Comparison

Timeline vs PXS External Screen Desktop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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: • Shared countdown timers that flex with real life - extend or shorten any task with one tap • Notifications for everyone when a task begins or ends - with checkpoints for longer tasks so no one falls behind • Real-time indicators of who's active in the app so you'll always know who’s seen the latest updates • Saved routines you can create once and run anytime with a single tap

About

PXS External Screen Desktop

Transform your phone into a full desktop experience, accessible on AR glasses, monitors, TVs, or web browsers. Control your phone as a trackpad and keyboard, or pair external devices for a complete laptop feel.

Highlights
  • Desktop environment on external screens
  • Phone as trackpad and keyboard
  • Tabbed desktop-class browser
  • Window management
  • Spotlight-style launcher with voice input
  • Offline voice dictation
Features
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Leave the laptop at home — your phone IS the computer. PXS Desktop turns your phone into a real desktop: windows, a dock, a launcher, a desktop-class browser — on AR glasses, a monitor, a TV, or even a web browser. Your phone becomes the trackpad and keyboard. Pair a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard for the full laptop feel. FOUR WAYS TO GET A SCREEN • Cable — AR display glasses (Viture, XREAL, RayNeo, Rokid, Lenovo Legion Glasses), any USB-C monitor or portable display, HDMI via adapter • Screen Mirroring — Apple TV, a Mac, or any AirPlay 2 TV • AnyScreen — any modern browser becomes your display: a laptop, a smart TV, even the browser in your parked car • Open on this screen — the desktop right on an iPad or iPhone Duo WIRED? CHECK YOUR CABLE Charging cables carry power only — including the white one in your iPhone box. A wired screen needs a USB-C cable that supports video (DisplayPort Alt Mode): the cable that came with your glasses or monitor, a Thunderbolt cable, or Apple's USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter for HDMI. UNFOLD IT On iPhone Duo the desktop fills the big inner screen. Half folded, it stands like a laptop: the desktop on top, a touchpad below. A fold or a turn keeps your windows and pages as they are. A REAL DESKTOP • Windows you can move, resize, snap, minimize and fullscreen • A desktop-class tabbed browser — Gmail, Google Docs, Office, video calls with camera and mic (Teams, Meet), file downloads • Install any website as an app with its own icon • Spotlight-style launcher with voice input and natural-language commands • Files, Photos, Notes, Preview (PDF markup), Camera and scanner, Clock with alarms, Calculator, video, text editor, terminal, games • Daily Overview: calendar, tasks and weather • Themes and chrome styles, movable widgets, on-screen keyboard TALK INSTEAD OF TYPING There is a Dictate button right under the trackpad, and a microphone in the menu bar: either one speaks into whatever field you are in — a web form, an email, a search box. It all happens on your iPhone, so nothing is sent anywhere and it works with no signal. If you work in two languages, switch between them in one tap. Requires iOS 26. IT GREETS YOU Connect a screen and your computer says hello — "Welcome back. You have three calendar items today" — in a studio-quality neural voice that runs entirely on your iPhone. One download, then it works offline forever; nothing is sent anywhere. Write your own greeting, or turn it off. MADE FOR AR GLASSES PXS was built for the pocket-computer dream: glasses on your face, phone in your hand, a huge desktop nobody else can see. If your glasses act as a USB-C display, they work. TRY IT FREE FIRST Your free trial starts when you first connect a screen — not when you install — so no trial time is wasted waiting for your glasses to arrive. After that, one purchase makes it yours forever: $39.99 at the launch price, down from $49.99 (or $24.99/year, cancel anytime). Your setup, your signed-in apps and your files always remain yours. THE HONEST LIST We're a small shop and we'd rather tell you up front: Netflix, HBO Max and Apple TV+ won't play in the browser (a service choice, not an iOS limit — Disney+, Prime Video, Apple Music and Plex all play fine); copy/paste works best with a Bluetooth keyboard (⌘C/⌘V); other apps' iOS notifications can't appear on the desktop; a Bluetooth mouse needs a one-time AssistiveTouch setup, and typing in Mouse Mode wants a Bluetooth keyboard (iOS hides the touch keyboard while a mouse is connected). The spoken greeting is English only. And in a car, AnyScreen is for passengers and parked use only — never while driving. Feature requests are voted on publicly at bytenine.com — the board genuinely drives the roadmap. No ads. No tracking. No account required. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timeline4 screens
PXS External Screen Desktop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timeline at none against PXS External Screen Desktop's 3. Timeline also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PXS External Screen Desktop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Timeline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timeline versus PXS External Screen Desktop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelinePXS External Screen Desktop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB207 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnthony Labs LLCbyteNine AS

In-app purchases

None

Timeline

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PXS External Screen Desktop

Subscriptions2
  • PXS Pro — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PXS Pro — Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • PXS Pro — Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PXS External Screen Desktop free?
PXS External Screen Desktop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timeline or PXS External Screen Desktop have ads?
Neither Timeline nor PXS External Screen Desktop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeline or PXS External Screen Desktop?
Timeline ships an update every 2 days, and PXS External Screen Desktop every 2 days. Most recently, Timeline was updated on October 7, 2026 and PXS External Screen Desktop on October 25, 2026.

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