Comparison

TimelinePad vs PDF Eye Pro

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

Head to head
About

TimelinePad

This app creates interactive timelines for legal professionals to organize and present event chronologies. It allows for individual event creation or bulk import from spreadsheets, with options to link people, facts, and issues to events for enhanced visual clarity and organization.

Highlights
  • Interactive timeline creation
  • Bulk event import from Excel
  • Link people, issues, and facts to events
  • Customizable event icons and colors
  • Tagging for event organization
  • Scene creation for specific moments
  • Wireless presentation capabilities
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TimelinePad creates beautiful interactive timelines of events that allow lawyers and support staff to wirelessly present chronologies in a courtroom or remote setting. Create events individually or import events in bulk from an Excel spreadsheet to instantly create a timeline. Link people, issues, and facts to events, add icons and colors for visual clarity, assign tags to organize and group events, create scenes to recall moments in time, and much more. TimelinePad can integrate with your Windows workflow, is powerful, easy to use, and a fraction of the cost of traditional or cloud-based programs, all while being secure, private, mobile, and efficient. LIT SOFTWARE has set the bar for developing the best in litigation apps, garnering awards for innovation and ease of use. Our apps have been featured by Apple, and are loved by lawyers. —— LIT SUITE REVIEWS —— “The short review. Wow.” “This app can do things I’ve previously had to do on a desktop, but much easier and faster.” “Super way to review documents quickly.” “Generates professional reports with all the bates numbers listed, and exports to TrialPad into folders named for the issue code. Extremely useful.” “Helps me keep documents organized, bates stamps them, and create issue codes, which can then be generated into an easy-to-read report.” “Initial document analysis on iPad is fresh and fast, and frankly is a big winner.” “These are incredibly sophisticated and useful apps that are in many ways more powerful than PC software costing hundreds of dollars more.” —— QUICK FEATURE SUMMARY —— • Full electronic timeline presentation capability, no cloud connection needed • Present via HDMI to a TV or projector, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV • Step through individual events with simple taps to present your story like a slideshow • Easily import an Excel file with all your events to instantly create a beautiful interactive timeline • Drag and drop a document onto the timeline to automatically create an event with an attachment • Customize timeline events with colors, symbols, and emoji • Organize and group events by assigning custom tags • Save scenes to group events in a particular timeframe • Create layers to show and hide groups of events (e.g. all emails) • Multi-select events to easily assign colors, symbols, or tags in bulk • Use intuitive touch gestures to edit your timeline and events • Attach supporting files to events to display them in context • Search for events by name, description, tags, or attachments
• Filter events to show only those with attachments, are hidden, have selected icons, or have tags • Export editable Excel file of your events to share with opposing counsel or judge • Export a PDF file of your timeline to print or share via email • Import files directly from a USB drive, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Share entire case files with other users using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, video and audio • Available for iPad and Mac —— EASILY CREATE AND PRESENT TIMELINES —— Instantly import hundreds of events with their date, time, and description from an Excel file, or add events individually. Then plug-and-play via HDMI to present to a projector or TV, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV. Create beautiful timelines by importing events from a spreadsheet, customizing the look and feel with colors and icons, organizing by tags and layers. Share your entire timeline as a PDF or Excel file, or present your story as an interactive slideshow. LIT SUITE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription gives you access to all LIT SUITE apps on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. After your 7-day free trial, your App Store account will be charged and your subscription will renew automatically unless canceled in advance. Manage your subscription in your App Store account settings.

About

PDF Eye Pro

Features
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PDF Eye: The Only Scanner App That Lets You Edit Scanned Text PDF Eye is a revolutionary scanner app that transforms your printed documents into editable digital files. Go beyond simple scanning – PDF Eye empowers you to modify text directly within your scans, making it the ultimate tool for document editing on the go. Imagine the Power to Edit Any Printed Document Have a printed document with outdated information or a typo? PDF Eye makes corrections a breeze. Simply scan your document, and our advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology converts the image into editable text. Then, use our powerful built-in text editor to make changes, rewrite sections, and create a brand-new, polished document. You can even fine-tune the layout by manipulating the images under the text. Flexibility in Document Creation PDF Eye offers unparalleled flexibility in how you create your digital documents. Choose between: • Text-Based Documents: Generate fully editable documents that retain the original layout. • Image-Based Documents: Preserve the exact visual appearance of your original document as a high-quality image. • Customizable Page Sizes: Adjust page dimensions to your specific needs, producing documents in any size you require.• • More Than Just Scanning: Annotate and Sign Unlock a full suite of annotation tools with PDF Eye: • Sign Documents: Easily add your signature to contracts, forms, or any other document using our intuitive pencil toolkit. • Highlight Key Information: Draw attention to important passages with the highlighter tool. • Effortless Sharing Sharing your edited documents is seamless. Send them via email or share them directly with other apps on your device. Extract Text with Ease Need to copy text from a printed document? PDF Eye's OCR technology lets you quickly extract any text from your scans for easy pasting and use in other applications. Unlock the Full Potential of Your Printed Documents. Download PDF Eye Today!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimelinePad at Free against PDF Eye Pro's $19.99. TimelinePad also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 20 months). PDF Eye Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On ads and device support 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

TimelinePad is free to download; PDF Eye Pro costs $19.99 up front. TimelinePad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $600.00 per year. PDF Eye Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimelinePad ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF Eye Pro every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TimelinePad versus PDF Eye Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelinePadPDF Eye Pro
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIT SOFTWARE, LLCMuharrem Ozkan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TimelinePad

Subscriptions1
  • Access to all LIT SUITE apps7 Days trial$600.001 Year
None

PDF Eye Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimelinePad free?
TimelinePad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Eye Pro free?
PDF Eye Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimelinePad or PDF Eye Pro have ads?
Neither TimelinePad nor PDF Eye Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimelinePad or PDF Eye Pro?
TimelinePad ships an update every 3 weeks, and PDF Eye Pro every 20 months. Most recently, TimelinePad was updated on July 4, 2026 and PDF Eye Pro on September 9, 2026.

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