Comparison

Notch Island vs Timeline Maker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Notch Island

Create custom wallpapers for your iPhone's notch and Dynamic Island. Personalize your lock screen with unique designs and share them across social media. Supports various devices and offers extensive customization tools.

Highlights
  • Custom notch wallpaper creation
  • Dynamic Island wallpaper support
  • Lock screen customization
  • Image style customization
  • Social media sharing tools
  • Apple Watch wallpaper support
Features
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An app that lets you customize your iPhone's notch. There is also Shuffle Wallpaper on IOS 16. It has a very custom notch style. Allows you to create your own notch wallpaper or lock screen. It's also stylish for you to create wallpapers for the Dynamic Island notch, including apple watch and other devices. as well as allowing you to customize many image styles to share to various social media including many customization tools

About

Timeline Maker

Visually organize life moments, project milestones, and historical events into clear, beautiful timelines. Customize with dates, notes, colors, and layouts, then export or share your creations. Designed for simplicity, it offers structure without complexity.

Highlights
  • Create multiple timelines
  • Add and edit events with details
  • Customize colors, styles, and categories
  • Export as images or PDF
  • Share timeline visuals
  • Offline work with device/iCloud storage
Features
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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: support@itimelines.date Terms of Service: https://itimelines.date/app/terms Privacy Policy: https://itimelines.date/app/privacy

Screenshots

Notch Island4 screens
Timeline Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timeline Maker at 100% against Notch Island's 9%. Timeline Maker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.8). Notch Island's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notch Island sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timeline Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Notch Island's written reviews are positive against 100% of Timeline Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notch Island ships an update fortnightly, Timeline Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notch Island versus Timeline Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotch IslandTimeline Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (17 ratings)4.5 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better13
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTula Kumkrong朱涛 戴

Customer experience

Notch Island

All ratings15 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

Timeline Maker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notch Island

Subscriptions2
  • Premium 1 Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium 1 Year$21.991 Year
3 purchases

Timeline Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly VIP$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Permanent VIP$4.99
  • Permanent VIP$34.99

Questions

Is Notch Island free?
Notch Island is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timeline Maker free?
Timeline Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notch Island or Timeline Maker?
Timeline Maker is rated higher. Notch Island averages 2.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Timeline Maker averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Notch Island or Timeline Maker have ads?
Neither Notch Island nor Timeline Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notch Island or Timeline Maker?
Notch Island ships an update fortnightly, and Timeline Maker monthly. Most recently, Notch Island was updated on November 12, 2026 and Timeline Maker on November 8, 2026.

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