# Arc Timeline - Trips & Places

> Your automatic quantified self

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1063151918](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1063151918)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1063151918`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Matthew Bruce Greenfield
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (425 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.17.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-05
- **First published:** 2016-11-09
- **Size:** 43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arc-timeline-trips-places/id1063151918)
- **Website:** [https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/](https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/privacy](https://www.bigpaua.com/arcapp/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #80,957 — Overall

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1063151918)