No free version at all
no free version at all = no thanks
Not useful on iPad
This app lives in its own universe. Doesn’t allow printing, no way to resize the file to fit onscreen, no user help beyond the most basic things. When I “share” a file, the recipient can’t open it (unless they buy the app as well?). Definitely not worth the price.
Not free
No option to use the app without paying an exorbitant subscription price.
Very nice
I for one thank you for having the second tier pricing. Your software is instrumental for mapping out my health problem so doctors can see the whole journey with supporting docs easily attached.
Sweet product and if I live, your product was instrumental!
Sweet product and if I live, your product was instrumental!
No Way to Print. Proprietary File Type. Cannot Export to PDF
I made a timeline for court as mentioned in the ad. This app seemed like a good solution for making sense out of complexe happenings. I wasn't aware you cannot print, export, or share without ensuring the other person/people will download the software so they can view it too. Since you also cannot print the slide or export to JPG so you can print them that way this app is of very limited use. Not worth the cost IMO.
CS suggested taking screenshots of each entry and all their attachments and then cropping to fit so I could print those, so that is what I will be spending the next 2 days doing.
I recommend finding a better program. This is not fully featured for the price.
CS suggested taking screenshots of each entry and all their attachments and then cropping to fit so I could print those, so that is what I will be spending the next 2 days doing.
I recommend finding a better program. This is not fully featured for the price.
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Not worth trying
There is nothing worse than downloading something that is listed as free, but in order to even use it one, you have to agree to a subscription which you can cancel after a trial... but... it's not free if I can't even try it without agreeing to offer money. Make it free for a trial period, and ask for a subscription later. Don't force it right out of the gate.
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Good Program but $$$$$$$$$$$
Seems like a nice progeam and actually is appropriately named as it is designed for not only keeping track of your timeline but for presenting that timeline along with the underlying supporting data. However, you have to want to create a whale of a lot of timelines to justify the prices being charged especially on a recurrent basis.Summary: You have rto applaud the expertise of the programming and thought and design put into the program but the price will make this a niche offering applicable to the few who need to constantly create timelines for presentation and compensation.
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Boring and Tedious
No easy way to add color to events. I could not figure it out and I’m somewhat of a nerd. Also, cannot add color to titles, despite what is shown in the product demo. Actual timeline is vey simple and lacks any pop. It’s boring.
Second, entering dates is super tedious. You cannot enter a date with your keyboard. You have to backspace the auto-populated year, then select a year, then select a month, then select a day, then select a time if you want it. But there is a page for each of year, month, day, time. In other words, a drop down screen appears and you select the year, then you have to tap on the next screen and the month selection screen appears and so on.
Finally, when you are looking at the timeline in its entirety, I would imagine it would be hard to see by the jurors. If you zoom in, you zoom in on specific dates, but not the overall timeline. I cannot say for sure since lead trial counsel saw it and hated it so I deleted the app.
For certain, not worth the price.
Second, entering dates is super tedious. You cannot enter a date with your keyboard. You have to backspace the auto-populated year, then select a year, then select a month, then select a day, then select a time if you want it. But there is a page for each of year, month, day, time. In other words, a drop down screen appears and you select the year, then you have to tap on the next screen and the month selection screen appears and so on.
Finally, when you are looking at the timeline in its entirety, I would imagine it would be hard to see by the jurors. If you zoom in, you zoom in on specific dates, but not the overall timeline. I cannot say for sure since lead trial counsel saw it and hated it so I deleted the app.
For certain, not worth the price.
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No Explanation of what the “Standard” subscription is…
I appreciate you put work into building this and it is not to be “given” away. However, $399 is a lot of money, when say Microsoft Office and EVERYTHING it includes can be had for an entire family for $99.
I was about to cancel my subscription when I saw you have the new “Standard Subscription” vs “business” subscription. I cannot find where the difference is described. Even on your website. Since I cannot find a description, I am going to cancel until I know what I am getting.
I have found some developer comments that states the standard has basic features. Well what are those features vs the business features.
I would think it would behoove you to do two things:
1) Compare your price to other subscriptions. Lots of firms have put in the same amount of time in effort for their product as you have, and have more reasonable prices. Perhaps it is a scale deal (MS Corp is huge, so can afford to charge less), but it seems you could be missing a huge market segment opportunity (Education for instance) by your pricing.
2) Please provide a chart with the difference between Standard and Business.
I was about to cancel my subscription when I saw you have the new “Standard Subscription” vs “business” subscription. I cannot find where the difference is described. Even on your website. Since I cannot find a description, I am going to cancel until I know what I am getting.
I have found some developer comments that states the standard has basic features. Well what are those features vs the business features.
I would think it would behoove you to do two things:
1) Compare your price to other subscriptions. Lots of firms have put in the same amount of time in effort for their product as you have, and have more reasonable prices. Perhaps it is a scale deal (MS Corp is huge, so can afford to charge less), but it seems you could be missing a huge market segment opportunity (Education for instance) by your pricing.
2) Please provide a chart with the difference between Standard and Business.
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Why
Make a free option, I’m not spending money for something I can do on paper.
