Comparison

Timelined vs Being

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

Head to head
About

Timelined

Organize and visualize personal events, historical data, or project schedules with rich details, photos, and location support. Offers multiple view modes and export options for easy sharing and analysis.

Highlights
  • Rich event metadata with flexible date precision
  • Location support with map integration
  • Photo attachments per event
  • Hierarchical event organization
  • Advanced filtering and search options
  • Multiple view modes (Timeline, List, Map)
  • Export to PDF, Markdown, Image, and CSV
Features
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Timelined is the ultimate timeline management app for iOS, designed for anyone who wants to document, organise, and visualise events with precision and depth. Whether you're tracking personal milestones, building historical timelines, managing project schedules, or chronicling family events, Timelined gives you the power to create rich, detailed timelines that bring your stories to life. POWERFUL EVENT MANAGEMENT Create events with comprehensive details that go far beyond simple dates and titles. Every event in Timelined supports: • Rich Metadata: Title, subtitle, and detailed descriptions • Flexible Date Precision: Choose the right level of detail for any event: - Full date and time precision for exact moments - Date-only precision for events without specific times - Month and year for approximate dates - Year-only for historical events • Location Support: Add locations with map integration and precise coordinates • Photo Attachments: Capture moments with multiple photos per event • External References: Link to web resources, documents, or sources • Hierarchical Organisation: Create parent-child relationships to organize complex events with sub-events COMPREHENSIVE ORGANISATION Never lose track of your events with Timelined's powerful organization system: • Categories: High-level grouping (Work, Personal, Travel, etc.) with custom colors • Event Types: Specific classifications (Meeting, Milestone, Vacation, etc.) with custom symbols • Tags: Flexible labels for cross-category organization • People: Track individuals associated with events with photos and custom colors • Parent-Child Relationships: Build sophisticated event hierarchies to represent complex timelines ADVANCED FILTERING & SEARCH Find exactly what you're looking for with multiple filtering options: • Date Range Filters: Filter by time periods (last 30 days, this year, custom ranges, before/after dates) • Content Filters: Filter by categories, types, tags, people, or parent events • Text Search: Search across titles, subtitles, descriptions, and metadata • Location Search: Find events by location or address • Saved Filters: Save frequently used filter combinations for quick access MULTIPLE VIEW MODES View your timeline in the way that makes the most sense for you: • Timeline Mode: Chronological view with year headers • Timeline by Year: Grouped by year for historical timelines • List Mode: Compact list view for quick browsing • Map View: See your events plotted on a map EXPORT & SHARING Share your timelines in multiple formats: • PDF Export: Generate beautiful PDFs with all event details • Markdown Export: Export events as Markdown for documentation • Image Export: Create shareable timeline images • CSV Export: Export all events for analysis in spreadsheets INTEGRATION & AUTOMATION Timelined supports URL scheme integration, allowing you to create events programmatically from other apps or automation tools. Perfect for workflows that need to log events automatically. FREE & PREMIUM TIERS FREE TIER - Perfect for Getting Started The free tier includes everything you need to explore Timelined's powerful features with up to 10 events. PREMIUM TIER - Unlimited Events Unlock unlimited events with our flexible premium options: • Lifetime purchase - One-time payment for unlimited events forever • Monthly subscription - Flexible monthly access • Annual subscription - Best value with significant savings PERFECT FOR • Personal History: Document life events, milestones, and memories • Historical Research: Organise historical events with precise documentation • Travel Journals: Document trips and adventures with locations • Event Planning: Organise complex events with sub-events • Biography Projects: Chronicle a person's life events TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY: https://knowledge.shakingthehabitual.com/en/article/197-timelined-privacy-policy

About

Being

Features
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HTML is a better content container. Exist is a local reader and library built around HTML. It helps you save webpages, documents, notes, and AI-generated content as local HTML files for reading, organizing, and long-term preservation. We chose HTML not because it is complex, but because it is open, stable, and close enough to the real structure of reading. A piece of content is never just text — it also includes headings, paragraphs, hierarchy, images, links, quotes, and context. Compared to plain text or Markdown, HTML preserves these details better; compared to platform bookmarks, it is lighter and freer, able to be saved, migrated, and archived as a local file. Here, HTML is no longer just a page in a browser, but personal material that can be archived, migrated, translated, and exported. You can save important webpages as offline snapshots, turn documentation, study notes, and generated content into local files, and build your own library organized by folders. Exist does not try to replace the browser, nor does it turn knowledge management into a complex system. It is more like a quiet reading space: bringing content back to local storage from temporary links, chat windows, and scattered bookmarks, in a lightweight, clear, and long-lasting way. AI features require you to configure your own API Key. The Key is stored in the local system Keychain and is never uploaded to Exist's servers — more secure, and more controllable. The Pro version unlocks the translation overlay and PDF export. One-time purchase, yours forever.

Screenshots

Timelined4 screens
Being4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Being at daily against Timelined's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Timelined sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Being sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelined ships an update every 8 days, Being daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Timelined versus Being: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelinedBeing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStuart Marshall伟 唐

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timelined

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime purchase$24.99
1 purchases

Being

One-time1
  • Being Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Timelined free?
Timelined is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Being free?
Being is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timelined or Being have ads?
Neither Timelined nor Being shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelined or Being?
Timelined ships an update every 8 days, and Being daily. Most recently, Timelined was updated on October 15, 2026 and Being on October 6, 2026.

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