Hindsight vs Synced Timer Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Synced Timer Plus
Manage multiple timers simultaneously across your devices or with friends. Set personal timers with custom alarms and categories, or create group timers with user management and push notifications for shared events. Supports various timer types and offers widget and Apple Watch access.
- Cross-device timer synchronization
- Group timer creation and management
- Customizable alarm sounds
- Timer sorting by categories and colors
- Push notifications for group events
- Widget and Apple Watch support
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Sync Timers across all your devices or with a group of friends, or just create regular timers for your own needs that can be seen across your devices. Features: - Create Personal Timers - Add Alarm Sounds to Timers - Sort Timers by Custom Categories and Colors - Create Group Timers - Manage Group Users and Access - Push notifications to all users when a timer or group event occurs - Multiple different types of timer options such as Reset, Negative, and Restart. - Widget access - Apple Watch access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hindsight at 72% against Synced Timer Plus's 29%. Hindsight also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Synced Timer Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Synced Timer Plus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hindsight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 395 ratings behind it against 14, 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 29% of Synced Timer Plus's.
Hindsight ships an update weekly, Synced Timer Plus every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hindsight | Synced Timer Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (395 ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 395 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rogue Signal Inc. (Apps) | Michael Boeding |
Customer experience
Hindsight
Synced Timer Plus
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
Synced Timer Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hindsight
- Monthly Support$0.991 Month
- Yearly Support$9.991 Year
- Candy Tip$0.99
- Coffee Tip$2.99
- Pizza Tip$5.99
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- Ramen Tip$9.99
Synced Timer Plus
- Synced Timer Premium$4.99
- Upgrade Group$9.99
Questions
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