Response from developer
Thank you for reviewing our app. Timeline Presenter is a tool for make interactive timelines that can be scaled, filtered, and searched, where each event can include an infinite number of slides with documents and media. If you are looking to create a simple static timeline that you can print out on paper, this is not the app for you. We are a small startup company that try to create an advanced tool to meet the needs of lawyers and project managers and we have spent years developing this product, so I hope you understand that we cannot give it away for free
Extraordinary
I took a punt on this as the blurb ticked all my Program and Project planning, tracking and resourcing boxes In practice it surpassed all expectations to such an extent I consider the iPad / iOS has now come of age, at last An extraordinary app in functionality, ease-of-use, visual impact, utility and cross-device sync’ing message to the developers : if you can do this then could you recreate Lotus Organiser 6 for the iPad … then we’ll be really motoring excellent … a ‘must have’ and - no I don't have shares in the venture
further comments after a couple of weeks use….
1- it would be useful to have capacity to ‘send’ file attachments to other apps and as email attachments
2- not being able to copy an entry from one timeline to another hampers work sometimes
3- being to merge / de-merge timelines would be very helpful and a useful archiving tool
4- printouts as a vertically arranged PDF would be really useful, horizontal printing for a linear timeline is not helpful
5- hyperlinks between timelines is a must for complex multi-factorial projects
6- capturing web pages would be a real winner
onward and upward !!!
further comments after a couple of weeks use….
1- it would be useful to have capacity to ‘send’ file attachments to other apps and as email attachments
2- not being able to copy an entry from one timeline to another hampers work sometimes
3- being to merge / de-merge timelines would be very helpful and a useful archiving tool
4- printouts as a vertically arranged PDF would be really useful, horizontal printing for a linear timeline is not helpful
5- hyperlinks between timelines is a must for complex multi-factorial projects
6- capturing web pages would be a real winner
onward and upward !!!
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Simple and effective case organizer
Timeline Presenter is not just a timeline program. It’s a case organizer that is helpful to any lawyer who thinks sequentially. I am using it in auto negligence and trip and fall cases as building blocks to make a case with each block (literally) serving as a graphic hyperlink to the various proofs needed to support my points. Photos, videos, medical records (or just a critical page from one), x-rays, deposition excerpts, illustrations or any other type of record becomes immediately accessible through a hyperlink. And the record remains stored in the chronological timeframe where it belongs, ready to be accessed again instantly.
Equally impressive is the stability of the app. Scrolling through your timeline, opening and closing hyperlinks and shrinking or expanding the proximity of each event, is seamless. On one case, I intentionally tried to crash the app on my iPad by loading it up with documents. Couldn’t do it. Everything stayed in place with no lockups. Even downloading items from Dropbox is without issue.
Customer service is also terrific not just for tips on using the program, but also the frequent updates, added features, email notifications, recommendations for other apps that can be used efficiently with Timeline Presenter, and, the latest,…Timeline Presenter for iMAC and MacBook. This suggests that the app is only going to get better and more feature rich over time.
Finally, the simplicity of the program may be its best quality. It’s linear, so it’s very easy for you to organize and see all relevant events in your case along a timeline with all related documents tucked away inside the blocks.
I’m finding use for it in all my cases.
Equally impressive is the stability of the app. Scrolling through your timeline, opening and closing hyperlinks and shrinking or expanding the proximity of each event, is seamless. On one case, I intentionally tried to crash the app on my iPad by loading it up with documents. Couldn’t do it. Everything stayed in place with no lockups. Even downloading items from Dropbox is without issue.
Customer service is also terrific not just for tips on using the program, but also the frequent updates, added features, email notifications, recommendations for other apps that can be used efficiently with Timeline Presenter, and, the latest,…Timeline Presenter for iMAC and MacBook. This suggests that the app is only going to get better and more feature rich over time.
Finally, the simplicity of the program may be its best quality. It’s linear, so it’s very easy for you to organize and see all relevant events in your case along a timeline with all related documents tucked away inside the blocks.
I’m finding use for it in all my cases.
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Absurd price.
I would love an infinite timeline like this, but it should only be a one-time payment, not a subscription. Absurd. Okay, next.
Overpriced.
What idiot is Gonna spend 200 dollars to make a timeline.
Fantastic
It is fantastic, and definitely warrants five stars. It’s disappointing that it’s Apple only - I was hoping to switch between my laptop and iPhone, and although it’s expensive monthly, five minutes into the free trial I understood exactly why. This app is intuitive, you can create sub-timelines, add categories and filter by category, colour code and add photos. The option to click your event and have a world of further presentation options is amazing. My one complaint would be that the default text size is very small on my phone when I type into a textbook - an option to increase the default text size would be great.
Again, this is apple only, but it’s impressed me so much that I won’t rate lower than five stars.
Again, this is apple only, but it’s impressed me so much that I won’t rate lower than five stars.
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Garbage
I’m a teacher willing to spend some personal money on a timeline app. This subscription price is ridiculous. Money hog company catering only to lawyers, rather than allowing a lighter, less expensive version for history teachers or personal use. Another example of greed with no commitment to humans.
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Best in its class!
This is the single best trial demonstration product I’ve used. It has attractive and logical graphics, demonstrates a clear and clean timeline of events and then populates those events with aQuick and easy tap on the screen, instantly projecting the documents that demonstrate the event. It couldn’t be simpler, and it’s hard to imagine one that’s better, at least not yet. This is an excellent work in progress and over the months that I’ve been working with timeline presenter, I’ve seen updates that show that this is just the beginning! Keep up the great work on this extremely useful product
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Amazing app for trial prep and presentation
I used the app in a Queens County malpractice case in New York City that I recently assisted on and it was amazing to be able to show the jury a fully embedded visual timeline of the events of the case which was instrumental in their deliberations. In fact, during deliberations the jury requested the timeline and came back with a very favorable verdict!
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