Comparison

This Time Last Year vs Panoramas Environments

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

Head to head
About

This Time Last Year

Rediscover your memories with this app that surfaces photos taken on this day in past years. Easily sort through your library, identify blurry or duplicate shots, and reclaim storage space. It offers a mindful way to reflect on your past and appreciate your cherished moments.

Highlights
  • Daily photo recall by date
  • Identify blurry and duplicate shots
  • Batch photo deletion
  • Full-screen photo viewer
  • Customizable themes
  • Offline processing
Features
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You know that notification. "Storage Almost Full." The one that keeps coming back no matter how many times you dismiss it. Twenty thousand photos, and the whole library at once is too big to face. So you don't. And it grows. This Time Last Year shows you every photo you took on today's date, across all your years. Keep what matters, clear the rest, and close the app in five minutes. Tomorrow it gives you the next day. THE SHIFT This makes it small. One date. A handful of moments. And somewhere in the tidying, something unexpected happens. You start looking forward to it. Not for the cleanup. For the photos. A minute each morning, and suddenly you are aware of how much time has passed. How much has changed. How much is worth keeping. SMARTER TRIAGE Blurry shots, screenshots, and burst photos get quietly identified with advisory badges. You always decide what stays. The app only ever suggests. BATCH TRIAGE Long-press to mark photos one at a time, or use select mode to mark many at once. Mark all blurry shots, all screenshots, or any mix, then delete together in one confirmation. FULL SCREEN VIEWER Tap any photo to fill the screen. Swipe through all your years without stopping. Found one worth sending? Share it in a tap. WHERE IT HAPPENED Photos that carry location now show the place beneath the date. City and region, looked up entirely on your phone from a map database built into the app. Nothing is sent anywhere. Your coordinates never leave the device. THREE QUIET THEMES Warm Cream, Dusty Rose, or Slate and Fog. Choose the one that feels like yours. BUILT TO BE TRUSTED Everything happens on your phone. Your photos are never uploaded, never analyzed on a server, never sold or shared. No subscription quietly renewing in the background. Pay once, own it.

About

Panoramas Environments

Explore breathtaking wide-angle and 360° imagery for immersive backdrops. Browse, preview, and save stunning scenes from space, nature, and cinematic sets. Upload your own creations and discover content from a global community.

Highlights
  • Curated 360° and wide-angle imagery
  • Searchable feed from Unsplash
  • Save and sync favorites via iCloud
  • Upload and share your own panoramas
  • Featured creator content
  • Immersive environments from movies/TV
  • Search by address for street-level views
Features
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Surround yourself with breathtaking worlds. Panoramas Environments brings a curated collection of stunning wide-angle and 360° imagery to your Apple Vision Pro — and now your iPhone and iPad — ready to download and set as your own custom surroundings. Now with AI: describe a place and watch it come into being, restyle any panorama, and give it its own ambient soundtrack. Browse, preview, and save in seconds. Whether you want to stand on the lunar surface, step onto a cinematic sci-fi set, or escape into a sweeping natural vista, the perfect backdrop is just a tap away. CREATE WITH AI • Generate: Describe any place — a misty bamboo forest at sunrise, a neon-lit alley after rain — and get a full 360° environment built for your headset. Or start from one of your own photos and let it expand into a complete panorama. • Remix: Take any panorama in the app, or one you generated, and restyle it. Make it night, make it winter, make it cyberpunk. The scene stays, the mood changes. • Soundtracks: Give any panorama its own one-minute ambient track, composed to match the place. It loops while you look around, and keeps playing across the system while you use other apps. • Credits: AI features run on credit packs. One credit is one panorama, one remix or one soundtrack. Generations that fail are refunded automatically, and your credits follow you across every device via iCloud. WHAT'S INSIDE • Panoramas: A constantly fresh, searchable feed of high-resolution wide-angle photography pulled live from Unsplash. • Favorites: Tap the heart on any panorama to save it for later — and with iCloud, your likes sync automatically between your iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro. • Community: A shared space where you can upload your own panoramas and discover ones shared by others. • Creators: Featured spatial content creators from the Apple Vision Pro community — each with their own page, pinned picks and full collection. • Movies & TV: Immersive environments straight from your favorite films and series. • NASA: The legendary Apollo lunar series, captured by astronauts on the Moon and shared by NASA Johnson. Public domain, straight from the source. • Alien: Earth: Step inside the world of the FX series with official immersive set imagery, including the USCSS Maginot, Neverland Island, and more. • Search by Address: Type any address and find 360° street-level panoramas from that exact spot or the nearest. DESIGNED FOR THE HEADSET • Preview any panorama in immersive before you download it • Upload your own panoramas and share them with the community • One-tap saving directly to your photo library • Live download progress and a handy queue so you can grab several at once • Smart memory: already-saved items are clearly marked, with the option to grab them again • Full-resolution originals, with location and credit details written into each file • A built-in guide showing exactly how to turn any saved image into a custom surrounding NOW ON IPHONE AND IPAD • The full collection in your pocket: every tab, every source • Explore any panorama in a full-screen 360° viewer — just drag to look around • Like on your phone, and it's waiting in your Favorites on Vision Pro thanks to iCloud • Download on the go: images land in your photo library, ready for your headset HOW IT WORKS Find an image you love, tap to download, and it lands in your photo library. From there, follow the in-app steps to load it as your own personal backdrop. Simple. Every photographer and source is properly credited, with quick links back to the original. Start exploring. Your next world is waiting. Imagery courtesy of Unsplash contributors, NASA, and FX Networks. Photos remain the property of their respective owners. Credit packs are a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

This Time Last Year4 screens
Panoramas Environments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Panoramas Environments at Free against This Time Last Year's $2.99. This Time Last Year's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On update cadence, ads 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

Panoramas Environments is free to download; This Time Last Year costs $2.99 up front. Panoramas Environments sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. This Time Last Year asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
This Time Last Year versus Panoramas Environments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis Time Last YearPanoramas Environments
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAllura LLCDevpool

Customer experience

This Time Last Year

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Panoramas Environments

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

This Time Last Year

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Panoramas Environments

One-time5
  • 1 Credit$1.29
  • 15 Credits$12.99
  • 35 Credits$27.99
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  • 50 Credits$37.99
  • 100 Credits$69.99

Questions

Is This Time Last Year free?
This Time Last Year costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panoramas Environments free?
Panoramas Environments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do This Time Last Year or Panoramas Environments have ads?
Neither This Time Last Year nor Panoramas Environments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, This Time Last Year or Panoramas Environments?
This Time Last Year ships an update weekly, and Panoramas Environments weekly. Most recently, This Time Last Year was updated on October 31, 2026 and Panoramas Environments on November 10, 2026.

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