Timeshifter Reviews

by EastEndPghPetiteGurl

I came across the name of Timeshifter in an article and have since come across it in more online articles since downloading and using it. I was doing some simultaneous research on my upcoming trip to Europe (from the US) and also on helping my mom reset her circadian rhythm, as it’s become a major quality of life issue for all of us. I downloaded it onto my iPhone, for this first free trip, And was determined to use it as an experiment because I remember in the past having terrible jet lag upon arrival in Europe. I admit that I followed it to a T and started following suggestions on Timeshifter starting four days before departure. I know from experience that I was in a much better state of mind upon arrival. I’ve recommended this to friends and family, particularly for the distance that you have to travel, specially for those that travel often and or for business purposes. I really appreciate the simplicity and beauty of Timeshifter with the visual cues and also the ability to read more and learn why and how things work. Because I plan to do more traveling in the coming years I will definitely purchase use of Timeshifter . I have them for their review online and found more information and research behind Timeshifter and I’m sharing this with my mom who really needs to reset her circadian rhythm but has no guidance on that. Kudos to an exceptional app that is extremely user-friendly!

by Stelios_K

Tried out Time Shifter after a friend of mine highly recommended it. Being a frequent traveler and living in NY... every trip back to Europe was followed by a hideous 3 day, zombie-like, mid conversation dozing off, jet lag. After trying everything from Boise canceling headphones, over dosing on coffee, use sleep pills and much more... I Had nothing to lose but this app a shot. Long story short. IT WORKS! Arrived in Europe and was up and about. Obviously one has to follow in order for it to work. Although I didn’t stick 100% to eat because life happens, it worked. I felt a tiny bit of tiredness the day of arrival but back on top of the world in the morning. I highly recommend trying it. The next test run will be traveling to Australia... if the Jetlag can be avoided here as well... sign me up for a lifetime membership please!

by 1969mj1117

Like others have mentioned in their reviews I learned about Timeshifter in an article and decided to try it. I used it for a trip from Seattle, Washington to Sydney, Australia where I went for a two week vacation. Sticking to the plan took a real effort but it paid off. For example, at one point on the plane all the lights were off and everyone was sleeping with masks over their eyes except for me. The plan on my app told me that I needed to be exposed to light so I was the only one on the plane with my overhead light on and the TV screen in front of me on as sources of light. Later, when everyone woke up and the lights came on I had to go into a blackout phase where I had to put on my sleep mask and limit any light that I received. So yes, it was an effort. But I didn’t have any symptoms of jet lag when I arrived and I felt like my body was already on Sydney time from the moment I landed. It’s been fantastic and I’ve been telling other travelers about Timeshifter. I’ll be using it for my trip back to Seattle. I leave on the 18th and the plan has me starting to adjust on the 16th. It’s really cool and it’s easy to understand the science behind it. You should give this a try if you want to avoid jet lag.

by _jefe

Entered travel details for a trip from Eastern Timezone to Japan and was provided a plan. The plan delivered guidance on when to sleep, seek/avoid light, caffeine, and take melatonin (which I substituted with Tylenol PM without acetaminophen). I followed the plan closely, but didn’t really do anything special with light aside from be aware of light around me and make small adjustments such as opening or closing plane window. I arrived in Japan and actually had energy to explore some the first night there and got a full night’s sleep. My first full day in Japan I felt completely normal despite the 14 hour offset, and the normal feeling persisted for the entire trip. Upon return, I again followed the plan, and had normal energy for work my first day back. Coworkers were actually surprised by my alertness. I’m a very routine oriented person and don’t typically adapt so well to changes. Timeshifter is amazing and completely worth the in-app purchase, gave me an extra day of vacation and extra day of productivity upon return. Also very well designed.

by Christiane Wolf

I just came back from a trip to Germany to Los Angeles (9 hours time difference)and used Timeshifter for the first time. Going to Europe is usually ok for me but coming home messes with me. I literally downloaded Timeshifter and typed in my flight data as the plane was shuttling to take off. (Bonus: you get the first trip for free). I followed the instructions pretty closely throughout the flight and the following 3 days and are happy to report that I had nothing but a few minutes of being tired during the day (the doughy jet lag feeling) each day and some night waking which I used to meditate until I dozed off again. No melatonin, no nothing. Just the wake, sleep, bright light (try to be outside)/no light and caffeine/no-caffeine schedule. I’m very happy with the result. Timeshifter itself is super user friendly, beautifully designed and gives scientific data if one is interested. Definitely a keeper!

