Path Timeline vs Metaslip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Path Timeline
This lightweight diary app helps you record life's special moments. Add photos, locations, moods, and tags to each entry, organized chronologically on a timeline. Protect your privacy with a password and ensure data safety with iCloud backup.
- Timeline view of life moments
- Add photos, places, moods, and tags
- Password protection for privacy
- iCloud backup for data safety
- Lightweight and easy to use
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Path Timeline, records the special moments of your life. This is a lightweight diary App, showing every moment and feeling by time line. You can add photo, place, mood and tag in a moment. Also you can set a password to protect your privacy, while providing the iCloud backup function to prevent data loss. Enjoy it please !
Metaslip
This minimalist note-taking app helps users think deeply by implementing the Zettelkasten method. It prioritizes privacy with local data storage and offers robust export and backup options. Supports Markdown, LaTeX, and bidirectional linking for organized knowledge management.
- Local data storage
- Markdown and LaTeX support
- Bidirectional linking
- Data export (Markdown, SQLite)
- Tag and project card management
- WebDAV and iCloud backup (Pro)
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Metaslip is a minimalist note-taking app that helps you connect ideas and think more deeply. Built around the Zettelkasten method, it helps you capture ideas as cards and build a growing network of knowledge. Previously featured on the App Store's Today tab and in curated app collections. Features • Privacy first Work offline with your notes stored locally. Cloud backup is optional and only uploads your notes when you enable it. • Connected ideas Connect related cards with bidirectional links and organize ideas with parent-child relationships. • Flexible organization Manage your cards with tags and projects. • Markdown and LaTeX Write formatted notes and mathematical formulas. • Your notes, your control Export your notes at any time as Markdown files or a SQLite database. • Backup and restore Create and restore local backups, or enable cloud backups through WebDAV or iCloud. • Manual card sorting Reorder parent, sibling, and child cards to arrange your notes in the order you prefer. • Built-in user guide Learn the basics with an easy-to-follow guide, available offline. iCloud backup and manual card sorting require an in-app subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.showdoc.com.cn/p/4b114444c15b094636d33181e5a41e67
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Verdict
Path Timeline and Metaslip both sit at 3.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Metaslip's written reviews are positive against 76% of Path Timeline's. Metaslip also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Path Timeline's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Path Timeline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Metaslip sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Metaslip holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Path Timeline's written reviews are positive against 85% of Metaslip's.
Path Timeline ships an update every 2 months, Metaslip every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Path Timeline | Metaslip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (9 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Brown Bear Technology Co., LTD | 彰文 厉 |
Customer experience
Path Timeline
Metaslip
In-app purchases
Path Timeline
- Pro Version$1.99
Metaslip
- Yearly Pro$14.991 Year
