Timescape vs Year View Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timescape
Visualize your entire year in a 52-week grid with no gaps. Plan travel, track birthdays, and gain perspective on your available time. Customize with your own color-coded events for a personalized view.
- 52-week year grid
- Color-coded event customization
- Event ribbon view
- Single-tap day access
- Travel and birthday planning
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Sometimes you have to think about the big picture. Timescape is the calendar app that shows your entire year: 52 weeks in a grid, no gaps. It's great for planning travel, checking upcoming birthdays, or thinking seriously about the time you have available. You can immediately focus on any day of the year with a single tap. It's easy to use - give it a download, and check it out with a 7 day free trial! After your trial, TImescape is just $0.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or regional equivalents. Terms of Use: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/terms Privacy Policy: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/privacy
Year View Planner
Visualize your entire year with three distinct calendar layouts: a classic grid, a scrollable continuous view, and a vertical list. Easily scan and manage your annual schedule across multiple Apple devices.
- Three distinct year view layouts
- Intuitive grid arrangement
- Scrollable continuous year view
- Vertical list for mobile scanning
- Supports Mac, iPhone, and iPad
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Three Views. One Year. Grid: The classic layout. Four rows, three columns, twelve months. Your entire year in the most intuitive arrangement. Continuous: Inspired by traditional wall planners, year views and annual calendars. Scroll horizontally through your year like flipping through pages of time. List: Months stacked vertically. Perfect for scanning through the year on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timescape at 3.8 against Year View Planner's 2.0. Timescape also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Year View Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Timescape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Year View Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timescape holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timescape has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Timescape ships an update fortnightly, Year View Planner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timescape | Year View Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew James O'Donnell | Peter Thomson |
In-app purchases
Timescape
- Monthly Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Year View Planner
No in-app purchases
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