TimeTree vs Phylogenetic Tree View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeTree
Explore a vast public knowledge base of evolutionary timescales and divergence times among organisms. This app uses a hierarchical system to find and present molecular time estimates from scientific literature, allowing users to compare species and view summary statistics.
- Explore evolutionary timescales
- View organism divergence times
- Access scientific literature data
- Hierarchical tree-based system
- Compute summary statistics
- Compare species divergence
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TimeTree 4 is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life. This application allows easy exploration of the thousands of divergence times among organisms in the scientific literature. A tree-based (hierarchical) system is used to identify all published molecular time estimates bearing on the divergence of two chosen organisms, such as species, compute summary statistics, and present the results. Names of two taxa to be compared are entered in the search window and the results are presented on a set of self-explanatory tabs. TimeTree 4 contains data from 2,274 studies including 50,632 species. We will be adding more data in the future as it comes in from researchers. TimeTree 4 requires iOS 8.0 or newer. The TimeTree project is jointly directed by Blair Hedges (Center for Biodiversity, Temple University) and Sudhir Kumar (Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University). This project has been supported, in part, by grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, NASA Astrobiology Institute, and Science Foundation of Arizona.
Phylogenetic Tree View
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Draws phylogenetics trees from newick format text. Rearrange and reroot trees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TimeTree at none against Phylogenetic Tree View's shown. TimeTree also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimeTree ships an update every 8 months, Phylogenetic Tree View every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeTree | Phylogenetic Tree View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arizona and Penn State Universities | Sigmar Stefansson |
In-app purchases
TimeTree
No in-app purchases
Phylogenetic Tree View
No in-app purchases
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