Arc Timeline - Trips & Places

Name: Arc Timeline - Trips & Places
Rating: 4.2 (427 reviews)
Author: Matthew Bruce Greenfield

By: Matthew Bruce Greenfield

Your automatic quantified self

Features & Capabilities

Arc Timeline automatically records the places you visit, how you get there, and what you do while you’re there. Its learning engine improves accuracy over time, delivering high-precision cycling detection and multi‑mode detection (walking, running, cycling, driving, train, tram, bus, airplane, and more). It records trips automatically without a start button and creates a searchable memory of your travels that you can export as GPX files for analysis in third‑party apps.

Other highlights include place statistics, averages, altitude graphs, weather context, and health data integration with Apple Health. You can export individual trips or larger ranges (days, weeks, months, years) to GPX or JSON, and import Moves data if needed. Subscriptions or lifetime purchases are required to use the app.

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App Navigation & Mapping Analytics Data Privacy & Security

By:

Matthew Bruce Greenfield

Rating:

4.20

(427)

Version:

3.17.4 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Version code:

885266989

Creation date:

2016-11-09

Compatible devices:

Size:

42.53MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-03

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# 89,084 ▼ 644

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Developed by:

Matthew Bruce Greenfield

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arc-timeline-trips-places/id1063151918

Website:

https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/

User Reviews

Arc Timeline shows promise as a privacy-first, Google Timeline replacement with detailed routes, ML-driven labeling, and a clean UI. When it runs, users praise its precision and insights. However, it is plagued by crashes, inconsistent data logging, a controversial paywall that limits data access, and various data export issues. Reliability, maintenance, and pricing concerns overwhelm the strengths, pushing users to seek alternatives.

Pros

Highly detailed, precise timeline with routes and ML-driven pattern detection.
Strong privacy-focused design offering data control and reduced tracking.
Effective replacement for Google Timeline, aligning with degoogle goals.
Clean, intuitive UI/UX with straightforward settings.

Cons

Crashes and instability; frequent crashes, freezes, and little maintenance or updates.
Forced subscription/paywall restricting access to data, exports, and overall functionality.
Data accuracy problems including misidentified trips, GPS glitches, and multiple entries for the same location.
Significant battery drain, especially with background location and on longer use.
Data export issues, including corrupted GPX files and unreliable data retrieval.

Recent reviews

Developer harassed me on Twitter and threatened me via email for posting a 1 star review. I have the receipts to prove it. He also seems to report negative reviews to Apple to have it removed. Just look at all of his responses to negative reviews. He insults customers and can't seem to take negative reviews seriously.

by Ko*****, 2026-06-05

Since Google Timeline got functionally difficult, this is a great replacement. Probably not a good idea anyway to let Google track your every movement anyway. This takes a bit more work to identify places, but you often had to do that with Google Maps anyway. Recommended!

by Ro*****, 2026-01-14

I’ve been paying for this app for a few years, and now I can’t even access my data. For last few days it’s not been recording location data until today and now it shows ‘Thinking’, freezes and crashes every single time I open it. No support email to contact. No updates for almost a year.