Timelines Plus vs Simple Family Tree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelines Plus
Easily create, modify, and share chronological timelines. Organize events with dates, descriptions, and pictures. Back up and sync data across devices via iCloud.
- Create multiple timelines
- Add dates, descriptions, and pictures to events
- Automatic iCloud backup
- Sync data across devices
- Share timelines and events
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Timelines is a practical mobile application designed to help users easily create, modify, and share their own timelines to showcase a series of events, data, or historical developments in chronological order. Its main features include: 1. Automatic iCloud Backup This app can automatically backup your timeline to iCloud to ensure your data is safe and reliable. It also allows you to sync your data across multiple devices. 2. Timelines This app allows you to create multiple timelines to organize and categorize events according to your needs. You can also modify, delete, and sort timelines to better manage your data. 3. Events Within each timeline, you can create, modify, and delete events to better present your data. You can add information such as dates, descriptions, and pictures to make your timeline more vivid and engaging. In addition, the Timelines app supports sharing timelines and events, making it convenient for you to communicate and showcase your work with others. Whether you want to record your personal growth journey, family travels, gatherings and activities, or contribute to academic research, historical studies, and cultural heritage, Timelines is your ideal choice.
Simple Family Tree
Organize your family history by creating and referencing detailed family trees. Easily add individuals, define their relationships, and view your lineage in both list and tree formats. Quickly search for any family member to understand their connections.
- Build family trees
- Add people and relationships
- View as list or tree
- Search family members
- Reference family history
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Simple Family Tree allows you to build your family tree and reference it later. - Add people and assign relationships between them - See the family as a List or as a Tree - Easily search people to look up their relationships
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timelines Plus at 64% against Simple Family Tree's 11%. Timelines Plus also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.2). Simple Family Tree's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Timelines Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Family Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timelines Plus ships an update every 3 months, Simple Family Tree every 10 days. Both last shipped on September 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Timelines Plus | Simple Family Tree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 庆鸿 林 | Tushar Chhabra |
Customer experience
Timelines Plus
Simple Family Tree
In-app purchases
Timelines Plus
- Lifetime Membership$9.99
Simple Family Tree
No in-app purchases
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