Comparison

Sparkstep vs Timeline

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

Head to head
About

Sparkstep

Features
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Sparkstep is a focus timer and routine planner designed for ADHD brains - low clutter, dopamine-aware, and calm by design. No account, no cloud, fully offline. WHY FOCUSFLOW - Built for ADHD: visual time, one task at a time, instant rewards. - Low stimulation: generous whitespace and gentle motion so you can think. - Private and offline: everything stays on your device. VISUAL FOCUS TIMER - A shrinking disc shows your time at a glance - easier than reading digits. - Adjustable focus and break lengths, Pomodoro-style rounds. - "One task right now" field keeps you anchored. - Park-a-thought button: capture a distraction, let it go, come back. - Optional ambient sound (white noise, brown noise, rain) and a celebration when you finish. ROUTINES, ONE STEP AT A TIME - Build morning, work-start and wind-down routines as ordered steps. - Run mode shows ONLY the current step, so the rest never overwhelms you. - Per-step timers, big check-off, progress bar, and ready-made templates. TODAY: NOW / NEXT / LATER - Three simple buckets instead of an endless backlog. - Quick capture, "eat the frog" highlight, estimated vs actual time. - Unfinished tasks roll over to today automatically. INSIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS - Focus minutes, sessions, routine streaks and your best focus time of day. - A GitHub-style consistency heatmap and weekly comparison. - Dozens of achievements to keep momentum going. MADE YOUR WAY - English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. - Reduce-motion and low-stimulation options. - Export and import your data anytime. Sparkstep is a productivity and focus aid, not a medical or clinical tool. Download Sparkstep and make focus feel doable.

About

Timeline

Features
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Your day is a line. Draw it. Timeline turns your calendar into a picture you drew yourself. Sketch any line with your finger and your events appear along it as colored dots, placed by time. A red tick crosses the line right where you are now, so one glance tells you what is done and what is next. Many people naturally picture time as a shape. A day can feel like a path, an arc, a scribble. It's common for people to imagine time spatially in their minds. Timeline makes that instinct real: instead of a grid of boxes, your day becomes a line shape you can read spatially. Features: - Draw your day as any line you like, then redraw it whenever you want - Events from your calendars appear as dots along the line, with names - A red now marker shows exactly where you are in your day - Home screen widgets in three sizes show your drawing, always with event names - Flip between days, or jump around with the month view - Choose which calendars appear and the hours your line covers - Works with every calendar account on your iPhone, including Google - Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no backend Privacy policy: https://nftstory.life/timeline/privacy Terms of use: https://nftstory.life/timeline/terms Support: https://nftstory.life/timeline/support

Screenshots

Sparkstep4 screens
Timeline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Timeline at none against Sparkstep's shown. Sparkstep's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Sparkstep versus Timeline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparkstepTimeline
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Daily
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFerran EspunaNftstory

In-app purchases

None

Sparkstep

No in-app purchases

None

Timeline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sparkstep free?
Sparkstep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sparkstep or Timeline have ads?
Sparkstep shows ads; Timeline does not.

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