Comparison

PixelPlan vs The Life Timeline

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

Head to head
About

PixelPlan

Features
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PixelPlan turns everyday planning into a quest board you actually want to complete. Built for Apple users who want more than a flat to-do list, PixelPlan combines tasks, recurring plans, calendar structure, streak motivation, widgets, and pixel-art progression in one focused productivity loop. Create quests, organize them by category and due date, and track your momentum across the day, week, and month. Every completed task helps you earn XP and Gold, grow your active hero, and unlock visual rewards that make progress feel visible. PixelPlan keeps productivity first while adding a playful RPG layer: - Create one-off and recurring tasks - Organize your day with dashboard and calendar views - Track streaks, stats, and progression - Earn XP and Gold from real work - Grow your hero and unlock themes - Stay on track with widgets PixelPlan Pro unlocks premium shop access, letting you buy premium heroes and themes with Gold while Pro is active. Privacy Policy: https://metehancanpolat.site/pixelplan/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://metehancanpolat.site/pixelplan/terms/

About

The Life Timeline

Features
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Your life has a finite number of weeks. This app shows you exactly how many. Please note: The base Life Timeline is free to use forever, including all cloud backup and syncing features. A premium annual subscription is required to unlock advanced features like custom themes, artwork exports, and multiple timeline archives. Open The Life Timeline and it snaps directly to This Weekβ€”your fixed position in an infinite scroll that stretches from the week you were born to the week of your 100th birthday. Scroll up, and the past fades into a gentle archival haze. Scroll down, and the future unfolds as a concrete, numbered runway: not an abstract "someday," but an exact count. A Different Kind of Calendar Most apps treat your schedule as an infinite list of things to do. The Life Timeline treats it as what it actually is: a finite resource you're spending right now. Sync your Apple calendar and every future event transforms into a distance: You are 14 weeks from your anniversary. You are 312 weeks from your planned retirement. Tag anything with # and the app calculates the exact weight of the gap. The infinite scroll of social media replaced with the finite scroll of your own existence. Your Data Is a File You Own Most journaling apps store your life in a database on their servers. When they close, change pricing, or get acquiredβ€”your memories go with them. The Life Timeline stores everything as a standard, human-readable Markdown file on your own iCloud, No proprietary format. No account required. If this app disappeared tomorrow, you'd still have every note, every tag, every memory in a file you can open on any device, in any text editor, for the rest of your life. Built for Three Kinds of People - The Data Sovereign: You self-host. You use iCloud for everything personal. You want a life-planning app that stores data in a format you actually control. - The Practical Stoic: You practice Memento Mori to sharpen your priorities. You need to see the geometry of your remaining weeks to make better decisions today. - The Legacy Builder: You think in decades. You want daily calendar entries to automatically become part of a generational archive you can hand to your children. Features - Infinite vertical scroll from birth to your 100th birthday snaps to This Week - Zoom levels: Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year, Decade - Live calendar sync with Apple Calendar - @ events and # tags with automatic week-distance calculations - Notes stored as plain Markdown readable by any text editor - Free Cloud Sync: Seamlessly sync across iCloud - Memory Canvas (Pro): Export any week or event as a shareable artwork - Extra Timelines (Pro): Run separate named timelines (e.g., project, creative) - Birthday markers, decade boundaries, and age sublabels throughout - Search across all your notes and events instantly - Zero tracking scripts. Zero analytics. Zero data collection. Pro Annual Subscription to Unlock Annually ($3.99) A premium annual subscription unlocks full access to: - All 17 Pro themes: Cartographer, Deep Space, Neon Noir, Blueprint, and 13 more. - Memory Canvas: Shareable artwork exports. - Extra Timelines: Multiple named life archives. Subscription Information: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This is an automatically renewing annual subscription. Your subscription will automatically renew each year unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your App Store Account Settings. The Life Timeline is independent software. No venture capital. No growth targets. No incentive to monetize your attention. Just a tool built to be genuinely useful. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PixelPlan4 screens
The Life Timeline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: The Life Timeline at 15.0 against PixelPlan's 17.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. PixelPlan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and The Life Timeline sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
PixelPlan versus The Life Timeline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelPlanThe Life Timeline
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size66 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetehan CANPOLATETHAN KYLE HELGAGER

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PixelPlan

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
1 purchases

The Life Timeline

Subscriptions1
  • Life Timeline Pro$3.991 Year

Questions

Is PixelPlan free?
PixelPlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Life Timeline free?
The Life Timeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PixelPlan or The Life Timeline have ads?
Neither PixelPlan nor The Life Timeline shows ads.

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