by Shemblue

I went in my first and furthest trip I’ve ever taken from San Francisco to Bali, Indonesia. I stumbled upon Timeshifter after looking for other possible jet lag soothers. This program seemed a brilliant and natural way to support via the body rhythms. Although it did take a little attention and focus, starting the program a couple days before I left really prepped the mind/body to know it was going to be on Bali time. I actually felt myself shifting after the first day. By the time I arrived in Bali (23 hours after leaving SF) I was feeling great! Slept normally and the whole trip I had fresh energy. I will say the return to SF I wasn’t able to follow as closely due to the darker environment on the 11 hr plane ride, but even focusing and following as much as I could, I still feel mostly adjusted after awakening this morning. Oh, and the customer support was awesome!!! Thanks this app! I’ll use your app each time I travel the world!

by Definitely Not Brittany

In the past, traveling internationally always left me with almost debilitating jet lag that would last for a week, sometimes longer. As I prepared myself for an upcoming flight which would require 20+ hours of travel one way and a 9 hour time difference, I searched for the antidote to jet lag. Enter this app!

Cautiously optimistic, I input my flight info. Timeshifter generated an easy to follow plan detailing when to go to sleep, when to wake up, when to nap, when to drink caffeine and when to avoid it. I also opted in for the melatonin usage, although Timeshifter indicates that melatonin isn’t required to avoid jet lag.

I followed the plan to a T round trip and I am thrilled to report, I did not experience symptoms of jet lag. What? I’m still blown away. 10/10 would recommend if you are looking to avoid jet lag.

by Kaydee Monty

So I began following this app to the T days before my trip took off. One thing I wasn’t expecting was to have my flight turned around in route because a guy on my plane had a heart attack. That delayed my flight by a day and threw my this app calendar off. I was freaking out and tried reaching out via message in Timeshifter . They weren’t very helpful. I was surprised to find however that I still had an insignificant amount of jet lag! It worked great. I guess the days of time I had out in paid off in the long run and the one days hiccup hadn’t altered me. I’m flying back now and had another flight delay due to poor weather 😵. Because of this my plans are off again. I’ll see how it works. My advice would be be prepared to PAY for Timeshifter because chances are your trip will change-it’s life! But it’s also worth it if you fly a lot.

by Jgrant987

I first saw Timeshifter at a business travel conference, as I’m in that industry. Before giving it out to the travelers I manage, I wanted to try it for myself. I was doing a one-week work trip to Spain from USA. It was so easy to accurately set my flights that the trip was set up in 30 seconds. It then started sending me reminders in advance of what to do for reducing jet lag (it told me, “in 30 minutes, see some bright daylight,” for example. I did as close as I could with the plan, but not perfectly. It helped me re-adjust my body so that there was no yawning during meetings and so on. I consider that a success. I will use Timeshifter for a two-day trip to China next week and expect it will be just as efficient. And the support when I have chat questions is excellent. It couldn’t make it any worse - I recommend trying it.

by 1010TSJS

I can’t recall where I heard about the this app app but it has been fantastic! I often take 7-10 day trips to Europe. Before using Timeshifter, I’d be on a new time zone just long enough to start to get acclimated and then find myself back home and severely jet lagged. Now, we’ve all experienced the not so subtle jabs of coworkers who didn’t get to take vacation when we returned from our trip tired and barely functional. Not anymore! No one can even tell that I left the country. I come back and hit the ground running. It’s easy to use and best of all...it really works! Sure, sometimes I look funny wearing my blue-blocking or sunglasses at the prescribed times but I’d rather that than the feeling of jet lag and lack of productivity of the past. I’m sold and have a been touting the benefits of Timeshifter to friends and flight attendants.

by Ggfnyc

Recently flew from JFK-HKG-ICN-HKG-JFK. I was worried because I usually get pretty hard with jet-lag, even on flying shorter distances - and I really had to hit the ground running when I arrived. Well I can honestly say that I never experienced any jet-lag effects during my trip - or upon my return. . My colleagues were all complaining and they would hit a wall at around 3-4pm and complain that they woke up in the middle of the night and could not go back to sleep. Meanwhile I was bright eyed and bushy tailed. One of the people I was visiting in Seoul, even commented on how refreshed I looked, given I had flown almost 20 hrs the previous day. I followed Timeshifter as close as I could. I also utilized those blue light blocking glasses when I was supposed to be avoiding light - but couldn’t completely control my environment. Regarding melatonin, I find that most people take too high of a dose. I would start with a 2.5 mg dose prior to sleep. If I woke up at least 4 hrs before I planned to - and felt I would have trouble falling back to sleep, I would take another .5 to 1.0 mg dose and would fall right back to sleep. On my outbound 16 hr flight to Hong Kong, my flight departed at 9am - and Timeshifter instructed me to sleep the first 7 hrs of the flight. Taking the low dose melatonin each time I woke up (approx) every two hrs - really helped. Will definitely subscribe to the annual plan and rely on this for all future long-haul trips.

by Kiesla

At first I thought “no way this is going to work,” but I figured there was no loss in trying. Afterall, this was my honeymoon and I wanted to minimize my jet-lag.

Boy was I happy I used this app!!! (My wife chose not too. “No way an app will work,” oh boy does she regret it)

I travel a lot for work and get minor jet lag just going across the US. This time, we were literally as far from home as we could get without going to Antartica.

Our one way travel was 36+ hours, across 12 time zones and just one out of three flights was 17.5 hours.

ZERO jet lag when we arrived and easily gained back an extra 1.5 days that would have been lost to jet-lag.

Even more impressive, and to be honest, I was a little hung over when we left for home and I still had ZERO jet-lag when I got home (40+ hours later). The next day, I was back at my desk with client meetings at 8 am and feeling great!

Unfortunately my wife elected to be the “control group” and is battling horrible jet lag. Unable to move.

Timeshifter will stay in my Travel routine. Will absolutely swear by it. Thank you this app for gaining back time and allowing me to enjoy our destination honeymoon to its full extent!!

by FujoSana

Timeshifter does what it says. Even if you can't follow the "prescription" to a T, it still helps in overcoming jet lag. If I were to rate the importance of the different items, I would say the caffeine planning is by far #1. The melatonin and light recommendations are 2 and 3 respectively, only because the light recommendations are often difficult to follow in the "real world".

I have used Timeshifter on trips from South America to Africa, Asia to South America, and every direction and every locatoin in between. The big piece that is missing is meal timing. There is quite a bit of research on food and circadian rythm. It would be great to have eat/fast recommendations included, perhaps parameterized by the users tolerance for different lengths of fasting. That would make this a slam dunk!

by ShannonKelsey

I’ve never written a review on an app before, but I knew I had to for this one. I had never been out of the country and was headed to Paris which is a 9 hour time difference. I do really terrible with no sleep, so I knew I had to do something to help beat jet lag. Before I left I followed this pretty religiously and to my surprise I experienced zero jet lag! We landed at 8 am and had a full day ahead so granted I was still exhausted, but I slept through the night and was perfectly fine the next day. On the way home I didn’t follow it as closely because my schedule was jam packed and it wanted me to sleep until 11 am when I had to be at the airport at noon, which just wasn’t realistic. Regardless, even following it a little bit seemed to really help! I will definitely be paying to use this on any future trips abroad.

by Travelluvver

I just completed an 18 hour flight to and from Singapore, spending a week there. I conscientiously followed Timeshifter ’s recommendations on when to sleep, when to have caffeine, when to ensure that I was exposed to bright light or/and ambient light, and (with the help of a few sleeping aids at night since I’m a poor sleeper in any time zone :-)), I did not experience any jet lag. Especially on the return trip, I didn’t want to sleep when Timeshifter said to sleep, but I did, and I’m feeling really OK and it’s almost bedtime now. I also did not experience any tiredness in the middle of the afternoon, no hangover feeling when I woke up, both things I’ve experienced when doing this trip in the past. My traveling companions and I really think it’s great to have traveled so comfortably. TRY IT!!!! You won’t be disappointed.

