# ExplainTime EDU - Timeline — Interactive Timelines > Interactive Timelines (iPhone/iPad app by LORENZO CONFALONIERI.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/explaintime-edu-timeline/id6473167138 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [LORENZO CONFALONIERI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1718083795) - Category: Education, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 23 MB - Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish, Swedish and 1 more - Released: 2024-01-17 - Data updated: 2026-10-18 ## What is ExplainTime EDU? ExplainTime EDU turns dates into a story you can see. Put events on a timeline, show how far apart they really are, and present it to your class, all in a few taps. Made for students and teachers, it works for any subject that happens in time: history, science, art, literature, or your own family. BUILD YOUR TIMELINE • Add events with a date, a description, photos with captions, and links to learn more • Go back as far as you need: dates before Christ are fully supported • Show only the year, or the full date when the day matters • Turn an event into a period, like a war or an empire, and see it as a bar along the timeline • Sort events into categories such as Politics, Science & Technology or Arts & Culture, and show only the ones you need • Draw with Apple Pencil or your finger when a sketch explains it better SEE THE DISTANCE IN TIME • Switch between evenly spaced events and a timeline drawn to scale • Add year markers every 1 to 1,000 years • Zoom in and out, and jump around with the overview map • Search for any event and go straight to it • On iPhone held upright, the timeline runs from top to bottom SET THE SCENE • Choose from 19 backgrounds inspired by history, from Prehistory and Ancient Rome to the Space Age • Or describe your own with Image Playground on supported devices PRESENT AND STUDY • Present your timeline full screen, one event per slide • Test yourself with the order quiz: drag the events into the right order and see your score • Get event ideas for any topic with Apple Intelligence on supported devices, then check them and add the ones you want SHARE AND HAND IN • Export your timeline as an image or a multi-page PDF • Hand in assignments from Schoolwork, with your progress reported to your teacher • Drag events between timelines, or drop photos to start a new event • Timelines are documents you keep in Files or iCloud Drive, with thumbnails in Files and Finder ON EVERY DEVICE ExplainTime EDU runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. On Mac, use the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts. On Apple Vision Pro, see your timeline in 3D around you. Built with accessibility in mind, with VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion respected. Not sure where to start? Open a new timeline and choose Explore a Sample to see Ancient Rome come to life. ExplainTime EDU collects no data. Your timelines stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. ## Is ExplainTime EDU safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess ExplainTime EDU. ## Is ExplainTime EDU legit? ExplainTime EDU - Timeline appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ExplainTime EDU is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.0 — 2026-10-18 ExplainTime EDU 2.0 is our biggest update ever, redesigned from the ground up. NOW ON IPHONE AND MAC • A brand-new iPhone app, with a timeline that runs from top to bottom when you hold it upright • A native Mac app with menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts • On Apple Vision Pro, see your timeline in 3D around you RICHER EVENTS • Periods: give an event an end date and see it as a bar along the timeline • Several photos per event, each with a caption • Links, categories and drawings with Apple Pencil or your finger • Create pictures with Image Playground on supported devices SEE TIME AS IT WAS • New To Scale layout that shows the real distance between events • Overview map, zoom and search to find any event fast PRESENT AND STUDY • Present your timeline full screen, one event per slide • New order quiz to test yourself • Get event ideas for any topic with Apple Intelligence on supported devices AND MORE • 19 new backgrounds inspired by history, from Prehistory to the Space Age • Export as an image or a multi-page PDF • Hand in assignments from Schoolwork • Explore a Sample timeline on Ancient Rome to get started • Siri and Shortcuts support • A fresh new design with Liquid Glass • Available in 11 languages Your existing timelines open just as before. ### 1.5 — 2024-10-29 Compatibility with iPadOS 18 New dark and tinted icon Thank you for creating your timelines with ExplainTime EDU! ### 1.4 — 2024-07-14 Now works with Apple Schoolwork! Thank you for creating your timelines with ExplainTime EDU! ### 1.3 — 2024-07-12 Now possible to add dates before birth of Christ. Bug fixes. Thank you for creating your timelines with ExplainTime EDU! ### 1.2.1 — 2024-07-07 Lift effect when Apple Pencil Pro is approaching some buttons. Bug fixes. Thank you for creating your timelines with ExplainTime EDU! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-18.*