Comparison

Arc Timeline 4 vs Capsule

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

Head to head
About

Arc Timeline 4

This app automatically tracks your location history, including how you travel and how long you stay at places. It learns your habits to provide a detailed, searchable timeline of your daily life, offering insights into your activity and health metrics.

Highlights
  • Automatic background location recording
  • Smart learning engine for place recognition
  • Detects over 20 activity types
  • Searchable trip and place history
  • Health and activity insights (heart rate, calories)
  • Data stored on device with optional iCloud backup
Features
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Arc Timeline automatically records where you go, how you get there, and how long you stay - all in the background, with no buttons to press. A smart learning engine gets more accurate the more you use it, building a detailed, searchable timeline of your daily life. Your trips, your places, your history - recorded effortlessly. WHAT ARC TIMELINE DOES ▸ Automatically detects and records your visits and trips ▸ Learns your places and recognises them by name ▸ Detects walking, running, cycling, driving, train, bus, airplane, and 20+ more activity types ▸ A learning engine that improves over time, personalised to you ▸ Search your entire history - find any place, any trip, any day BUILT FOR QUALITY ▸ High quality GPS data with advanced Kalman filtering ▸ Reliable background recording with intelligent sleep mode ▸ Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass design ▸ Full dark mode support YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE ▸ All data stored on your device ▸ Optional iCloud backup to your private iCloud account ▸ No accounts, no sign-ups, no data shared with third parties ▸ Export your data anytime in standard JSON format HEALTH & ACTIVITY INSIGHTS ▸ Heart rate, calories burned, steps, and altitude for every trip and visit ▸ Import workouts from Apple Health ▸ Sync visits to your calendar ▸ Places tab with visit history, occupancy charts, and geographic reports A free trial is included. An active subscription or lifetime purchase is required after the trial period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/terms

About

Capsule

Never miss a dose again with this advanced medication reminder. Create custom schedules, set minimum intervals between doses, and receive persistent notifications. Track your medication history and easily categorize your pills.

Highlights
  • Advanced scheduling options
  • Minimum dose interval settings
  • Per-medication notifications
  • Medication history tracking
  • Medication categorization with tags
  • NFC tag integration for marking doses
Features
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Capsule is a medication tracker designed to make your life simpler and easier, while ensuring you never miss taking a medication ever again. Create advanced schedules and set minimum dose intervals to ensure that you take your medications exactly when you need to, and not when you shouldn't. • Use advanced scheduling options to easily match your medication routines. • Set minimum dose intervals to ensure you never repeat taking a medication too soon. • Set per modification notifications and even turn on nagging notifications to receive constant reminders about your most important medications • Tags allow you to easily categorise your medications for easy filtering. • See your full medication history at a glance, perfect for discussing with your doctor. • Shortcut actions let you unlock more from Capsule. Why not use an NFC tag to automatically mark a medication as taken every time you tap your phone to the box? • Alternate app icons and custom interface colours let you make Capsule look how you want it to. Capsule is the best app for tracking your medications and ensuring you never miss taking an important medication again. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Arc Timeline 44 screens
Capsule4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arc Timeline 4 and Capsule both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Capsule's written reviews are positive against 59% of Arc Timeline 4's. Capsule also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Arc Timeline 4's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (27 vs 5). On price, rating, 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. Arc Timeline 4 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Arc Timeline 4 against 4.0 for Capsule. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arc Timeline 4 has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Arc Timeline 4's written reviews are positive against 90% of Capsule's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arc Timeline 4 ships an update weekly, Capsule every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Arc Timeline 4 versus Capsule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArc Timeline 4Capsule
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (27 ratings)4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew Bruce GreenfieldSnailed It Development Ltd

Customer experience

Arc Timeline 4

All ratings27 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.9%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative35.9%

Capsule

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Arc Timeline 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$219.99
2 purchases

Capsule

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Arc Timeline 4 free?
Arc Timeline 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capsule free?
Capsule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arc Timeline 4 or Capsule?
Arc Timeline 4 and Capsule are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 27 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Arc Timeline 4 or Capsule have ads?
Neither Arc Timeline 4 nor Capsule shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arc Timeline 4 or Capsule?
Arc Timeline 4 ships an update weekly, and Capsule every 2 weeks. Most recently, Arc Timeline 4 was updated on October 30, 2026 and Capsule on October 15, 2026.

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