Comparison

Hindsight vs Year Progress Bar

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

Year Progress Bar

This app provides a complication for your Apple Watch to visualize the progress of the year, day, or hour as a percentage. It serves as a subtle reminder to reflect on long-term goals and stay on track. Users can customize which time period is displayed.

Highlights
  • Year progress complication
  • Day progress complication
  • Hour progress complication
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Goal reflection reminder
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Remind yourself to think long term with this simple complication for Apple Watch. It provides an Apple Watch complication that shows you how much of the year has passed. As you glance at your wrist, and see the number go up every few days, you can take an opportunity to check in with yourself. Are you staying on track for your long-term goals? Alternatively, you can choose to see the percentage of the day that has elapsed (midnight to midnight) or hour, represented as a percentage rather than minutes. Note: The Apple Watch app is only used to update the complication settings. When you change the setting in the Apple Watch app, it will update the complication.

Screenshots

Hindsight4 screens
Year Progress Bar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Year Progress Bar at none against Hindsight's 6. Year Progress Bar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Hindsight's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (396 vs 4). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Year Progress Bar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Year Progress Bar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 396 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Year Progress Bar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight ships an update weekly, Year Progress Bar every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hindsight versus Year Progress Bar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightYear Progress Bar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (396 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings396 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Ganotis Holdings, Inc.

Customer experience

Hindsight

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

Year Progress Bar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Year Progress Bar

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

Year Progress Bar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Year Progress Bar free?
Year Progress Bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or Year Progress Bar?
Year Progress Bar is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 396 ratings, while Year Progress Bar averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hindsight or Year Progress Bar have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor Year Progress Bar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or Year Progress Bar?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and Year Progress Bar every 11 months. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on October 26, 2026 and Year Progress Bar on October 24, 2026.

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