Comparison

Timespace vs Synopsule

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

Head to head
About

Timespace

Features
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Know exactly how many days, hours, and minutes until what matters most. Timespace is the countdown app that goes further. It tracks time since past moments, handles multiple timezones, shows your live distance to places you love, and sends a gentle alert when you arrive. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device. Timespace sits alongside your calendar rather than replacing it. Your calendar handles appointments. Timespace handles the dates and places you keep thinking about. It's quiet awareness, always live, always in view. TIME ANCHORS Mark any date, past or future, and watch it live. Count down to what's coming. Count up from what's passed. No manual changes needed. • Live to the second, always updating • Automatic switch from countdown to time-since when the date arrives • Works across any timezone • Search timezones by name or UTC offset • Reminders before, at, or after the moment. From 5 minutes to a year. Works for: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, travel countdowns, sobriety dates, fitness goals, graduations, and personal milestones. PLACE ANCHORS Save any place and see your live distance as you move. Your favorite café. The airport. A place that feels like home. Timespace shows how far you are and sends a gentle alert when you get close, even with the app closed. • Real-time distance, updated as you move • Arrival and departure alerts • Up to two proximity thresholds per place • Open any place in your preferred maps app with a single tap • No directions. No clutter. ALWAYS LIVE DASHBOARD Everything at a glance, nothing buried. • Animated countdowns, updating every second • Real-time distance to all your saved places • Pin up to 6 anchors for instant access (Pro) • Instant search across all your anchors • Track across multiple timezones without leaving your dashboard SHARE YOUR ANCHORS Tap any anchor and generate a beautiful card in seconds. Choose from multiple designs and formats crafted for social media, then save to your photos or share anywhere. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your device, and Timespace collects nothing about how you use it. No ads. No tracking. It works completely offline. Internet is only needed for sign-in and subscription management. HOW PEOPLE USE TIMESPACE • Days until a wedding, a holiday, or the next payday • Days since quitting smoking, or the start of a sober streak • A retirement countdown, an exam date, or a work deadline • Distance to home while traveling, or to a place worth saving for FREE & PRO Free includes: • Up to 5 anchors (time and place) • Live countdowns and real-time distance • Reminders and proximity alerts • Full core experience, no time limit Pro: • Unlimited anchors • Pin up to 6 favorites • Full experience, without limits • Monthly, annual, and lifetime options available If your Pro subscription lapses, your anchors are preserved and unlock immediately when you renew. Nothing is ever deleted. Count the days. Know the distance. Timespace - Remember what matters. Terms of Use: https://www.gettimespace.com/terms

About

Synopsule

This app transforms your iPhone and Apple Watch into a private transcription studio. It records conversations, provides live transcripts, and identifies speakers locally on your device. Optional AI summaries can be generated using your own keys or through a subscription.

Highlights
  • On-device recording and transcription
  • Speaker identification and labeling
  • Local AI summarization
  • Time-anchored notes and flags
  • Full-text search
  • Multiple export formats
  • Playback and editing tools
Features
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Synopsule helps you record a conversation, read who said what, and return to the details later. Record on iPhone with a live transcript and timestamped notes, or record on Apple Watch and transfer the recording to your paired iPhone for local processing. TRANSCRIPTION ON YOUR iPHONE Whisper transcribes audio locally once your chosen speech model is installed. Review speaker labels and saved-voice matches after analysis. Voiceprints stay on your iPhone. Adaptive layouts keep your library, transcript and recording controls easy to read. NOTES YOU CAN REVIEW Jot notes while recording or reading and return to their timestamps. After analysis, Add context can suggest additions from nearby transcript passages and files you attach. Your original note stays intact. Inspect the quotes, then Keep, Edit or Discard the suggestion. Only kept, current context is included in transcript exports. FILES AND QUESTIONS Attach readable PDF, Markdown or text files to a recording or its meeting series. Ask questions across saved meetings and attached text, with source quotes you can open and check. Library search also finds notes, labeled flags and attached text. Search on this device in Settings offers an optional 165 MB download to find related wording; keyword search still works without it. AI ON YOUR TERMS Add context, questions and summaries use the AI option you choose. Choose Apple Intelligence on supported devices, your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google Gemini key, or optional Synopsule Pro. Apple Intelligence supports summaries, answers and note context on-device, with a smaller context window for long sources. Pro provides cloud AI without a key to manage. Cloud AI names the provider and asks before sending selected transcript, note or attached-file text. Recorded audio is never sent to an AI provider. Reset AI consent in Settings whenever you want. Automatic summaries are a setting you control. FIND WHAT MATTERED Search your saved library, label important moments and revisit action items. Optional Meeting context during recording quotes earlier saved meetings using local search. CALENDAR REMINDERS Choose calendars configured in Apple Calendar, including Google accounts. Set optional reminders and title privacy, mute recurring series, and choose a meeting title when starting a recording. Recording starts only when you choose Record. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR CHOICE Choose whether to keep audio for playback and re-analysis. Transcripts and notes remain saved when audio is deleted. Edit text and speaker labels, export the parts you choose, or create a library archive to move recordings between devices. Archives merge with an existing library. No app account is required. Product analytics not linked to your identity can be disabled in Settings. Recorded audio, transcript text, notes and attached text are excluded from analytics. SYNOPSULE PRO (OPTIONAL) Pro has monthly and yearly subscriptions. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage them in your Apple Account subscription settings. Transcription and speaker separation run locally without a Pro subscription. On Apple Watch, start, pause or resume a recording, add markers, and review transfers to your paired iPhone. Watch recordings stay on your Watch until transferred. Export Markdown, Word, PDF, plain text, SRT/VTT subtitles or interactive HTML. Send text to Apple Notes or Obsidian. Requires iOS 17 or later. Apple Watch recording requires watchOS 26 or later and a paired iPhone. Apple Intelligence requires supported hardware, iOS 26 or later and Apple Intelligence enabled. Privacy: https://synopsule.com/privacy/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timespace4 screens
Synopsule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timespace at Free against Synopsule's $1.99. Timespace also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Synopsule's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Timespace is free to download; Synopsule costs $1.99 up front. Timespace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Synopsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timespace ships an update every 2 months, Synopsule weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Timespace versus Synopsule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimespaceSynopsule
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB163 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperChathuranga VithanageSunny Nagra

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timespace

Subscriptions2
  • Timespace Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Timespace Pro - Annual$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Synopsule

Subscriptions2
  • Synopsule Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Synopsule Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Timespace free?
Timespace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Synopsule free?
Synopsule costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Timespace or Synopsule have ads?
Neither Timespace nor Synopsule shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timespace or Synopsule?
Timespace ships an update every 2 months, and Synopsule weekly. Most recently, Timespace was updated on October 7, 2026 and Synopsule on October 14, 2026.

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