Comparison

Timeline vs Glim

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

Head to head
About

Timeline

Features
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2 minutes until you need to leave the house. Everyone's rushing around. The dog needs walking, lunches need packing, and somehow your keys have mysteriously vanished. Again. Sound familiar? Even for the best of us, getting things done with your family or group can be a bit chaotic! ***Timeline is built to tame the chaos.*** It gives you: โ€ข Shared countdown timers that flex with real life - extend or shorten any task with one tap โ€ข Notifications for everyone when a task begins or ends - with checkpoints for longer tasks so no one falls behind โ€ข Real-time indicators of who's active in the app so you'll always know whoโ€™s seen the latest updates โ€ข Saved routines you can create once and run anytime with a single tap

About

Glim

Organize your life and share it with others. Create rich notes with various media, collaborate in shared spaces, and manage tasks with built-in reminders. Search effortlessly and access your information offline.

Highlights
  • Rich notes with photos, videos, files, and checklists
  • Shared spaces for collaboration with comments and reactions
  • Integrated tasks and calendar with recurring reminders
  • Powerful search by title, content, tag, space, or person
  • Offline access with automatic syncing
  • Connect your own AI (Claude, ChatGPT) for note assistance
Features
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Glim is where your notes live with the people they're for. Write a note with photos, checklists, files and tags. Keep it private in your Hub, or drop it into a shared space โ€” the trip you're planning with friends, the home you run with your partner, the book club that never finishes the book. Everyone sees it, comments on it, reacts to it. And nobody has to scroll through a group chat looking for the address someone sent three weeks ago. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Rich notes: photos, videos, files, checklists, tables, colors and tags. Publish now or schedule for later. โ€ข Shared spaces: invite people with roles, comment in threads, react with any emoji. Group spaces into hyperspaces when life gets big. โ€ข Tasks and calendar, built in: reminders with real recurrence โ€” every Tuesday, the 1st of the month, working days only โ€” for you or for the whole space. โ€ข Search that actually finds things: by title, content, tag, space or person. โ€ข Works offline: everything lives on your phone and syncs when you're back. โ€ข Bring your own AI: connect Claude or ChatGPT and ask about your notes, make new ones, check your calendar. You decide what it can see. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you write is end-to-end encrypted. Only you and the people you invite hold the keys โ€” we couldn't read your notes even if we wanted to. No ads, no data selling, and you can start without a credit card. People use Glim for the household, trips, recipes worth keeping, school parent groups, workout plans, neighborhood boards, and everything they used to lose in chats. Your life fits in here. Come see.

Screenshots

Timeline4 screens
Glim4 screens

Verdict

The call

Timeline and Glim are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeline ships an update every 2 days, Glim every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Timeline versus Glim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelineGlim
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size44 MB30 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnthony Labs LLCJose Alejandro Jaime Huerta

In-app purchases

None

Timeline

No in-app purchases

None

Glim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glim free?
Glim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timeline or Glim have ads?
Neither Timeline nor Glim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeline or Glim?
Timeline ships an update every 2 days, and Glim every 4 days. Most recently, Timeline was updated on October 28, 2026 and Glim on November 4, 2026.

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