Comparison

try to touch grass vs TimeLine Social

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

Head to head
About

try to touch grass

This app encourages users to disconnect from traditional social media by limiting posts to once a week. It focuses on sharing "proof of life" with friends and catching up on Sundays, fostering genuine connection without likes, comments, or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Post once a week
  • See friends' weekly updates
  • No likes or comments
  • No doom-scrolling
  • Private journal feature
  • Posts disappear after 7 days
Features
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the opposite of social media post once a week. see what your friends are up to. then put your phone down. how it works: • add your people • post your "proof of life" anytime during the week • sunday 6pm mountain time: everyone catches up • you post to see theirs no likes. no comments. no doom-scrolling. no algorithm. no ads. just your people. your posts become a private journal only you can see. friends' posts disappear after 7 days. want to respond? text them. that's the point. 5 minutes a week, not 5 hours a day

About

TimeLine Social

Features
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Timeline is a different kind of social network. Instead of asking what you're thinking, Timeline asks what you did. Every day you add Moments — went hiking, had lunch with Mom, finished a book, took the kids swimming. Some are ordinary. Some are milestones. All of them add up to the record of your life. BUILT AROUND YOUR DAY • One line is enough — type what you did and post it • Add photos, a place, who you were with, how it felt • Mark the big ones as milestones PRIVATE BY DEFAULT IF YOU WANT IT • Every Moment is public, friends-only, or completely private • Private Moments never appear in feeds, search, discovery or on the web • Privacy is enforced on our servers, not just hidden in the app YOUR WHOLE LIFE, NOT JUST TODAY • Add Moments from any point in your past • Don't remember the exact day? Use "Summer 2018", "Around 2015", or "Around age 16" • Fill in years at once by importing photos you already have • Scroll back through your life on one timeline, year by year • Search everything you've ever recorded A SOCIAL NETWORK ABOUT REAL LIFE • See what people are actually doing, not just their highlights • "I Did This Too" connects you through shared experiences instead of reposts • Challenges, streaks, Life Stats, On This Day and recaps you can share You control who sees what, you can report or block anyone, and you can delete your account and everything in it at any time. Timeline is free.

Screenshots

try to touch grass4 screens
TimeLine Social4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: try to touch grass at every 2 days against TimeLine Social's weekly. try to touch grass also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

try to touch grass ships an update every 2 days, TimeLine Social weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
try to touch grass versus TimeLine Social: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertry to touch grassTimeLine Social
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB55 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLawrence SherrickRobert Lyon

In-app purchases

None

try to touch grass

No in-app purchases

None

TimeLine Social

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is try to touch grass free?
try to touch grass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeLine Social free?
TimeLine Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do try to touch grass or TimeLine Social have ads?
Neither try to touch grass nor TimeLine Social shows ads.
Which is updated more often, try to touch grass or TimeLine Social?
try to touch grass ships an update every 2 days, and TimeLine Social weekly. Most recently, try to touch grass was updated on November 5, 2026 and TimeLine Social on November 6, 2026.

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