Leave a Review Aeon Timeline 3
Lots of Features but Doesn’t Scale Well
I’ve been impressed with the number of features this app (and also the PC version) have to offer. However I have a rather large dataset of approximately 25K+ elements (mostly events) and this tool very noticeably struggles with that amount of data. One serious annoyance is that when creating a new event, it seems to want to save every field after I enter it. Why wouldn’t the app just save everything at once when the event is completely filled out an all the data has been entered? From a programming standpoint this makes absolutely zero sense. My takeaway so far is that this could be an absolutely incredible app if the developers would take the time to optimize it to operate at larger scales.Show lessArcturian Megadonkey
Frustratingly, Almost Great
I've tried this twice now and I'd hoped in the interim between uses it would've synced up more with its own functionality. No such luck. The subway view is great, and is the biggest organizational selling point for me. Unfortunately, unlike the timeline, the subway map isn't auto-generated based on entries to the narrative. You have to create your subway map independently of the other tabs. So, there's a lot of repetition, and then what, updates to the narratives require updates to the subway map? There might actually be a way to sync it all up, but my general point of view on productivity apps is, if you have to spend hours figuring a feature out, you're not being all that productive. Figma is intuitive, and arguably a more complex app. So are a lot of apps, actually. I don't mind a learning curve, but I've learned new programming languages easier than this. If you want to improve this app let people enter their content... full stop. The app should be what organizes it visually. I'll be asking for my money back.Show lessMateo Biscuit
Complicated but worth it
While it has a bit of a learning curve, Aeon Timeline won me over for a few key reasons: 1) Robust timeline feature coupled with a narrative layout 2)Multiple flexible views of the data from timelines to relationships to mindmaps 3) Integration with Ulysses which I already used (though darn, not iOS) 4) Very affordable price for all these features 5) Read only access to files if subscription lapses 6) the “pay as you need it” model — while I get perpetual subscriptions help pay devs, sometimes you don’t need every new bell and whistle. This model allows me to keep using the software as I need it until it either ceases to work on the hardware I own or has a feature I just can’t live without.
This is incentive for both me and the devs — for me to keep using it because it has what I need and I don’t feel forced to pay, but also to the devs to keep a steady stream of features in the queue to incentivize me to pay again.
Bravo Aeon team. Keep up the good work.Show lessmonodalia