DrvRec vs TimeMelter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DrvRec
This drive recorder app offers continuous or latest recording modes with adjustable quality settings. It timestamps all footage with date, time, and location, and can save videos locally or to your iPhone's camera roll. Features include rear and front camera recording, manual brightness adjustment for rear camera footage, and automatic recording stops after detected impacts.
- Continuous and latest recording modes
- Adjustable recording quality
- Timestamped video with GPS data
- Front and rear camera support
- Manual brightness adjustment
- Impact-triggered recording stop
- Local and camera roll saving
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This drive recorder app is intended for practical use. We aimed to use this app for day-to-day drive easily without constraint pursuing bare and really necessary functions thoroughly as a drive recorder. This drive recorder has the following functions. a. It has two modes; the continuous recording mode and the latest recording mode that retains about 2 or 5 minutes long of the most recent recording. b. It offers three recording qualities; high quality, medium quality and low quality. c. The recording quality can correspond to the performance of each iPhone from iPhone4S to the latest. d. It marks all frames of the recording with the time and date and the longitude and latitude. e. It can record using rear camera or face camera by switching them. f. You can adjust the brightness of the rear video using face camera manually. g. It stops recording in one minute after iPhone gets strong impulse. h. Real-time display of the recording capacity. i. Playback of recorded files. j. The video file recorded will be saved locally and can be saved in the camera roll of the iPhone body. k. Voice recording. l. Displaying map and drived route. m. To playback saved drive recorder video. n. Eco-mode It offers the continuous recording mode. It can keep all recording of the drive from departure to arrival in continuous recording mode.If you use it securely without worrying about recording capacity when the remaining memory capacity is small, you can select the latest recording mode. The recording quality can be automatically controlled corresponding to the CPU’s performance of each iPhone model; and beside you can also select three (low, medium, high) recording qualities. It marks all frames of recorded video with the time and date and the longitude and latitude. Since the video copied in the camera roll also has time and location information, you can reproduce and display the time and date and the longitude and latitude without depending on the playback application. iPhone is equipped with two cameras; one as rear camera(the back of LCD) and other as face camera(LCD side). You can record using rear camera or face camera by switching them. The rear camera is assumed to take an image of the front direction of the car and the face camera takes the direction of the rear car. When you shoot backward, it is usually too difficult to distinguish the image of the outside of the car because of the difference of the inside and outside brightness of the car. As this app can adjust the brightness of the rear video manually, it makes possible to distinguish the image by continuing to tap the bright part of the outside image. When the iPhone catches a strong impulse, it stops recording in one minute after the impulse. You can keep a recorded video before and after the impulse. As the recording capacity is being displayed at all times, you can monitor the capacity. The video file is made in the memory area of this app at first. When you tap the play button, it plays back the video file in the memory.The memory area of this app is overwrote every recording. This application uses following OSS. AssetsAccessor(Copyright (c) 2013 Shintaro Morikawa) [Note] It does not guarantee reliably recording at any time in any case. Even if you get strong impulse, there could be some possibility not to stop recording. The operation may become unstable because the iPhone body gets very hot if it is exposed to direct sunlight. Please set the iPhone to the place that does not interfere with driving or operation of the air bag. This application uses the location-based services. Please activate the location-based services. We are not able to compensate you for any damages or losses by any reason.
TimeMelter
Organize and view web content like videos, images, and PDFs in a unified list. Easily switch between websites by adding channels, and manage your saved content with tags and folders. Share links and access login-required sites with the built-in browser.
- Organize web content by channel
- View videos, images, and PDFs
- Add channels via store, ID search, or sharing
- Content automatically displayed in a list
- Find content with tags and search history
- Create and share favorite folders
- Built-in browser for login-required sites
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TimeMelter is an app that lets you view and organize web content in a clear and simple way. You can load videos, images, PDFs, and other content in a list, and comfortably switch between websites. 【What you can do】 With TimeMelter, you can switch the websites you browse by adding channels. Content is organized by channel, making it easy to check multiple websites in one place. You can add channels in the following ways. ・Add channels from the store ・Add channels by ID search ・Share or publish channels you create Content from added channels is automatically displayed in a list. 【Supported formats】 Content is displayed in a suitable format depending on its type. ・Videos ・Images ・Gallery view ・Chapter-based content You can view what you want in an easy-to-read format. 【Finding and organizing content】 You can quickly find content using tags and search history. Tags are displayed in a list, which is useful when searching again later. You can create favorite folders to organize content. Folders can also be shared with others by invitation. 【Sharing and browser features】 You can create a shareable link for content and send it to others. Websites that require login can be accessed using the built-in browser. 【Saving and management】 You can save content and view it later. Saved content can be managed together within the app. The app also includes features to help keep things organized, such as deleting cache, cookies, and temporary files. 【About Premium】 Ads are displayed in the app. With Premium / Plus, ads can be removed. You can expand the amount of content you can save and use additional features. Security features such as biometric authentication and page transition restrictions are available only with Premium. 【Notifications】 Guidance and notifications are provided based on how you use the app. With TimeMelter, make web content easier to view and more comfortable to use. Subscriptions Please refer to the following for terms related to subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://timemelter8.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/privacy_policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TimeMelter at Free against DrvRec's $0.99. TimeMelter also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). DrvRec's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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
TimeMelter is free to download; DrvRec costs $0.99 up front. TimeMelter sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DrvRec asks for nothing beyond the download.
DrvRec ships an update every 4 months, TimeMelter every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrvRec | TimeMelter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HIROFUMI MARUO | tetsurou oota |
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DrvRec
TimeMelter
In-app purchases
DrvRec
No in-app purchases
TimeMelter
- TimeMelterプラス$1.991 Month
- 月額プラン14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- 年間プラン(2ヶ月分お得)$39.991 Year
- 5チャンネル(1回限り)$0.99
- 1チャンネル(セール)$0.99
- 3チャンネル(セール)$3.99
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- 5チャンネル(セール)$5.99
- 3チャンネル(5% OFF)$5.99
- 10チャンネル(セール)$12.99
- 30チャンネル(セール)$29.99
- 30チャンネル(30% OFF)$39.99
- プレミアム(買い切り)$89.99






