Comparison

Timeline vs Next Time

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

Head to head
About

Timeline

This app combines scheduling, availability sharing, and booking into a private, device-first platform. Plan your day, week, and recurring routines with flexible notifications and a Home Screen widget. It prioritizes user privacy with optional syncing and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Device-first and private planning
  • Offline functionality
  • App Lock with Face ID/PIN
  • People and request management
  • Calendar integration (.ics, Apple Calendars)
  • Recurring events and multiple reminders
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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Timeline brings planning, availability sharing, and booking together in one private place. It syncs only when you choose to. Plan your day, your week, and your recurring routines in one calm view. Add Actions, Meetings, Events, and Reminders, then stay ahead with flexible notifications and a Home Screen widget that always shows what's next. DEVICE-FIRST & PRIVATE • Your events live on your device by default. No account is needed to get started. • Fully usable offline. Syncing is optional and only happens after you sign in. • App Lock opens Timeline with Face ID or a 4-digit PIN. PEOPLE & REQUESTS • Find people by name or @handle and keep the people you plan with close at hand. • Schedule a time with someone, or invite people to events by @handle and see who has accepted. • Request keeps what you've received, sent, and confirmed in one place. Accept, decline, or ask for a new time in a tap. • Share your Free Time only with the people you choose. You decide whether others can find you by name. CALENDARS THAT WORK TOGETHER • Import selected Apple Calendars and keep imported events refreshed. • When allowed, mirror edits or deletions of Apple-origin imported events back to Apple Calendar. • Subscribe to .ics feeds or import .ics files. PLAN WITH CONFIDENCE • Recurring events with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly patterns. • Multiple reminders per event, with per-event overrides. • Day, Week, and Month views built for quick scanning. Swipe between days and weeks. • Set an event's time zone, or let it follow you as you travel. • Follows your iPhone's text size and works with VoiceOver. • A Home Screen widget for your next event and the day ahead. OPTIONAL ACCOUNT FEATURES • Sign in for your public Signature page, booking page, and booking requests. Members can also sync their full calendar across devices and Timeline web. • Keep up to four Glass Workspace accounts on your iPhone, plus Local, and switch between them anytime. • See event weather for confirmed physical venues without sharing your device location. • Turn on Sealed Sync to encrypt supported titles, notes, and details on your device before they leave it. Timeline keeps planning simple, private, and entirely in your control. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://glassworkspace.com/timeline/privacy

About

Next Time

Features
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You remembered the question you wanted to ask on the drive home. Too late. Again. Next Time fixes that. It makes sure you remember when you see someone, not after. Next Time is a small notebook for the people in your life. When something comes to you, write it down in seconds: a thing to tell someone, ask them, bring them, or remember about them. Next time you see them, it's all there. Add a date or a reminder if you want one. Or don't. Some things just need a place to live. Ask how the move went. Bring back the slippers. Every note belongs to someone, so before a coffee, a call or a 1:1, one glance at their page tells you what you wanted to say. And once it's done, cross it out. About is the one that stays: the small facts that make someone who they are. Their allergies, the coffee order, the dog called Biscuit. It never gets marked done. It just grows. Private by design. No account, no sign-up. Your notes live in your own iCloud, sync between your devices, and never reach me. Lock the app if you like. Made by someone who still forgets to ask that one thing. But is working on it. Terms: https://thenexttime.app/terms Privacy: https://thenexttime.app/privacy

Screenshots

Timeline4 screens
Next Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timeline at every 4 days against Next Time's every 2 weeks. Timeline also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. Timeline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Next Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeline ships an update every 4 days, Next Time every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timeline versus Next Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelineNext Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarlowe Emrys LLCVerena Ortlieb

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timeline

Subscriptions2
  • Plus$10.001 Month
  • Member$25.001 Month
3 purchases

Next Time

Subscriptions2
  • Next Time Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Next Time Pro Yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Next Time Pro Lifetime$88.99

Questions

Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Next Time free?
Next Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timeline or Next Time have ads?
Neither Timeline nor Next Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeline or Next Time?
Timeline ships an update every 4 days, and Next Time every 2 weeks. Most recently, Timeline was updated on October 31, 2026 and Next Time on October 31, 2026.

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