TimeLens - Time Travel Camera
What is TimeLens?
A camera app that transforms your photos to look as if taken in a chosen year, from 250 million years ago to 2200.
TimeLens is a camera app that changes the era of your real surroundings while keeping your face, pose, and scene layout. You can pick any year, type an exact year, scrub a time dial, or tap a preset, and the app describes results as AI generated interpretations rather than historical records. It includes front and back cameras, flash, self timer, and options to save and share before and after comparisons.
Pricing. TimeLens is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Making playful selfies set in a past or future era
- Imagining your street or backyard in another time period
- Creating creative photo comparisons to save and share
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Why this app is in D tier
D tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
TimeLens scores 54 out of 100: rating 80, rating count 49, App Store search rank 0, update recency 88. The four parts are averaged and D tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
TimeLens is a camera that lets you travel through time.
Point it at today, pick any year, and watch your real surroundings transform, as if the photo had genuinely been taken back then. Snap a selfie in 1985, your street in the 1920s, your backyard in the age of the dinosaurs, or your city in the far future.
It keeps what matters. Your face, your pose, and the layout of your scene stay true. Only the era around you changes.
TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN TIME
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- From 250 million years ago to the year 2200
- Dinosaurs, ancient Rome, the medieval era, the Roaring Twenties, the neon 80s, the future, and everything between
- Type any exact year, scrub the time dial, or tap a preset
A REAL CAMERA, REIMAGINED
- Front and back cameras, lens switching, flash, and self timer
- Pinch to zoom, volume button shutter
- Use your camera or pick any photo from your library
- A clean, cinematic interface that feels like the camera you already know
BUILT FOR BELIEVABLE RESULTS
- Full color, photorealistic transformations, not cartoons or filters
- Your identity, expression, and pose are preserved
- Preview your shot before you travel, so no wasted moments
- Before and after compare, pinch to zoom, save and share
- Add a tasteful era stamp to your shots
MEMBERSHIP
TimeLens includes a free Time Travel to start. For more, choose a plan:
- Explorer: 40 Time Travels per month
- Time Agent: 90 Time Travels per month
Prefer to pay as you go? One time top up packs never expire.
Subscriptions auto renew until cancelled. Manage anytime in your Apple Account.
Note: Results are AI generated interpretations for fun and creativity, not factual or historical records.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://timelens-proxy.z7pgzjhv4p.workers.dev/privacy
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Questions about TimeLens
Is TimeLens free to use?
The app is free to download and includes one free Time Travel to start. The listing also describes paid membership plans and one time top up packs for more Time Travels.
Does the app keep my face and pose?
The listing says your face, expression, pose, and the layout of your scene are preserved, and only the era around you changes. Results are described as AI generated interpretations for fun and creativity.
Can I use photos from my library?
Yes. You can use your camera or pick any photo from your library. You can also preview a shot before you travel, then compare before and after images and save or share them.
Is TimeLens right for me?
TimeLens is built for making playful selfies set in a past or future era, imagining your street or backyard in another time period, creating creative photo comparisons to save and share. It sits in the time travel photos list on AppTierList.
Is TimeLens worth it?
TimeLens is D tier, ranked #7 of 8 time travel photo apps with a score of 54 out of 100, from a 4.4 App Store rating across 7 ratings. 6 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does TimeLens compare to PortalMe?
TimeLens is D tier at 54; PortalMe is D tier at 56. PortalMe ranks higher. TimeLens is free to download, with in-app purchases, PortalMe is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is TimeLens updated?
TimeLens was last updated on 2026-07-01, 136 days ago.
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Ranking
- List
- Time Travel Photos (D tier, #7)
- Tier
- D (Weak)
- Score
- 54 / 100
- Rank in list
- #7 of 8
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.4 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 7
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Photo & Video
- Current version
- (136 days ago)
- Size
- 6 MB
- Requires
- iOS 17.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone
Links
- Developer pages
- Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking