TimeStory vs Sora

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/)

Sora shows you one number: how many times you've reached for your phone today. No app breakdowns. No usage timers. No limits or blocks. Just a quiet count and a reflection of how you're interacting with your device — whether your pickups are reactive, lingering, or intentional. Three views. One question. How present are you? Presence — Your pickup count, when you last reached for your phone, and a 7-day view of your week. Pattern — How your attention distributes across three states: Reflexive, Lingering, and Decisive. You can see how your mornings differ from your evenings. Practice — A single, calm prompt that changes with the time of day and your current pattern. Not a goal. Not a score. Just a thought worth sitting with. Your data never leaves your device. Sora uses Apple's Screen Time framework to read your interaction data directly on-device. Nothing is stored, uploaded, or shared. The data stays inside the system render pipeline — it doesn't even reach the app. No accounts. No subscriptions. No notifications.