Timeline Maker vs Stilo Markdown Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Timeline Maker
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Timeline Maker turns a list of events into a clean vertical timeline β automatically. Export the finished timeline as a tall image (PNG) and share it straight to social media or messaging. β Great for - Mapping out your favorite artist's history to share with fellow fans - Keeping your own life story and memories in one timeline - Showing a project or event flow at a glance β Features - Just add events β they sort by date automatically - Choose precision per event: year only, year-month, or full date - Add emoji or photos from your device - Export as a tall image (Instagram Story 9:16 and more) - Change the look instantly with themes - All data stays on your device (no server upload) β Free features Creating, editing, and exporting (with a watermark) are free, with no additional cost. β Premium (requires in-app purchase) The following features are unlocked only through the paid "Premium" in-app purchase: watermark removal, unlimited timelines and items, extra themes, and high-resolution / long exports. You can buy Premium inside the app as either: - A one-time purchase (pay once, unlocked forever) - A yearly subscription (with a 7-day free trial) - A monthly subscription Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime from the app or your App Store settings. Please do not use third-party copyrighted images or likenesses without permission. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hecuhecu.github.io/apps/timeline-maker/privacy/
Stilo Markdown Editor
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What you write stays a file. Stilo is a Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad. It keeps no library of its own. It opens the .md files already sitting in Files and iCloud Drive, and saves them right back. The same file still opens on your Mac and in every other app. WHAT IT DOES Your files stay yours. Edit Markdown on this iPhone, in iCloud Drive or on another cloud service. Nothing to import, nothing to export. The name and location of the open file sit at the top of the screen, and you can rename the file without leaving the editor. EAST ASIAN TYPOGRAPHY - Vertical text preview. Read your work in vertical columns, just as it appears in print - Ruby annotation. Write |εζ΅·ιγγ»γ£γγγ©γγ and it renders as ruby text above the base characters: furigana, zhuyin, pinyin or Korean readings - Tate-chu-yoko. Two-digit numbers stay upright inside vertical text - Page counts. Count in 400-character manuscript sheets, Taiwanese gaozhi, Korean wongoji or 250 words per page, or set your own grid - Writing goals, with progress on the status line A SCREEN THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY - Markdown syntax is drawn in a lighter colour so the text itself stays readable - A tag toolbar above the keyboard inserts headings, bold, quotes and ruby with one tap. Reorder it, add to it, or cut it down - Find and replace, with a match count, previous and next, and a Match Case switch - Characters, characters excluding spaces, the full-width and half-width split, lines and words EXPORT HTML export is free. PDF export keeps the vertical layout and the ruby exactly as you see them. Choose A4, Letter, Legal and other paper sizes. PRIVACY Stilo collects no personal information. There are no analytics SDKs and no advertising. The developer runs no servers, so the only place your writing goes is the cloud you chose yourself. ABOUT STILO PRO Editing, preview, find and replace, reading and writing files, character and word counts, and HTML export are free. Vertical text preview, ruby conversion, page counts and goals, PDF export, and themes with font import come with Stilo Pro. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Buy it once and it works on every iPhone and iPad signed in with the same Apple ID. If the free version covers what you need, keep using it. Stilo Pro isn't required for writing; it's for reading and publishing your work in typeset form. ABOUT REPOSITORY ACCESS (sold separately, one-time purchase) Open the Markdown files in your GitHub repositories as they are, edit them, and save with a commit message. If a file changed elsewhere first, Stilo tells you instead of overwriting it. This is not a Git client: no branching, merging, history or diffs. It is focused on writing the manuscripts that live in your repository. Repository Access is independent of Stilo Pro; you can buy either one on its own. Your GitHub access token is stored only on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stilo Markdown Editor at none against Timeline Maker's shown. Timeline Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Timeline Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Stilo Markdown Editor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Timeline Maker ships an update fortnightly, Stilo Markdown Editor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timeline Maker | Stilo Markdown Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hiroki kawamura | Sohshi Sasao |
In-app purchases
Timeline Maker
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$34.99
Stilo Markdown Editor
- Repository Access$3.99
- Stilo Pro$6.99
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