Comparison

ThinkSpace vs Timeline Planner

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

Head to head
About

ThinkSpace

This app is a powerful thinking tool that supports creative workflows with an intuitive interface and various thinking methods. It offers features like handwritten notes, unlimited canvases, idea generation frameworks, and real-time collaboration to aid brainstorming and idea structuring.

Highlights
  • Handwritten sticky notes
  • Unlimited canvas sizes
  • Idea generation frameworks
  • Real-time sharing
  • Mind mapping
  • Diagram creation
  • AI brainstorming
Features
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Too much on your mind, and no idea where to start? AI chats, posts you saw, books you read, things people told you. There is more to think about every day. ThinkSpace is a thinking notebook: put your thoughts on cards, then arrange and connect them as you think. As you move cards around and put ideas into your own words, your understanding deepens. ■ How it works Start with a single card: whatever is on your mind. 1. Collect: AI chats, web pages, photos, passing thoughts, via the Inbox or by pasting. 2. Write it down: turn them, and what is in your head, into handwritten or text cards. 3. Arrange and see the big picture: move, group, and connect cards. Step back, and unexpected connections, next questions, and next actions appear. 4. Explain: say what your cards or map mean, out loud, in your own words. Read the transcript back to check what you really understand. ■ Great for - Clearing your head when AI chats pile up - Making sense of books and videos, and turning them into questions and actions - Connecting ideas from research papers and textbooks so you can explain them in your own words - Creating nursing concept maps and connecting conditions, symptoms, and care - Bringing a story's world, characters, timeline, and ideas into one structure - Journaling: writing out tangled feelings and worries - Designing your career in the AI era, a social media strategy, or a product - Connecting visions and goals to concrete actions and reviews - Working through problems at work: causes, solutions, validation, results ■ Start from a purpose-built map No need to stare at a blank canvas wondering where to begin. - Concept map - Problem-solving map - Pathophysiology map - Career map for the AI era - Worldbuilding map - Social media strategy map - Habit-building map - Product design map - Vision map and more — start from a foundation that fits your topic. ■ Turn AI chats into a growing map Ask AI about a card and add the answers to your map. Break answers into ideas, connect them, and make sense of them in your own words; looking over the map sparks new questions to dig into. Your AI inputs are never used for training. ■ Key features - Infinite canvas: place cards anywhere, half-formed thoughts included. - Handwriting and text: Apple Pencil supported. Jot down ideas on cards and move them around with your finger. - Mind maps, flowcharts, groups, and connections: radial thinking, steps, cause and effect. - Send from AI chats: send a conversation from Claude or the share sheet to the ThinkSpace Inbox, then drag it in as a card. - Explain out loud: describe a card or map in your own words; it is transcribed and saved. You notice where your understanding is thin, and can read it back later. - Ask AI: ask about a card and add the answer as a new card. - Extract key-point cards from long notes and web pages. - AI brainstorming: branch a topic card into angles and questions. - Paste into cards: copied text, photos, or URLs become cards. - Add web pages, images, and screenshots to your canvas. - Search and reuse cards across maps. - Link canvases: big themes and subtopics in layers. - Export to image, PDF, and text. - Local-first: saved on your device, works offline. - Sync across devices (Pro): iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Turn scattered information and AI answers into understanding you can explain and act on. ■ Pro access - Unlimited canvases - Unlimited cards and groups - Expanded AI usage limit - Full feature access ——— Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal fee is charged to your iTunes account within 24 hours before the period ends. You can turn off auto-renewal anytime in your App Store account settings. ——— Terms of Service: https://thinkspace-public.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/terms-en.html Privacy Policy: https://thinkspace-public.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/privacy-policy-en-v2.html

About

Timeline Planner

This intuitive app combines event scheduling, reminders, and a to-do list into a single, easy-to-use tool. Quickly create and manage events, tasks, and reminders with simple actions and a user-friendly interface. Organize your life with customizable views and completion tracking.

Highlights
  • Event scheduling
  • Task management
  • Reminder tool
  • Intuitive interface
  • Drag and drop functionality
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly views
  • Completion tracking for tasks
Features
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It is an easy to use event planner application that includes an event scheduler, reminder and todo tool, all in one. With an intuitive interface and simple and quick actions it will help you to create events, tasks and reminders with close to zero effort. Features: - Create event groups. - Create events with double tap or tap and hold on a group timeline. - Tap and hold on an event to drag and drop from one group to another. - Use the "quick edit" panel to change any event date, time, colour or add a comment on the fly. - Create event-actions with "Confirm completion" flag enabled, so that they stay on the timeline until completed. - Switch between weekly, monthly and yearly views.

Screenshots

ThinkSpace4 screens
Timeline Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Timeline Planner at 5.0 against ThinkSpace's 4.3. Timeline Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). ThinkSpace's advantage is ratings volume (276 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. ThinkSpace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Timeline Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timeline Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThinkSpace has 276 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThinkSpace ships an update every 6 weeks, Timeline Planner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ThinkSpace versus Timeline Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkSpaceTimeline Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (276 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings276 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNaoya EnokidaEvgeny Netrebenko

Customer experience

ThinkSpace

All ratings276 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews220 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative36.8%

Timeline Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ThinkSpace

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on launch or during use
  • Data disappears after upgrading to paid version
  • Canvas fails to load with many items
  • Text boxes become uneditable
  • Grouped items move unexpectedly when resizing
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  • Eraser tool causes crashes
  • Login freezes and network connection errors
  • Registration and account creation failures
  • Undo function doesn't work properly
  • Cards stick or behave erratically
  • Zoom tool tab not displaying
  • Export function unresponsive on Mac
  • Text wrapping and alignment issues
  • Sticky notes change size unexpectedly
  • Items disappear from canvas
  • Forced quit required to close app
  • Laggy performance with Apple Pencil writing
  • Sync failures between iPad and Mac
  • Auto-organize feature snaps items incorrectly
  • White background export issues

Requested features

19 requests
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Dark mode theme
  • Better palm rejection for Apple Pencil
  • Folder/project organization system
  • Ability to delete canvases easily
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  • Improved text editing within cards
  • Better arrow/connector customization
  • Undo with multi-finger gestures (like Procreate)
  • Export to vector formats (SVG)
  • Zoom controls for Mac version
  • Better grouping and ungrouping functionality
  • Collaborative editing features
  • iCloud sync option
  • Highlighter tool
  • Custom colors and pen sizes
  • Canvas renaming functionality
  • Better keyboard shortcuts for Mac
  • Chromebook support
  • Auto-layout option for mind maps

Timeline Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ThinkSpace

Subscriptions2
  • ThinkSpace Pro Access$2.991 Month
  • ThinkSpace Pro Access$29.991 Year
None

Timeline Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThinkSpace free?
ThinkSpace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timeline Planner free?
Timeline Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThinkSpace or Timeline Planner?
Timeline Planner is rated higher. ThinkSpace averages 4.3 out of 5 from 276 ratings, while Timeline Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ThinkSpace or Timeline Planner have ads?
Neither ThinkSpace nor Timeline Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThinkSpace or Timeline Planner?
ThinkSpace ships an update every 6 weeks, and Timeline Planner every 5 months. Most recently, ThinkSpace was updated on November 8, 2026 and Timeline Planner on November 3, 2026.

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