Comparison

FutureNote vs Time Capsule

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

Head to head
About

FutureNote

Write messages to your future self, capturing current thoughts, hopes, and memories. Seal them to be delivered at a later date, allowing you to reflect on your journey and growth.

Highlights
  • Write messages to future self
  • Seal notes for delayed delivery
  • Track progress and overcome challenges
  • Capture hopes and memories
  • Unlock notes at a future date
Features
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You wrote it on your hardest day. You read it from the other side. Or you wrote it on the day everything felt possible again. Both belong here. FutureNote is a time capsule for what you actually feel today. Write it down. Choose a mood. Photograph the place you are sitting — not your face, but the desk, the window, the room. Then seal the letter: seven days, a month, a year, ten years. Sealed means sealed. Nobody opens it early. Not us, not you. There is no button that changes that and no price that unlocks it. On average, people tap a sealed letter six times before the day arrives. On the day you chose, it comes back. First the photo, for three seconds. Then your words, line by line. And then you write back — to the person you were. Tell them what happened. Whether the fear came true. Whether the hope was right. And seal it again. Month after month, year after year, a conversation with yourself grows. WHY IT WORKS Your memory keeps the facts but loses the feeling. Within weeks, the texture of a hard day softens into a vague summary, and the evidence of your own growth disappears with it. FutureNote captures the feeling before it fades and returns it when you are ready to read it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Seal a letter for a week, a month, a season, a year, or a decade • Add a photo of where you were — the room, the desk, the window • Choose the mood you are writing in, and see how it shifts over time • Organize letters into chapters and watch a timeline of yourself build • Get a notification the moment a letter is ready to open • Write a reply to who you were, and seal it again YOUR LETTERS ARE YOURS Your letters are encrypted and belong only to you. They are not read, not sold, and never used to train anything. Write the first one today. Meet yourself later. Privacy Policy: https://futurenoteapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://futurenoteapp.com/terms

About

Time Capsule

Securely store photos, videos, voice memos, and files in an encrypted vault. Set a future unlock date for your memories, with advanced features requiring a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Encrypted memory vault
  • Set future unlock dates
  • Store photos, videos, voice memos, files
  • AES-256 encryption
  • No cloud storage or account required
  • Face ID/Touch ID protection
  • Share encrypted capsules
Features
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Time Capsule lets you lock your most meaningful photos, videos, voice memos, notes, and files inside an encrypted capsule — then open them on a date you choose. Pick an unlock date. Add what matters. Press and hold to seal it. When the time comes, your capsule unlocks and everything is waiting for you, exactly as you left it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Name your capsule and choose an unlock date — one month, one year, or decades from now. 2. Add photos, videos, voice memos, written notes, or files. 3. Hold to lock. Your capsule is sealed until the date arrives. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. Time Capsule uses AES-256 encryption, stores nothing in the cloud, and requires no account, no login, and no sign-up. There is no tracking, no analytics, and no data collection of any kind. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Lock photos and videos from your camera or library - Record voice memos directly inside a capsule - Write letters to your future self - Attach any file type - Set unlock dates from one day to decades away - Watch a live countdown to each capsule's unlock moment - Protect your vault with Face ID or Touch ID - Share capsules with friends and family as encrypted .ltc files - View your full capsule history WHO IT'S FOR - Write a letter to yourself on New Year's and open it next December - Save your child's first words and photos for their 18th birthday - Preserve a friendship group's memories from a trip - Capture a personal goal and revisit your progress in a year - Create a graduation, wedding, or anniversary capsule Time Capsule is not a social feed, a cloud diary, or a photo album. It is a private vault that keeps your memories sealed until you are ready to revisit them. *CAPSULE SHARING (.LTC), CAPSULE OPENING, AND SOME ADVANCED FEATURES REQUIRE A PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION NOTE: Time Capsule does not provide legal, financial, or mental health advice. Always back up important capsules by exporting encrypted .ltc files. Questions or ideas? Email austinhfrankel@gmail.com - we read everything. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://austinfrankel.github.io/timeCapsuleWebsite/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

FutureNote4 screens
Time Capsule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FutureNote at 4.7 against Time Capsule's 3.9. FutureNote also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. FutureNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Time Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FutureNote holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FutureNote's written reviews are positive against 67% of Time Capsule's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FutureNote versus Time Capsule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutureNoteTime Capsule
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better3.9 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings69 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkas GiniotisAustin Frankel

Customer experience

FutureNote

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Time Capsule

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

FutureNote

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$4.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Seal Just This Note$0.99
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Time Capsule

Subscriptions1
  • Time Capsule Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Time Capsule Pro (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is FutureNote free?
FutureNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Capsule free?
Time Capsule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FutureNote or Time Capsule?
FutureNote is rated higher. FutureNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Time Capsule averages 3.9 from 9 ratings.
Do FutureNote or Time Capsule have ads?
Neither FutureNote nor Time Capsule shows ads.

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