Comparison

Timeline Maker vs Where was I ? Places & Visits

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

Head to head
About

Timeline Maker

Organize and visualize life events, historical moments, and project milestones. Easily record, sort, and customize timelines, then share them as beautiful images. This tool brings order to your life and enhances memory organization.

Highlights
  • Multi-dimensional timeline creation
  • Flexible event editing
  • Personalized timeline customization
  • One-tap image sharing
  • Minimalist and intuitive design
Features
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Make clear, beautiful timelines for the events that matter. iTimelines helps you turn life moments, project milestones, historical events, and story ideas into organized visual timelines. Add dates, titles, notes, categories, colors, and layouts, then export or share your timeline when it is ready. Great for: • Project plans and milestones • Personal life events and memories • History study and research notes • Writing timelines for stories and characters • Fitness, travel, legal, or family history records Key features: • Create multiple timelines for different topics • Add and edit events with dates, titles, and descriptions • Customize colors, styles, categories, and time periods • Export timelines as images or PDF • Share polished timeline visuals with others • Work offline, with your data stored on your device or iCloud iTimelines is designed to stay simple. It gives you enough structure to organize complex events, without turning timeline creation into a complicated project. Premium unlocks advanced features: • Unlimited timelines • Advanced export options • Priority support Questions or feedback? Contact: programwarrior2@outlook.com Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E-6G9nH7Ar7Yk8HzdjJQ8VMQPsEsHsCE3J8jWUHqJW4/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bplgcEg46E0fuEh64yRkxVtiLyTOnM8NWqgmrydKg_k/edit?usp=sharing

About

Where was I ? Places & Visits

Automatically tracks your visits to places, creating a detailed timeline of your movements. Organize locations with custom categories, analyze your time distribution, and track travel progress like national park visits. Your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic arrival and departure detection
  • Smart calendar view with visit timeline
  • Customizable location categories
  • Time distribution analytics
  • Country region collection
  • National park progress tracking
  • Google Map Timeline import
Features
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Where was I ? — Your Personal Location Memory Ever tried to remember that amazing restaurant from last month? Or wondered how much time you spend at the office versus home? Where was I ? automatically tracks your visits and builds a beautiful timeline of your life's journey. AUTOMATIC TRACKING No manual logging needed. The app quietly records when you arrive and leave places, creating a detailed visit history without any effort on your part. SMART CALENDAR VIEW See your visits organized by day, week, or month. The intuitive calendar shows visit counts and unique places at a glance. Tap any day to see exactly where you were. HOME & LOCK-SCREEN WIDGETS See your most recent visits with the medium Home Screen widget. Lock Screen widgets show your current location, a live dwell timer, or today's visit count — all tappable. ORGANIZED LOCATIONS Locations are automatically grouped by region and city. Assign custom categories like Home, Work, Gym, or Cafe. Create your own categories with custom icons and colors to match your lifestyle. POWERFUL ANALYTICS Discover patterns in your life: • Time distribution across categories • Your most visited places • Weekly rhythm analysis • Visit frequency trends • Per-location stay-duration chart (day, week, month, or year) COUNTRY REGION COLLECTION Turn your travels into a puzzle! See how many states, provinces, or regions you've visited within each country. Share your progress as a puzzle image. NATIONAL PARK PROGRESS Explore the great outdoors! Automatically log your visits to national parks and track your progress alongside your daily locations. 100 FAMOUS JAPANESE CASTLES Touring Japan? A built-in collection tracks your visits to the country's 100 famous castles. Find it under Collections → Explore → Japan. CUSTOM COLLECTIONS Track anything you want — Apple Stores, museums, breweries, bookshops. Create a collection, set keywords, and watch it fill up automatically. Each collection shows count, history, and a map. IMPORT YOUR LOCATION HISTORY Coming from another app? Bring your full history with you — the format is detected automatically, large exports are handled, and you'll see a preview before anything is imported: • Google Timeline (Google Maps export or Google Takeout) • Arc Timeline (the monthly .json files you export from Arc) • Moves (ProtoGeo / Facebook Moves backup) BULK MANAGEMENT Manage all your locations in one place. Search, sort, and filter. Select multiple locations to categorize or delete in bulk. PRIVACY FIRST Your location data stays on your device. No accounts required. No data sent to servers. Your movements are your business. PERFECT FOR: • Tracking work hours and locations • Remembering restaurants and shops you've visited • Analyzing your daily routine • Keeping a travel journal and logging national park visits • Expense reporting and mileage tracking • Understanding your time allocation FEATURES: • Automatic arrival and departure detection • Calendar view with daily visit timeline • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with deep-linking • Location grouping by region and city • Custom categories with icons and colors • Smart category suggestions from Apple Maps • Detailed visit history with duration • Per-location stay-duration chart (day / week / month / year) • Analytics dashboard with insights • Search and filter locations • Country region collection with shareable puzzle image • National park progress tracking • 100 Famous Japanese Castles built-in collection • Custom collections with keyword auto-matching, manual editing, and stats • Bulk location management • Import from Google Timeline, Arc Timeline, and Moves • Export capabilities • No account required • Privacy-focused design Start building your location memory today. Download Where was I ? and never forget where you've been. Privacy Policy: https://masawata.net/privacy-policy.html Terms Of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timeline Maker4 screens
Where was I ? Places & Visits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Where was I ? Places & Visits at free against Timeline Maker's free with in-app purchases. Where was I ? Places & Visits also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Timeline Maker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Timeline Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Where was I ? Places & Visits sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.5 for Timeline Maker against 4.5 for Where was I ? Places & Visits. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Timeline Maker's written reviews are positive against 78% of Where was I ? Places & Visits's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeline Maker ships an update monthly, Where was I ? Places & Visits weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timeline Maker versus Where was I ? Places & Visits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeline MakerWhere was I ? Places & Visits
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings)4.5 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1319 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB284 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer朱涛 戴Weiren Hsiao

Customer experience

Timeline Maker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Where was I ? Places & Visits

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timeline Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly VIP$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Permanent VIP$4.99
  • Permanent VIP$34.99
11 purchases

Where was I ? Places & Visits

One-time11
  • National Parks Collection - GermanyFree
  • National Parks - Great BritainFree
  • 100 Fine Castles of JapanFree
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  • National Parks - Austria$0.99
  • National Parks Collection - U.S.$0.99
  • National Parks Collection - Taiwan$0.99
  • National Parks - China$0.99
  • National Parks Collection - France$1.99
  • National Parks Collection - Japan$2.99
  • Data Import Export Support$9.99
  • Photo Check-in Unlimited$9.99

Questions

Is Timeline Maker free?
Timeline Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Where was I ? Places & Visits free?
Where was I ? Places & Visits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timeline Maker or Where was I ? Places & Visits?
Where was I ? Places & Visits is rated higher. Timeline Maker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Where was I ? Places & Visits averages 4.5 from 19 ratings.
Do Timeline Maker or Where was I ? Places & Visits have ads?
Neither Timeline Maker nor Where was I ? Places & Visits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeline Maker or Where was I ? Places & Visits?
Timeline Maker ships an update monthly, and Where was I ? Places & Visits weekly. Most recently, Timeline Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Where was I ? Places & Visits on October 31, 2026.

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