Time vs Timeline Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time
Easily create and manage visual timelines for personal or professional projects. Record key events, track progress, and share your progress with others. Supports automatic cloud backup for your data.
- Create, modify, and delete timelines
- Add and manage events within timelines
- Sort timelines
- Share timelines
- iCloud automatic backup
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Time-Line is an app that can be used to keep track of the timelines. For example, you can create timelines such as "Baby Growth", "My Love Story", "Company Growth History", and "Product Roadmap" to record related events. Its main functions: ◆ iCloud automatic backup ◆ Timeline • Create timeline • Modify the timeline • Delete timeline • Sorting timeline • Share timeline ◆ Event • Create events in the timeline • modify event • Delete event
Timeline Maker
Organize and visualize life events, historical moments, and project milestones. Easily record, sort, and customize timelines, then share them as beautiful images. This tool brings order to your life and enhances memory organization.
- Multi-dimensional timeline creation
- Flexible event editing
- Personalized timeline customization
- One-tap image sharing
- Minimalist and intuitive design
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Make clear, beautiful timelines for the events that matter. iTimelines helps you turn life moments, project milestones, historical events, and story ideas into organized visual timelines. Add dates, titles, notes, categories, colors, and layouts, then export or share your timeline when it is ready. Great for: • Project plans and milestones • Personal life events and memories • History study and research notes • Writing timelines for stories and characters • Fitness, travel, legal, or family history records Key features: • Create multiple timelines for different topics • Add and edit events with dates, titles, and descriptions • Customize colors, styles, categories, and time periods • Export timelines as images or PDF • Share polished timeline visuals with others • Work offline, with your data stored on your device or iCloud iTimelines is designed to stay simple. It gives you enough structure to organize complex events, without turning timeline creation into a complicated project. Premium unlocks advanced features: • Unlimited timelines • Advanced export options • Priority support Questions or feedback? Contact: programwarrior2@outlook.com Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E-6G9nH7Ar7Yk8HzdjJQ8VMQPsEsHsCE3J8jWUHqJW4/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bplgcEg46E0fuEh64yRkxVtiLyTOnM8NWqgmrydKg_k/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
Time and Timeline Maker both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Timeline Maker's written reviews are positive against 69% of Time's. Time's advantage is ratings volume (861 vs 12) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timeline Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Time against 4.4 for Timeline Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time has 861 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Time's written reviews are positive against 100% of Timeline Maker's.
Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Timeline Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time | Timeline Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (861 ratings) — better | 4.4 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 861 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dengfeng Zhou | 朱涛 戴 |
Customer experience
Time
Timeline Maker
Bugs and requests
Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- Randomly deleting timeline entries
- Inability to edit dates and times accurately
- Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more date formats (DD/MM/YYYY, etc.)
- Implement cloud backup and sync options
- Allow rearranging of events within the same date
- Add tagging and filtering capabilities
- Provide option to view multiple timelines side-by-side
Timeline Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Time
- Time-Line Pro$1.99
Timeline Maker
- Yearly VIP$14.991 Year
- Permanent VIP$4.99
- Permanent VIP$34.99
