Comparison

Time Atlas vs ¡Whim!

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

¡Whim!

Features
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every day, whim hands you one thing to do. a small, real, spontaneous act. you make the promise first ("it's my will"), scratch off the card to reveal it, then go do the thing. one a day. that's the whole bit. it's the crazy friend who is proud of you. dry, warm, a little unhinged. the one who texts "go talk to the stranger" and means it kindly. WHAT HAPPENS - one whim a day, hidden until you commit to it - scratch to reveal, then go live a little - mark it done. honor system. we're not checking, and you'd never lie about a thing this small and this glorious - your journal keeps everything you've actually done. proof you were here on purpose PITCH AN ACT got something unhinged? send it to the council. every user-pitched act is reviewed by a human before it ever reaches anyone. there's a report control on everything, zero tolerance for cruel or objectionable content, and acts that get repeatedly reported come down automatically. THE HONEST PART (pricing) your first whim is free. scratch it, do it, feel the thing. after that, the daily whim lives behind Whim+: $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $4.99 a month. Whim+ includes the daily whim, your journal, and the 5 core packs. - extra act packs and color themes are one-time purchases, on top - $0.99 re-roll if today's whim isn't the one (fair-use daily cap) restore purchases is supported. subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. standard Apple subscription and refund terms apply. terms of use: https://elsewhereindex.com/whim/terms privacy policy: https://elsewhereindex.com/whim/privacy YOUR DATA local-first, with an anonymous account so nothing's tied to your name. you can export everything and delete all of it, right in the app. we don't sell your personal data. payments are handled by Apple or Google. A FRIENDLY WORD ON SAFETY whims happen in the real world. use common sense. nothing illegal, unsafe, or cruel, ever. you choose what you do, and you're responsible for it. Whim isn't liable for your choices. be kind, stay legal, don't be weird about it (be weird about everything else). flirty but mild. i have free will. one day, everyone will.

Screenshots

Time Atlas4 screens
¡Whim!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ¡Whim! at 15.0 against Time Atlas's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and ¡Whim! sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Atlas ships an update every 5 days, ¡Whim! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Time Atlas versus ¡Whim!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Atlas¡Whim!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB75 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTime Atlas Labs OyElsewhere Index LLC

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
10 purchases

¡Whim!

Subscriptions1
  • Whim+ Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time9
  • if you have a dog$1.99
  • if you actually cook$1.99
  • if you have coworkers$1.99
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  • if you have a crush$1.99
  • Petty Chaos$2.99
  • Touch Grass$2.99
  • Say Hi First$2.99
  • The Noticing$2.99
  • The Whole Pantry$14.99

Questions

Is Time Atlas free?
Time Atlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ¡Whim! free?
¡Whim! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Atlas or ¡Whim! have ads?
Neither Time Atlas nor ¡Whim! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Atlas or ¡Whim!?
Time Atlas ships an update every 5 days, and ¡Whim! every 3 days. Most recently, Time Atlas was updated on September 30, 2026 and ¡Whim! on September 19, 2026.

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