Comparison

Hindsight vs Calendar Timeline

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

Head to head
About

Hindsight

Track the time elapsed since significant life events, from daily habits to major milestones. Gain insights into your routines, set reminders, and visualize your progress. Your data is private and synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
  • Swipe to track events
  • Customizable time-based alerts
  • Habit statistics and histogram
  • Add notes for context
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Data export/import
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Hindsight: Time, Tracked and Visualized Rediscover the past and optimize your future with Hindsight. This intuitive app keeps you informed about the time that has elapsed since life's events. Whether they're daily routines or once-in-a-lifetime milestones, Hindsight puts the answers to "How long has it been?" right at your fingertips. ** Make Every Moment Count ** With Hindsight, you don't just record events—you gain insights. Track the frequency of your habits, remind yourself of milestones, and break free from unwanted patterns. It's not just about counting time; it's about making time count. Features: * Privacy First: No accounts or sign-in required! Your data is securely stored in your iCloud account. * Swipe to Track: Capture every event with a swipe and revisit them in a detailed timeline. * Alerts: Set customizable notifications based on time intervals to stay on top of your activities. * Deep Insights: Delve into your habits with stats and a histogram view. * Notes for Context: Attach notes to each occurrence for context and memories. * Sync Across Devices: Keep your data in sync across all your devices with iCloud. * Data Export/Import: Enjoy the freedom to export your history to CSV for deeper analysis or sharing. * Watch Companion: Manage your events with a full-featured Apple Watch app. * Widget Convenience: Access quick updates from your home screen and lock screen widgets. * Siri and Shortcuts: Use Siri and Shortcuts to get event info or add occurrences Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Calendar Timeline

Get a clear overview of your next seven days of calendar entries and reminders. Customize your watch face with various timeline styles, text display options, and tint colors for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Seven-day calendar entry overview
  • Today and earlier reminder support
  • Multiple timeline styles (fixed, dynamic, moving)
  • Customizable text display
  • Favorite tint color selection
  • Watch face complications
Features
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With the Calendar Timeline App for watchOS you'll get a nice overview of the calendar entries within the next seven days – also reminder for today and earlier are supported in one single app. The app comes with a set of complications – also with a nice big complication for Modular Duo and Infograph Modular watch faces. In this complication you'll see all events and reminder of the day and got the next one display above. HUGE Update: Now you can choose your favorite style! · Fixed timeline: Fixed timespan from 6 am to 12 am · Dynamic timeline: The timeline shows the timespan from first to last event of the day with 1 hour padding each side · Dynamic timeline with actual time: Like dynamic but with the actual time marker (if before first or past last event) · Moving timeline: You will see a 4 hour timespan for the future and the timeline is moving through the day (only style where the next day do not get shown when after 6 pm and past the last event) · Also you can choose if you like the full big image on your watch face or like the next event text and actual date on top of the timeline. · You can switch on text in timeline which (mostly) fully displays your event text. · Even add you favorite tint color. With these settings you can configure your own style on your own watch face! ** IMPORTANT NOTE ** The big graph complication / widget only runs with Apple Watch Series 4 and higher (high detail watch faces like Modular Duo, Infograph Modular or Infograph Compact watch faces). MDM (company) managed devices may do not provide calendar data even when granted access since watchOS only apps cannot read MDM profiles. Since watchOS 10 the Complication maybe need some time to refresh to new settings due to Apples refresh policy. ** CANNOT RE-DOWNLOAD THE APP? ** For watchOS only apps you need to open AppStore on your watch itself and search for calendar timeline to re-download the app. Sorry for that, but that's Apples flow for watchOS only apps.

Screenshots

Hindsight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hindsight at Free against Calendar Timeline's $1.99. Hindsight also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (72% vs 62%). Calendar Timeline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). 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

Hindsight is free to download; Calendar Timeline costs $1.99 up front. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Calendar Timeline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hindsight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 396 ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Hindsight's written reviews are positive against 62% of Calendar Timeline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight ships an update weekly, Calendar Timeline fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hindsight versus Calendar Timeline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightCalendar Timeline
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (396 ratings) — better3.7 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings396 — better61
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Kevin Lieser

Customer experience

Hindsight

All ratings395 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.8%

Calendar Timeline

All ratings61 ratings
Positive60.7%
Neutral11.5%
Negative27.9%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.7%

Bugs and requests

Hindsight

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Overdue events no longer show a red bell icon
  • Send feedback does not work
  • The new UI is dark and boring
  • It's a pain to switch between categories
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
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  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new product update is very bad
  • The new product update is very bad
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • App crashes and I lost all my data

Requested features

3 requests
  • Could you allow user to pick category colors?
  • Want to add events that haven't happened yet
  • It would be nice if you could add a photo to an instance

Calendar Timeline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Hindsight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Support$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Support$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Candy Tip$0.99
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Pizza Tip$5.99
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  • Ramen Tip$9.99
None

Calendar Timeline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calendar Timeline free?
Calendar Timeline costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or Calendar Timeline?
Hindsight is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 396 ratings, while Calendar Timeline averages 3.7 from 61 ratings.
Do Hindsight or Calendar Timeline have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor Calendar Timeline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or Calendar Timeline?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and Calendar Timeline fortnightly. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on October 26, 2026 and Calendar Timeline on October 27, 2026.

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