by Samiam 1972

this app was recommended to me by my cousin who travels a good bit and I used the complimentary first trip for my last international itinerary from Atlanta to Paris. I followed the advice and guidelines presented by Timeshifter regarding (1) light, (2) caffeine, and (3) sleep time using melatonin (as closely as I could given the hour of my flight to Parus), and I was amazed to find that I had little or no jet lag during my first day back at work yesterday. Usually, international travel from west to east kills me and it takes me three or four days to get over it. With this app, it was as if I didn’t even have a time change. The only negative for me is the price, which I find a little high ($25 for an annual subscription or $10 per trip), but since I travel this route a few times a year, I might just make the investment. Bravo.

by HowdyDonut

Timeshifter is absolutely incredible. You enter your flight details and preferences for adjusting your schedule (whether or not you want to take melatonin, etc.) and Timeshifter produces a plan. The plan is straightforward and easy to follow with pictures that communicate when to sleep, when to see light, etc., all aligned with your flight plan! I used Timeshifter on work travel from Texas to Kenya, and even though there was an 8 hour time difference, I felt none of it on either leg of the trip!!! It was amazing because I needed to be alert upon arrival. I’ll also add that I had some questions before my departure, and the team has an in-app feature to chat with them to which they respond within a couple hours! Great team and incredible app. I will be using this from here on out!

by Jdreese

I travel a lot and there are all sorts of tricks folks recommend to manage jet lag - I was looking for something that was actually proven in an research type of way (I’m a technical guy).

I tried this app on my recent trip from Houston to Guam since I was crossing dateline - i plugged in my flight schedules and dates for the trip and it gave me a nice detailed plan when steps to take each day (including days prior to travel and after return). It also sent me me regular notifications of each step while I was on the trip

What I found was that if you follow the recommended sleep times, light, and caffeine intake/avoids - it really made jet lag a non-event. I didn’t quite follow it religiously - I might miss the sleep times by an hour or so and light recommendations are sometimes not easily accomplished BUT even with this effort I found myself easily adjusting to time zones and more importantly the return home was really easy.

My colleagues were all dragging about and saying I’m so tired - I was like I’m not - let’s work!

So I guess you can called me a true believer in this app and will use it in my long trips always.

PS I asked several questions along the way and I always go a response from them very quickly - that’s nice

by WorldTraveler88888

Incredible! I had ZERO jet lag on my trip to Singapore from San Francisco. I had to an important site walk and business meeting in Narita airport during my transit on the way over and needed to be laser focused - no issue. While in Singapore, I was in conferences all day from 8am-6pm and then dinners out with colleagues. Nada! Here I am writing from San Francisco with not a single minute of jet lag. The only thing I would change is that your app assumes you can sleep on the last 1.5 hours of a flight. That’s typically when all lights come on and they do meal service. There’s no possibility of sleeping when this is happening. I had to move my sleep window up to account for this. Please consider this adjustment. But overall, WELL DONE! I recommended Timeshifter to basically everyone I know where I work....and we all travel a lot!!!

Writing as an update having used this app for the second time for a business trip to Japan. You all have done it again! I have ZERO jet lag and have recommended Timeshifter to all my colleagues. I call this app my lifesaver and don’t know how I survived without it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I was able to do my work with laser focus during my 4 days in Japan! You guys are THE BEST!!!!!!

by C.Foxwood

I had a 23 hour flight from the East Coast to Australia in January, the longest segment of the trip was 15 hours. Learned about this app through an magazine article and gave a try. I had problems setting up my initial flight on Timeshifter and lost my free trial. I contacted this app and Tony promptly replied and assisted me through the setup and restore by free trial. Once setup, Timeshifter was easy to follow, with various alerts telling me when to adjust my exposure to light and when to sleep and nap to aclimate to the 16 hour time differentce between the US East Coast and Australia. I followed the program as best I could. Though I have near flown this long, I was pleasantly surprised, I was alert and pretty well adjusted to the time difference with insignifcant jet lag. I think it really worked!