Comparison

Dysperse vs Timeline with Friends

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

Head to head
About

Dysperse

This app redefines productivity with a flexible system for managing tasks, labels, and collections. It offers multiple views, customizable widgets, and seamless integrations, all while working offline. Personalize your experience with extensive themes and icons.

Highlights
  • Task creation via voice, text, or natural language
  • Cross-collection labels for flexible organization
  • Tabbed interface for multiple collections
  • Nine different task views (Kanban, calendar, etc.)
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Email and LMS integrations
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Dysperse isn't just another productivity app—it's productivity reimagined for the way you actually work Think of it as the Swiss Army knife of task management, but way more elegant. At its core, everything starts with a simple task. You can create one by voice, text, or even natural language like "coffee meeting tomorrow at 3." But here's where it gets interesting—those tasks become building blocks for something much bigger. You group tasks into labels, and labels into collections. The beauty? Labels can live across multiple collections. Your "Calculus" label might appear in both your "School" collection and your "Math Tutoring" collection. It's like having one organizational system that adapts to every part of your life. The real magic happens with tabs. Just like your browser, you can open multiple collections in tabs, drag them around, and switch between them with familiar keyboard shortcuts. Each tab can display your tasks in completely different ways—maybe you want a Kanban board for your work projects while keeping a calendar view for personal stuff. Nine different views mean nine different ways to see the same information. But Dysperse doesn't stop at organization. Your home screen becomes your command center with customizable widgets—Spotify controls, weather updates, stock prices, even custom background patterns. With 33+ themes, custom app icons, and both light and dark modes, it truly becomes yours. The integration game is strong too. Forward emails to tasks@dysperse.com and watch them transform into actionable tasks. Connect your Canvas LMS to see assignment details right from your task list. Add friends and share collections instantly—whether as templates for the community or private collaborations. And here's the kicker: it all works offline. Your productivity doesn't pause when your internet does. Plus, with features like subtasks, push notifications, and AI-powered categorization through Sidekick, Dysperse handles the heavy lifting while you focus on getting things done. This isn't about forcing you into someone else's workflow—it's about building a system that bends to fit exactly how your brain works. Whether you're a visual thinker who needs Kanban boards, a time-based planner who lives in calendars, or someone who just wants a simple list, Dysperse adapts. It's productivity that finally feels human

About

Timeline with Friends

This app allows users to document their thoughts, ideas, and reflections to remember their past selves. Users can create private journals or public records, tagging entries by categories like mindset, relationships, and health. It also features a social feed to view public notes from followed users.

Highlights
  • Private journaling
  • Public record creation
  • Tagging by category
  • Follow friends' public notes
  • Reflect on past thoughts
Features
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Timeline with Friends is a place to remember yourself through your thoughts and ideas. Look back at who you really were. Keep a private journal, or build a small public record of what you're learning. • Document new learned things, capture your opinions, reflect on who you were yesterday. • Tag them. Mindset, relationships, career, health, money, creativity. • See the public notes of those you follow on the Friends tab.

Screenshots

Dysperse4 screens
Timeline with Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Timeline with Friends at 5.0 against Dysperse's 4.3. Timeline with Friends also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Dysperse's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timeline with Friends holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dysperse has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dysperse ships an update every 10 days, Timeline with Friends daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dysperse versus Timeline with Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDysperseTimeline with Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB12 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperManusvath GurudathBa Manh Nguyen

Customer experience

Dysperse

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Timeline with Friends

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dysperse

No in-app purchases

None

Timeline with Friends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dysperse free?
Dysperse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timeline with Friends free?
Timeline with Friends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dysperse or Timeline with Friends?
Timeline with Friends is rated higher. Dysperse averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Timeline with Friends averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dysperse or Timeline with Friends have ads?
Neither Dysperse nor Timeline with Friends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dysperse or Timeline with Friends?
Dysperse ships an update every 10 days, and Timeline with Friends daily. Most recently, Dysperse was updated on October 30, 2026 and Timeline with Friends on October 31, 2026.

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