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Life Cycle - Track Your Time

C Tier
Situational
64
4.6123K ratings
3.0recent reviews
FreeIn-App Purchases
1.8ysince update
Health & Fitness
category
Utilities
category
4+age rating
1language
Made for iPhone
Made for Apple Watch

What is Life Cycle?

Automatically records your daily activities, places and companions, sorted into a timeline with a weekly journal.

Life Cycle runs in the background to record and sort what you do, where you go and who you spend time with. It shows this as day, week, month or year views, with a weekly journal that includes photos tied to moments. It can also import Apple Health activity, mindfulness and sleep data.

Pricing. Life Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.

Good for

  • Checking how your time is spent across days, weeks and years
  • Reviewing sleep, steps and mindfulness data from Apple Health
  • Looking back on your week with a journal and photos

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Why this app is in C tier

64/100The average of 4 parts, with no weights
Rating92
Ratings91
App Store search rank59
Update recency12

C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.

Life Cycle scores 64 out of 100: rating 92, rating count 91, App Store search rank 59, update recency 12. The four parts are averaged and C tier follows from that score within this list.

Description

Life Cycle automatically keeps track of your time and presents your life sorted into slices. It shows you your daily activities, places you go, and who you spend time with. Life Cycle weekly journal provides personalized insights and clarity to your week passed. Start each week with a look back. Remember where you’ve been and vision where you’re going.

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Whether you’re just curious of how your time is spent or looking to make a change, Life Cycle is your daily companion, providing you with all the information and insights you need. What’s more - it uses only 1% of your phone’s battery while it seamlessly does the work.

FREE FEATURES

  • Automatic - Life Cycle works in the background, recording and sorting what you do as you go about your daily business.
  • Less than 1% battery - Life Cycle uses less than 1% of your battery per day as it runs in the background.
  • Weekly journal - Weekly insight to activities, accompanied by photos tied to moments passed.
  • From a day to a year - view your life day by day, week by week, month by month or even year by year.
  • Apple Health - Fully integrated. Imports all activities, mindfulness and sleep data.
  • Friends - Connect with your friends on Facebook and see who you’re spending time with, what you’re doing and where.
  • Sleep Cycle connection - For accurate sleep data, connect with Sleep Cycle alarm clock through Apple Health. (Life Cycle only reads data from Health, it does not share any data. It reads Sleep Analysis and Steps data.)

PREMIUM FEATURES

  • Connect to your Sleep Cycle account - If you have an online backup account with Sleep Cycle, Life Cycle will let you know how your daily habits affect your sleep quality score.
  • Backup - Keep your data safe with our backup system. Never worry about losing your Life Cycle logs again.
  • Graphs - Beyond the donuts, Life Cycle shows you what you do with your time in detailed graphs for deeper analysis. The visuals gives you insight to if you're spending your time on what’s most important to you.
  • Compare trends - see if you’re dropping in sleep hours, if you’re working too much or if you’ve taken longer walks this week. Compare trends over the weeks, months or years.

BATTERY CONSUMPTION

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Life Cycle does not use the GPS in the background, but instead relies on cell tower and Wi-Fi locations. As a result, it consumes less than 1% of your battery per day, when the app runs in the background.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Life Cycle needs to run in the background to be able to record your data. It only uses 1% of your battery per day when doing so.
  • You need to carry your phone with you, for Life Cycle to accurately record and interpret your activities.
  • Wi-Fi should be enabled on your phone for tracking to work.

Should you choose to subscribe to Life Cycle Premium, the purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. You can manage or cancel your auto-renewable subscription by entering the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours before the subscription period ends, with the same kind of subscription you already bought, to the same price. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

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Questions about Life Cycle

Does it drain my battery?

It uses less than 1% of your battery per day while running in the background. It relies on cell tower and Wi-Fi locations rather than background GPS.

Is it free?

It is free to download. Premium features such as backup, graphs and trend comparison require a subscription charged to your iTunes account. Subscription price: Not stated on the App Store.

What does it need to work?

It must run in the background, you need to carry your phone, and Wi-Fi should be enabled. It reads Sleep Analysis and Steps data from Apple Health and, per the listing, does not share any data.

Is Life Cycle right for me?

Life Cycle is built for checking how your time is spent across days, weeks and years, reviewing sleep, steps and mindfulness data from apple health, looking back on your week with a journal and photos. It sits in the time management list on AppTierList.

Is Life Cycle worth it?

Life Cycle is C tier, ranked #9 of 15 time management apps with a score of 64 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 123,142 ratings. 8 apps rank above it in the same list.

How does Life Cycle compare to Focus - Deep Work Timer?

Life Cycle is C tier at 64; Focus - Deep Work Timer is B tier at 75. Focus - Deep Work Timer ranks higher. Life Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases, Focus - Deep Work Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases.

How often is Life Cycle updated?

Life Cycle was last updated over a year ago, on 2025-01-27, which holds its tier down.

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All the facts

Ranking

List
Time Management (C tier, #9)
Tier
C (Situational)
Score
64 / 100
Rank in list
#9 of 15
Ranking certainty
settled

Ratings

App Store rating
4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
Ratings
123,142
Recent reviews
3.0 from 10 in the last 180 days

App

Price
Free + IAP
App Store category
Health & Fitness
Current version
(646 days ago)
Size
27 MB
Requires
iOS 15.6 or later
Age rating
4+
Languages
1
Runs on
iPhone, Apple Watch

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Maker
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