Comparison

Time Atlas vs Museum Diary

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Museum Diary

Capture and organize memories from your museum visits. Scan placards, save favorite pieces, and log quiet moments. This private app keeps your art collection in one place without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Scan museum placards
  • Save favorite art pieces
  • Log quiet moments and sketches
  • Organize visit memories
  • Private by design
Features
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Designed by a designer, for those who fall in love with pieces and want to remember them. You've been building a collection for years. Photos buried in your camera roll, memories fading between visits. Museum Diary gives your pieces a home. Scan the placard before you walk away. Everything is preserved in one tap. - Save any placard, from any museum (zoo, aquarium, history, & more!). - Your favorite pieces from every visit, all in one place. - Log the benches, sketchbook pages, and quiet moments too. - Private by design. No ads, no tracking, just your art. Every museum visit is a chapter. Start keeping yours.

Screenshots

Time Atlas4 screens
Museum Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Museum Diary at none against Time Atlas's 3. Museum Diary also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Time Atlas's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (62 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Time Atlas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Museum Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Time Atlas against 4.7 for Museum Diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Atlas has 62 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Time Atlas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Museum Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Atlas ships an update every 5 days, Museum Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Atlas versus Museum Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime AtlasMuseum Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (62 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB175 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTime Atlas Labs OyLan Zhou

Customer experience

Time Atlas

All ratings62 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%

Museum Diary

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Time Atlas

Subscriptions2
  • Time Atlas Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Time Atlas Plus - Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Time Atlas Plus - Lifetime$199.99
None

Museum Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Atlas free?
Time Atlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Museum Diary free?
Museum Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Atlas or Museum Diary?
Time Atlas is rated higher. Time Atlas averages 4.8 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Museum Diary averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Time Atlas or Museum Diary have ads?
Neither Time Atlas nor Museum Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Atlas or Museum Diary?
Time Atlas ships an update every 5 days, and Museum Diary every 2 weeks. Most recently, Time Atlas was updated on October 22, 2026 and Museum Diary on October 21, 2026.

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