Comparison

TetherTails Co vs LayerYear

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

Head to head
About

TetherTails Co

Features
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Made by pet people, for pet people! We started TetherTails in Singapore with one simple belief: every pet owner deserves a little backup. Whether you're chasing zoomies at the park, hunting down a vet at midnight, or just trying to remember which jab is due next, we've got you. One home for the whole messy, wonderful journey of loving an animal. Keeping your (furry, scaly or feathery) friend happy, healthy and thoroughly spoiled. Home is where we start. Singapore first, then Southeast Asia and beyond as soon as we're ready. We'd rather be good in one city than average in ten. And a few promises we're not going back on. Lost pet alerts stay free for everyone, forever, on every plan. We donate our own money to shelters every month and you decide where it goes. And when a pet passes, their records stay put. PETS HUB Everything your pet wished you remembered. One health timeline per pet: vaccinations, medications, weight, grooming and vet visits, in the order they actually happened. Vet documents live here too. And we'll nudge you before anything is due, not a month after. LOST AND FOUND Post once and the whole neighbourhood hears. Photo, breed and microchip come straight from your pet's profile, and owners nearby can call or message you on the spot. Free for everyone. A missing pet is never a paid feature. GIVING BACK We donate every month. You decide where it goes. One free vote a day, no money from you, ever. SHARING Off on holiday? Send your sitter a link with the routine. Need your vet to see the history? Share it, view only. Switch it off whenever you like. MEMORY And when they're gone, they stay. Move a pet to Memory and everything stays exactly where it is. Singapore, you're first. tethertails.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tethertails.com/privacy

About

LayerYear

This app lets you create a visual journal by lining up the same date across multiple years. It automatically populates your entries with photos, locations, and weather, allowing you to scroll through a timeline of your past. You can also create video montages of your memories.

Highlights
  • Yearly date comparison
  • Automatic photo and location import
  • Timeline scrolling
  • Route mapping
  • Timeline video creation
  • Habit tracking
  • iCloud sync
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A journal you can start writing right away, with no sign-up. Open the app, jot down a line and your mood, and today is saved. Your photos, places and weather fill in on their own, and as the years add up, the same date lines up across all of them. Your daily routines live right alongside. Writing your journal is free. Keep today Write a short note, add a mood, and tag it. Photos from your library appear on the day they were taken. Keep up daily routines Turn the habits you want to keep — taking medicine, a workout, learning a few words — into routines for the days you choose. Check them off right from Today, and get a reminder if one isn't done by the time you set. Your 7-day and 30-day completion rates and streaks show how consistent you've been. When you're sick or traveling, rest for today or pause for a while. See your years side by side Scroll a timeline where each year sits on its own row. Open any day to read what you wrote and look through its photos. Retrace where you went Days with location show a map of your route and the countries and cities you passed through, worked out on your device from boundary data built into the app. Make a timeline video Turn a stretch of your journal into a short video of your photos and the places they came from, then save it to your library. Expenses Turn on Expenses in Bits & Bobs to note what you spent right on each day's page. Enter amounts in the currency you paid in, and see totals per currency alongside totals converted to your main currency. Steps Turn on Steps in Bits & Bobs → Logs to see your daily step counts from Apple Health alongside your journal. Each day’s steps appear on its page and in the timeline, and you can look back at daily averages by period and at the same date in earlier years. Steps are only read on your iPhone to show them, never saved or sent anywhere. Create a Places Video Make a video where the fog lifts from each place you've been, then save or share it. Places you return to grow deeper in color, and it ends on a world map of everywhere you've gone. Yours alone There is no LayerYear account, and no server that stores your records. Your records stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud. Photo access is required, but you can allow only the photos you choose instead of your whole library. Location access is optional. Available in 11 languages, in light and dark. Subscription LayerYear Subscription is an optional monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. It unlocks subscriber-only screen themes and record colors, and supports the developer. Writing and revisiting your journal stays free without it. The same subscription also works in the Mac app with your Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layeryear.com/en/privacy

Screenshots

TetherTails Co4 screens
LayerYear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TetherTails Co at daily against LayerYear's every 3 days. TetherTails Co also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. TetherTails Co sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and LayerYear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TetherTails Co ships an update daily, LayerYear every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TetherTails Co versus LayerYear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTetherTails CoLayerYear
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB51 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTETHERTAILS PTE. LTD.BAMSEM

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TetherTails Co

Subscriptions4
  • Care$5.991 Month
  • Care+$19.991 Month
  • Care Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Care+ Yearly$59.991 Year
2 purchases

LayerYear

Subscriptions2
  • LayerYear Monthly$1.001 Month
  • LayerYear Yearly$10.001 Year

Questions

Is TetherTails Co free?
TetherTails Co is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LayerYear free?
LayerYear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TetherTails Co or LayerYear have ads?
Neither TetherTails Co nor LayerYear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TetherTails Co or LayerYear?
TetherTails Co ships an update daily, and LayerYear every 3 days. Most recently, TetherTails Co was updated on October 17, 2026 and LayerYear on October 25, 2026.

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