TimeStory vs Visitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeStory
Create visual timelines for projects, journals, and histories with intuitive touch gestures. Easily add images, customize appearance, and export your work in various formats. Optimized for iPad with Apple Pencil and multitasking support.
- Create graphical timelines
- Add photos and image files
- Divide timeline into sections
- Import custom icons
- Customize appearance (colors, fonts, shapes)
- Export in PDF or PNG format
- Apple Pencil and keyboard support
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TimeStory for iPad/iPhone is a paid app (one-time purchase or annual subscription) for creating graphical timelines--project plans, roadmaps, personal journals, histories, and more, on scales from days to centuries--quickly and easily, while avoiding the complexity of project management tools. The free download lets you open, view, and share timelines created on TimeStory for Mac. If you want to create and edit timelines on your iPad/iPhone, you can activate the built-in free trial, and then, if you choose, pay once or subscribe annually. The free trial does not auto-renew into a subscription, so there’s no risk. Use natural touchscreen gestures to navigate and scale the timeline. Create an event just by tapping one of the New Event buttons then tapping or dragging on the timeline where you want it. Attach photos or image files. Divide your timeline into sections. Import your own SVG or PNG icons to mark points in time. Apply background colors, fonts, event shapes, text alignment, and more. Share your work in PDF or PNG format, exporting an entire timeline or just a section of it. On iPad, TimeStory has great support for Apple Pencil and external keyboards and pointers, works great in Split View and other multitasking modes, and supports multiple windows so you can open multiple documents at once or keep it open next to your research. Versions: This version of TimeStory was built to natively support iPad and iPhone. **Note: TimeStory for Mac is a separate purchase.** More info at https://timestory.app/get/ Web: Learn more on our website (https://timestory.app/), with example timelines, release history, and documentation. (Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)
Visitor
Streamline your office check-ins with automated SMS/email notifications for hosts. Customize visitor questions, collect e-signatures for NDAs, and print badges. This cloud-based system works even offline.
- Automated visitor notifications (SMS/Email)
- Customizable visitor questions and screening
- NDA and e-signature capture
- Visitor badge printing
- Offline functionality
- Visitor reporting
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Visitor Pro is a visitor management platform that allows businesses to receive SMS and email notification upon visitor arrival. It enables organizations to ask visitors questions prior to check-in and restrict specific visitors from completing registration processes based on their response. It lets staff members upload NDAs and capture visitor eSginatures across legal documents prior to registration. It is a cloud-based solution and allows visitors to conduct basic functions on the platform even if it is disconnected from the internet. Visitor Notification The Visitor Pro solution ensures hosts are notified of a visitor arrival promptly, regardless of their destination. As a visitor completes their check-in process, automated notifications are sent as; SMS and/or E-mail to inform hosts of their arrival. Once notified, hosts can meet their visitor at reception for visitor collection. Visitor Questions The Visitor Pro system allows you to ask custom questions, and even reject visitors if they provide an answer that prohibits them from entering your facility. You probably have more than one type of visitor and they do not all need to go through the same check-in process. For example, for a visitor, you may want to capture their name, company, email, and phone number. You might also need the guest to sign an agreement and wear a badge. But for a courier delivering a document, you may only need their name and company. A customized check-in process and welcome greeting allows you to design the reception experience around each visitor who comes to your office. Custom Agreements and NDAs Visitor Pro prompts guests to sign agreements, like NDAs and waivers, on the iPad(s) during sign in. More and more companies are asking job applicants, business partners, and colleagues to sign NDAs and other legal agreements at the time of their visit. Visitor Pro simplifies and automates the paperwork required for each visitor and gets the signing done quickly upfront, saving time and later inconvenience. Badge Printing Visitor badges contribute to security by letting you know immediately who is in your office. Visitor Pro automatically prints required badges when visitors sign in so their host can greet them with confidence. Customized ID badges can be printed in seconds as part of the leading Visitor Pro management solution. Visitor Pro can also take a visitor’s temperature to ensure the safety of all guests and staff. Utilizing a thermal imaging camera, you can verify body surface temperature as part of the check in process. This is an add on system, if you are interested in this functionality, please reach out to us. At any point you can run a report showing which visitors are currently in your facility. Secure Cloud Based Solution Most Visitor Management solutions on the market currently lack the scalability required to adequately serve growing organizations. Visitor Pro is a cloud-based solution allowing for remote system management, scalability and ensures global and regional data policies can be enforced wherever they are required. Offline Mode Visitor Pro has advanced functionality that allows it to perform basic functions with no connection to the internet, this ensures that even during an internet outage your visitor system can continue to be used by visitors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Visitor at 5.0 against TimeStory's 3.7. Visitor also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. TimeStory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Visitor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visitor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TimeStory ships an update every 6 weeks, Visitor every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeStory | Visitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casual Programmer, LLC | Fire Pixel |
Customer experience
TimeStory
Visitor
In-app purchases
TimeStory
- Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
- Two-Week TrialFree
- One-Time Purchase$39.99
Visitor
No in-app purchases









