Chronos Notes vs Epoch
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.
Epoch
Create interactive timelines to visualize historical events and understand their flow. This app allows for detailed event mapping, filtering, and includes auto-generated practice questions to measure learning outcomes. Users can also share their timelines with others.
- Create interactive timelines
- Map events from 100 billion BCE to 9999 CE
- Filter events by flags, tags, and time period
- Navigate events with horizontal swipes
- Toggle year display and flags
- Auto-generated practice questions
- Share timelines with friends
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Create your own historical timelines. Epoch is perfect for anyone who wants to organize historical events around a specific theme or study historical dates and chronology. Create Timelines • Color-code events by category • Organize related events with tags • Add your own mnemonics • Add events from 100 billion years ago to the year 9999 Memorize Dates • Study dates with a flashcard-style interface • Review events in random order Take Quizzes • Answer chronological ordering questions based on events in your timeline • Set a time limit for an extra challenge Use Filters • Flag events for review • Filter events by flags, tags, categories, and date range Share Timelines • Share your timeline or collaborate with others using iCloud • Export your timeline in CSV (Pro feature)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Epoch at Free against Chronos Notes's $0.99. Epoch also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months). Chronos Notes's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
Epoch is free to download; Chronos Notes costs $0.99 up front. Epoch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chronos Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chronos Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Chronos Notes's written reviews are positive against 82% of Epoch's.
Chronos Notes ships an update every 9 months, Epoch every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronos Notes | Epoch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Wouter Arendsen | Shu Kyogoku |
Customer experience
Chronos Notes
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In-app purchases
Chronos Notes
No in-app purchases
Epoch
- Upgrade to Pro version$7.99
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