOU’VE VISITED ON A MAP Use the Places view to see all the places you’ve visited, and see all of your entries organized by location. Watch your map light up as you continue to explore the world. PRIVATE. EFFICIENT. RESPONSIBLE - Built from the ground up to ensure privacy and security - Your data is for you and you alone. If you like the app you can support me by upgrading to premium. I will never sell your data or inject ads - Your journal lives on your device — I couldn’t read it if I wanted to - Location tracking uses a lightweight process that uses less than 1% of daily battery life, even on older phones - Uses very little storage space, even if you attach lots of photos - Search to quickly find entries - Feel rewarded for exploring with notifications that celebrate milestones like visiting a new city - Sync your data using iCloud to your iPad and Mac - Export or import your data at any time … and much more! ———————————— STANDARD FEATURES (FREE) - Add, edit, or remove entries freely - Location-based entry suggestions available to approve for 24 hours - Calendar-based suggested entries available to approve for 24 hours - Manually or automatically add photos and videos to entries - View places you’ve visited on a map and view entries sorted by place - Search for entries - Milestone celebrations - iCloud sync across iPad and Mac - Import/Export WritePath data - Import Swarm data PREMIUM FEATURES (PAID) All the free features, plus: - Location-based entry suggestions available indefinitely - Calendar-based suggested entries available indefinitely - Family Sharing (up to 5 people) ———————————— Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to the App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Terms of use: https://getwritepath.app/terms Privacy policy: https://getwritepath.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Time Atlas at free against WritePath's freemium. Time Atlas also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (62 vs 2). WritePath's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Time Atlas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and WritePath sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WritePath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Atlas has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Time Atlas's written reviews are positive against 100% of WritePath's.
Time Atlas ships an update every 5 days, WritePath every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Atlas | WritePath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Time Atlas Labs Oy | Anthurium Creative LLC |
Customer experience
Time Atlas
WritePath
In-app purchases
Time Atlas
- Time Atlas Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Time Atlas Plus - Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Time Atlas Plus - Lifetime$199.99
WritePath
- Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year









