Comparison

Hindsight vs Future Past

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

Future Past

Track important dates with a simple timeline. See days remaining or days past for any event. Syncs with your iOS Calendar and offers widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Off-calendar event timeline
  • iOS Calendar sync
  • Calendar view for event browsing
  • iOS widgets
  • Unlimited events (Pro)
  • Unlimited calendar integration (Pro)
Features
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Watch a short ad any time to unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - for free, no purchase required.

Screenshots

Hindsight4 screens
Future Past4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Future Past at 5.0 against Hindsight's 4.6. Future Past also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Hindsight's advantage is ratings volume (395 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Future Past sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Future Past holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 395 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Future Past's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight ships an update weekly, Future Past fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hindsight versus Future Past: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightFuture Past
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (395 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings395 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Talking Chicken Friend OU

Customer experience

Hindsight

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

Future Past

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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

Future Past

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
1 purchases

Future Past

One-time1
  • Future Past Pro$0.29

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Future Past free?
Future Past is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or Future Past?
Future Past is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 395 ratings, while Future Past averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hindsight or Future Past have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor Future Past shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or Future Past?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and Future Past fortnightly. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on September 22, 2026 and Future Past on September 24, 2026.

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