Comparison

Timeline vs Grateful

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timeline

Record life's important moments by creating multiple visual timelines for various events and plans. Track past achievements, future goals, and daily milestones. Share your timelines with friends and set notifications for future events.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited timelines
  • Track past and future events
  • Set event notifications
  • Share timelines with friends
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Passcode/Biometric privacy
  • Export and print timelines
Features
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Timeline helps you capture and record the important moments in your life. You can create as many timelines as you want. Using different timeline to track different events. Create a timeline for your dreams and achievement; a timeline for your travel plan; a timeline for your daily milestone; a timeline with your friends... Not only the past time, you can create future event and enable notifications. Timeline is now becoming your todo list, your wish list. Don't forget to share your timeline with friends. [Features: ] iCloud:All your contents are saved in your private iCloud. Data is synced automatically on all your iOS devices. Privacy:You can setup passcode, Face ID and Touch ID within the App. Share:Share timeline with your friends. Export and Print:Save timeline image to Photo or email it to your friends. Security:The communication between your iPhone and iCloud is encrypted with SSL. [Subscriptions & Price] You can use this App for free. We also provide subscription Edition to offer advanced features, such as unlimited scan, multiple projects, team collaboration. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. If you turn off the auto-renew, you can still keep all your data on your device. [Contact us] Numob Inc Email: support@numob.com [Terms & Policy] Terms of use: https://www.numob.com/#/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://www.numob.com/#/privacy-policy/

About

Grateful

This app helps you cultivate a more positive outlook by making gratitude easy and fun. It offers daily prompts, allows you to add photos, and lets you easily browse past entries. Your journal remains completely private, stored only on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude prompts
  • Add photos to entries
  • Browse entries by time or prompt
  • Customizable prompts
  • Private and local storage
  • Edit past entries
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According to researchers at the Harvard Medical School, “Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.” Grateful was created to make expressing gratitude in your life both easy and fun, as well as to remind you, during those down moments, of the many blessings in your life (that you've documented in Grateful). *Daily Prompts to Start You Off* With its simple interface and daily prompts, Grateful is designed to make reflection and giving thanks both a joyful and easy process. Daunted by a blank page? Not quite sure where to start? Grateful will greet you with one question, such as. 'What made you smile today'? or 'What made today a good day?'. All you have to do is answer. It can be a simple word. Or a simple paragraph. Grateful allows for both. You can also add a photo to support your thoughts. *Easy to Browse your Past Entries* Grateful's simple journal feed lets you browse your entries by TIME or by PROMPT. Want to see all the things that made you smile this year? Jump to those entries in your timeline. Want to see what your state of mind was last January? Jump to that month in your timeline. *Our Prompts or Yours* Grateful gives you the flexibility to make the journal truly yours. When sit down to write an entry, Grateful will start you off with a prompt. You have the option of: 1.) Answering the prompt 2.) Choosing a different prompt 3.) Writing your own prompt *Totally Private* No sign ups. No logins. No Facebook integration. All you data resides only on your device. FREE Features: • 15 journal entries • Unlimited reminders • No login of any kind required. This journal is for you only. • Each session starts with a prompt, making writing easy. • Grateful lets you answer the prompt and also save any additional thoughts for later reading. • Ability to edit past entries • Customize your timeline - show entries by time, prompt, tag, or randomly Additional PREMIUM Features (available with one-time upgrade or with a Growth Bundle subscription): • Unlimited entries (Free version allows 15 entries) • Data backup with Dropbox and iCloud • Passcode with Face ID for added privacy security • Ability to create your own prompts to answer • Export your entries to file (PDF or CSV format) Grateful‘s GROWTH BUNDLE is an optional monthly or annual subscription. If you choose to upgrade, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, for the chosen plan's price. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Read more about our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy here: • Terms of Service: https://growthbundle.com/terms-of-service/ • Privacy Policy: https://growthbundle.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Timeline4 screens
Grateful4 screens

Verdict

The call

Timeline and Grateful both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of Timeline's written reviews are positive against 48% of Grateful's. Timeline also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timeline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Grateful sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Timeline against 4.6 for Grateful. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Timeline's written reviews are positive against 48% of Grateful's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeline ships an update monthly, Grateful every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timeline versus Grateful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelineGrateful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.2K ratings)4.6 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews — better48.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K3K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNumobKodeon, Inc.

Customer experience

Timeline

All ratings1,120 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative25.2%

Grateful

All ratings3,044 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral8.7%
Negative43.2%

User reviews

Timeline

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and intuitive design
  • 👍 Useful for organizing events and timelines
  • 🔒 Password protection for privacy
  • 👍 Customizable color coding for events
  • 👍 Easy to add photos and videos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Exporting and sharing issues
  • 🐛 Syncing and backup problems
  • 🐛 Disappearing timeline data
  • 🔍 Limited search and filtering options

Grateful

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Simple and effective
  • 📷 Ability to add photos
  • 🗓️ Helpful prompts and reminders
  • 💻 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paid subscription required after limited free entries
  • 🔒 Lack of customer support and unresponsive developers
  • 💾 Issues with data backup and restoration
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs

Bugs and requests

Timeline

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Timeline entries not saving correctly
  • Inability to edit or delete timeline events
  • Crashes when trying to access photos or export
  • Syncing issues leading to data loss
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for BC/AD dates
  • Implement a horizontal timeline view
  • Allow adding event descriptions and notes
  • Provide more color and customization options
  • Improve export and sharing functionality
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  • Implement better backup and sync capabilities

Grateful

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing on launch
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Entries disappearing or not saving properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Calendar view to track progress
  • Custom prompt writing
  • Improved photo handling and display
  • Cloud sync across devices

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timeline

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Pro (1 Year)$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timeline Pro$3.99
9 purchases

Grateful

Subscriptions8
  • Grateful Growth Bundle: Month$3.991 Month
  • Grateful Premium$14.991 Year
  • Grateful Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Grateful Growth Bundle: Yearly$18.991 Year
  • Grateful Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Grateful Premium1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Grateful Growth Bundle: Yearly1 Year trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Premium Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grateful free?
Grateful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timeline or Grateful?
Grateful is rated higher. Timeline averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Grateful averages 4.6 from 3K ratings.
Do Timeline or Grateful have ads?
Neither Timeline nor Grateful shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeline or Grateful?
Timeline ships an update monthly, and Grateful every 2 months. Most recently, Timeline was updated on November 6, 2026 and Grateful on November 6, 2026.

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