Comparison

Hindsight vs MapSwitch

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

MapSwitch

This app automatically redirects Google Maps links to Apple Maps within Safari, ensuring a seamless browsing experience. It also offers an optional Waze redirection feature and a dark mode for improved accessibility. Users can also manually trigger Apple Maps searches with specific prefixes.

Highlights
  • Automatic Google Maps to Apple Maps redirection
  • Optional Waze Maps redirection
  • Dark mode with high contrast ratio
  • Manual Apple Maps search prefixes
  • Works across all websites in Safari
Features
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MapSwitch will also automatically redirect Google Map links to Apple Maps when using Safari - built from the ground up with the goal of creating seamless experience in your Safari browsing experience. MapSwitch works on any website, surf freely across the internet and MapSwitch will continue to work its magic and automatically and convert any Google Maps links to Apple Maps. Download and see what everyone is talking about! MapSwitch also has a bonus WAZE Maps feature. Prefer Waze navigation? Set the Waze Maps option to in the extension popup and MapSwitch automatically redirect links to your Waze Navigation App. Not only that MapSwitch has an additional dark mode feature which satisfies the AAA standard of a contrast ratio of 7 for Accessibility and Contrast when Dark Mode is enabled. With MapSwitch you can easily open Apple Maps automatically when searching. Preceding any search with amm or amaps will automatically open the search in Apple Maps. For example: use "amaps martial arts" to search Apple Maps for martial arts studios near you or "amaps sushi" to find sushi restaurants near you in Apple Maps. To start using MapSwitch simply enable the extension by going to your device settings > Safari > Extensions > and set MapSwitch to "On". There is a video walk-thru tutorial in the app as well to help you. Satisfying you our customer is our one priority. Share you feedback, report bug, feature request. Just email us at jcltravels@gmail.com We take your privacy very seriously. Switch does not collect, store, read any of your personal data so you can rest assured when using the app.

Screenshots

Hindsight4 screens
MapSwitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hindsight at Free against MapSwitch's $0.99. Hindsight also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 50%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). MapSwitch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (16.0 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; MapSwitch costs $0.99 up front. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MapSwitch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hindsight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 396 ratings behind it against 26, 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 50% of MapSwitch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight ships an update weekly, MapSwitch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hindsight versus MapSwitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightMapSwitch
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (396 ratings) — better4.3 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings396 — better26
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Ameen Mody

Customer experience

Hindsight

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

MapSwitch

All ratings25 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative47.4%

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

MapSwitch

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

MapSwitch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapSwitch free?
MapSwitch costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or MapSwitch?
Hindsight is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 396 ratings, while MapSwitch averages 4.3 from 26 ratings.
Do Hindsight or MapSwitch have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor MapSwitch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or MapSwitch?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and MapSwitch fortnightly. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on October 26, 2026 and MapSwitch on October 30, 2026.

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