Timestamp Marker vs Truly Simple Timeline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timestamp Marker
Instantly create and edit time markers with a single tap. Add events with or without titles, and view time elapsed since your last recorded event. Calculate time differences between selected markers, including future timestamps.
- Instant timestamp creation
- Editable event titles and times
- View time since last event
- Calculate time between markers
- Support for future timestamps
- Batch deletion of events
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Create timestamps instantly, no need to stop and write. Add markers with a single tap, then edit anytime. • Add events with or without a title (default: “Marker”) • Edit time and title at any time, including setting future times • Main screen shows time since your most recent past event “Show Time Pass” (from markers list menu): No selection: time from now to latest past event • One selected: time between now and that event (past or future) • Two selected: time between both events Future timestamps are only included when explicitly selected. Time differences are always shown as absolute values. • Remove multiple events using “Delete Before”
Truly Simple Timeline
Build and visualize narrative arcs, story beats, and character involvement across novels or any project. Its drag-and-drop interface supports various event types and date spans, with cross-device functionality for easy planning and adjustments.
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Narrative arc and story beat tracking
- Single-date and duration events
- BC/AD date support
- Vertical and horizontal modes
- Cross-device functionality
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Truly Simple Timeline was built by a professional author to keep track of narrative arcs, story beats, and character moments across a novel. It’s a clean, tactile workspace where you can add events individually or in bulk, drag and drop them across centuries or hours, and adjust all your milestones whenever and however you please. Features: • Intuitive interface: Drag and drop events across hours, days, or centuries. • Flexible event types: Mix large-scale narrative arcs, single-date events, and duration periods seamlessly. • Paper-like design: Organize with a curated color palette of warm creams, slate blues, and earthy greens, paired with your own custom hues. • Reliable device sync: Your data flows effortlessly between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and your sync status is viewable any time. • Fully accessible: Built natively for Apple devices with full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and high-contrast readability. • Share timelines: Export timelines, which can then be imported into another device running TS Timeline (where it can be viewed, edited, etc) • Pay once, keep forever: All core features are free. Unlock unlimited timelines with a single one-time, lifetime in-app purchase. No subscriptions, no ads, no hidden fees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timestamp Marker at 100% against Truly Simple Timeline's 50%. Timestamp Marker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Truly Simple Timeline's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Truly Simple Timeline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timestamp Marker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Truly Simple Timeline holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Timestamp Marker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Truly Simple Timeline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timestamp Marker ships an update every 6 weeks, Truly Simple Timeline every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timestamp Marker | Truly Simple Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rod Bauer | Colin Wright |
Customer experience
Timestamp Marker
Truly Simple Timeline
In-app purchases
Timestamp Marker
No in-app purchases
Truly Simple Timeline
- Unlock Pro$4.99
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