Chronos Notes vs Academia.edu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronos Notes
Organize historical notes and events into a visual, chronological timeline. Create timelines for any historical period or event, navigate through them, and use tags for easy searching and filtering.
- Chronological timeline creation
- Organize notes by date
- Navigate via timeline or event list
- Tagging for easy filtering
- Search historical events
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Chronos Notes offers a way to organize historical notes into a coherent, chronological timeline. Notes can be created in any order and Chronos Notes will arrange them into a timeline for you. Want to see the first world war mapped in time and place? What about the crusades? You can create any kind of historical events; Chronos Notes will help you organize them. You can navigate using the timeline or view events directly using the event list. Attaching tags to events will help you find them easily through filtering and search.
Academia.edu
Access a vast library of open-access research papers on your mobile device. Discover new studies, track mentions and readership of your work, and connect with fellow scholars. Explore millions of academic papers on diverse topics.
- Discover and read research
- Save research papers
- Track mentions and readership
- Search scholarly topics
- Connect with scholars
- View colleague activity
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Get the world’s largest open access library in your pocket with the Academia mobile app. Use the app to: - Discover, read and save new research - See who has mentioned you in their work. - See who is reading you papers and profiles. - Search for scholarly research on thousands of topics. - Find and connect with like-minded scholars - See what friends and colleagues are working on Academia.edu has over 23 million academic papers to explore from by millions of researchers around the world. Download the app to access your Academia.edu account whenever and wherever your curiosity strikes. __ Academia.edu Terms of Use: https://www.academia.edu/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Academia.edu at Free against Chronos Notes's $0.99. Academia.edu also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). Chronos Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). On ads 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
Academia.edu is free to download; Chronos Notes costs $0.99 up front. Academia.edu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Chronos Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Academia.edu holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Academia.edu has 17K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Chronos Notes's written reviews are positive against 74% of Academia.edu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chronos Notes ships an update every 9 months, Academia.edu every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronos Notes | Academia.edu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (17K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Wouter Arendsen | Academia.edu |
Customer experience
Chronos Notes
Academia.edu
Bugs and requests
Chronos Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Academia.edu
Reported bugs
3 issues- PDF files not loading properly
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Inconsistent behavior across platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Landscape mode support
- Improved search and filtering options
- Ability to bookmark and organize papers
- Better integration with other research tools
- More transparent pricing and subscription options
In-app purchases
Chronos Notes
No in-app purchases
Academia.edu
- Academia Premium - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Academia Premium - Annual$98.991 Year
- Academia Premium - Annual7 Days trial$98.991 Year
