# Time Caps - A future diary

> Write to my dear future

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1195852313](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1195852313)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1195852313`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 灿海 陈
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (154 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.8.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25
- **First published:** 2017-02-07
- **Size:** 18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-caps-a-future-diary/id1195852313)
- **Website:** [https://timecaps.app](https://timecaps.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://timecaps.app/privacy](https://timecaps.app/privacy)

## Description

Time Caps lets you become a time traveler for your own life. Write to your dear future self with Daily Caps in different moods, collect fortunes, and curate a vibrant Day Grid of memories. Features like Echo Caps (voice notes) and Old Time bring your present, past, and future together.

Secure your journals with an account system and privacy protections, use offline, export and share, and enjoy widgets, reminders, and premium features with Time Traveler Pro. Gift details include a Future Cap and 188 Pieces for a limited-time offer. Feedback is welcome at hi.pol.chen@gmail.com. Crafted with love by Pol.

## Rankings

- #113,849 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Time Caps for its simple, calming journaling experience and the novelty of sending messages to the future, with benefits for wellbeing and personal reflection. The main downsides repeatedly cited are a paid, gem-based model that gates features and ongoing costs, and concerns about data ownership and exporting data. Some wish for more mood options and occasional feature restrictions.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, calming design.
- Unique, fun concept of journaling with time capsules and messages to the future.
- Encourages daily journaling and habit formation.
- Privacy and security (face ID / passcode) for private entries.
- Beneficial for wellbeing and helps users feel grounded and reflect on growth.

### Cons

- In-app purchases / gem-based system gates features and adds ongoing cost.
- Data ownership/export concerns: app-owned data and difficulty exporting or backing up posts.

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