On This Day Rewind vs Comicscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
On This Day Rewind
Rediscover memories from your photo library taken on this date in previous years. Browse photos by year, view EXIF data, and see locations on a map. Get daily reminders and share your past moments with a date caption.
- Browse photos by year
- View EXIF metadata
- See photo locations on map
- Share photos with date caption
- Home screen widgets
- Daily reminder notifications
- Pinch to zoom and favorite photos
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On This Day shows you photos from your library taken on today's date in past years. Open the app and see what you were doing one, two, or five years ago. No account needed, no cloud upload. It reads your photo library and filters by today's date. What you can do - Browse photos grouped by year - Swipe between days to check other dates - View EXIF metadata: camera, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed - See where a photo was taken on a map - Share photos with a date caption - Add widgets to your home screen - Get a daily reminder to look back - Pinch to zoom, favorite, and delete photos Privacy Your photos never leave your device. OnThisDay reads from your photo library and doesn't upload or sync anything. Pro The free version shows the last 3 years. Pro gives you access to your full history and removes the share watermark. --- Privacy Policy: https://flohgro.com/onthisday-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Comicscope
Transform your photos and videos into comic book panels. Arrange them into pages and albums, add text and captions, and share your creations. Offers a unique live camera filter and a playful, intuitive design for storytelling.
- Live comics-style camera filter
- Arrange panels into albums and pages
- Add text, location, and date to panels
- Export at mobile or print resolution
- Custom font based on author's wife's handwriting
- Runs on your iPhone without an account
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Comicscope frames the world in panels, live in the viewfinder. Part sketchbook, part graphic novel. Shoot or import, arrange your layout, and add text: a caption, a line of dialogue, a full narrative. Every panel builds the bigger picture—a story, a journal, an album for anything. Share a panel or page whenever you like. • Live, comics-style camera filter • Arrange panels into albums and pages • Panels for text, location, and date; location and date fill in automatically • Export at mobile or print resolution • No generative AI filters: Original graphics technology • Custom font based on the author’s wife’s handwriting • No account, no servers: Runs on your iPhone • Playful & intuitive design COMICSCOPE FREE Free to use all major features. Create up to three albums. Exported images are small and carry a watermark. COMICSCOPE UNLIMITED One In-App Purchase (or subscription) unlocks everything: • No watermarks • Export your original, unfiltered photos • Auto-save shots to your Photos library • High-resolution export • Back up albums to iCloud Drive • Unlimited albums that you can lock, export, import, and set as your default Screenshots include paid features. Privacy Policy: https://www.tinrocket.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.tinrocket.com/terms (Comicscope was previously known as Serialbox; the name changed in October, 2026)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Comicscope at none against On This Day Rewind's shown. Comicscope also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On This Day Rewind's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. On This Day Rewind sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Comicscope sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for On This Day Rewind against 5.0 for Comicscope. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: On This Day Rewind has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
On This Day Rewind ships an update every 3 weeks, Comicscope every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | On This Day Rewind | Comicscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florian Grossmann | Tinrocket, LLC |
Customer experience
On This Day Rewind
Comicscope
In-app purchases
On This Day Rewind
- One A Month Club$0.991 Month
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$3.99
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- On This Day Pro$4.99
Comicscope
- Serialbox Unlimited (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Serialbox Unlimited (Yearly)$9.991 Year
- Comicscope Unlimited (Lifetime)$19.99









