Create beautifully organised, data rich timelines for every project: packed with templates and features for creative writing, project management, legal case management, and research and education projects.
Free read-only mode:
- Aeon Timeline is free to download and use in read-only mode to view timelines shared by other users.
Buy Aeon Timeline, own it forever:
- Unlock editing across up to 5 devices (MacOS, iOS and Windows) with an in-app purchase.
- Each purchase comes with a year of free updates.
- Renew to unlock further updates, or continue using your existing version forever
- Renew updates at any time without penalty
SAME DATA, MANY VIEWS:
In Aeon Timeline, create your data once and visualise it any number of ways:
* Timeline View: a graphical representation of events across time
* Relationship View: a matrix showing how your events relate to people and places
* Spreadsheet View: rapid data entry to get down your ideas
* Subway View: shows how individual threads of people, story arcs and concepts are intertwined
* Narrative View: a graphical depiction of an independent narrative order and structure
* Outline View: a spreadsheet-like outline display of your narrative structure
* Mindmap View: a free-form space to brainstorm ideas and create visual representations of relationships
FOR WRITERS:
Whether you are just starting your next writing project or looking to edit and refine the next great novel, Aeon Timeline helps you understand your story world like never before
* Connect events in your story timeline with characters and setting.
* Arrange events into story arcs and themes
* Track character ages and developments through back story and live scenes
* Drag events from your timeline into a story outline
* On desktop, sync your narrative and characters with your writing project in Scrivener (Mac/Win) or Ulysses (Mac-only)
* Story set off-world? No problem, build your own fantasy calendar
FOR PROJECT MANAGERS:
Break free of gantt charts with a range of views to visualise your project plan in new ways.
* Quickly break down your project structure in Spreadsheet View
* Organise tasks into hierarchies of stories, epics and projects
* Assign people and resources to tasks; use split views and filters to compare progress across projects or people
* Use date constraints and dependencies to keep your project in logical order
* Add your own custom fields to track the data you need
FOR LEGAL CASE MANAGEMENT:
Create a visual representation of your legal case for clearer insights and court room presentations
* Map connections between known events and facts with specific people, places, and documents involved
* Use stacked split views to compare and corroborate different versions of events, and analyse theories of your legal case
* Use dependencies and constraints to find inconsistencies in testimonies and evidence
* Represent uncertainty by specifying earliest/latest ranges for event start and end dates.
* Use Narrative View to prepare your legal argument for trial with supporting links back to the original data
* Export images and PDFs of your timeline to present during a case
FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION:
History is not just about events, but the people, places and ideas that connect them.
* View how people, ideas and advances in culture and technology are connected using Relationship and Subway Views.
* Use stacked split views to compare timelines for different civilizations, innovations, or historical figures.
* Create content specific to your needs by expanding on our starting education templates
* Represent uncertainty by specifying earliest/latest ranges for event start and end dates.
* Record dates and times down to the second, or simply record months or years.
* Print and display your timelines for classrooms. Export images/PDFs to share in presentations or articles.
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Aeon Timeline 3
$64.99
Updates: One Year
$34.99
Updates: Subscription
$34.99
Aeon Timeline 3 + Subscription
$34.99
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Complicated but worth it
While it has a bit of a learning curve, Aeon Timeline won me over for a few key reasons: 1) Robust timeline feature coupled with a narrative layout 2)Multiple flexible views of the data from timelines to relationships to mindmaps 3) Integration with Ulysses which I already used (though darn, not iOS) 4) Very affordable price for all these features 5) Read only access to files if subscription lapses 6) the “pay as you need it” model — while I get perpetual subscriptions help pay devs, sometimes you don’t need every new bell and whistle. This model allows me to keep using the software as I need it until it either ceases to work on the hardware I own or has a feature I just can’t live without.
This is incentive for both me and the devs — for me to keep using it because it has what I need and I don’t feel forced to pay, but also to the devs to keep a steady stream of features in the queue to incentivize me to pay again.
Bravo Aeon team. Keep up the good work.
Simply Overpriced
$64 to purchase and that doesn’t cover lifetime updates. Its a scam to try and trap writers into paying for trash software. Free trial doesn’t work.
please give us a BP (before present) option
One of the biggest issues I'm having with creating timelines is not being able to use BP. Some dates are just known with the BP or YA scale and having to transfer it mentally to BCE is too much when there's a lot to keep track of.
Fantastic App
Took me one day to know that this was the app for me. Has everything I need to keep my notes straight and let’s me manage my thoughts across my mobile devices and my laptop. Absolutely brilliant
Great for timelines, but also story mapping and world building!
I am really happy with this purchase. It’s just what I needed for world building and story writing. This program is feature rich and customizable, and I use it on my phone, tablet, and desktop. I am also pleased with the one-time fee model with an option to subscribe for updates at a discount after the first year. Syncing works well with Dropbox, which I prefer since I don’t have a Mac. I had no trouble with the free trial, but I started on my computer with the desktop version.
Disappointed
I tried to demo this app before buying. I downloaded it one day ago. Today, I went to try it out and it says my free trial is over and I have to buy it to use it! Won’t be using this program!
Fantastic app that complements Mac version
I’ve used timeline since version 1 and version 3 is a game changer. Incredible tool for novels, world building, and tracking plots, arcs, characters, etc.. The flexibility is unmatched and very well thought through. The UI is fantastic, intuitive, and elegant. Very i press I’ve tool!
Ummm yeah don’t download
I attempted to use the 14 day free trial and got charged 64$ a few days later. 6 days hadn’t even passed and now I can’t get a refund.
Great for Novel Writing
In the writing group, I am in; everybody seems to be talking about Aeon Timeline. So I did a little research checking reviews, especially one by an anthropologist, and concluded this was for me. I used it for an hour and am in love with it. Does it have a steep learning curve-a little? If you spent a short amount of time with it and went through its tutorial, you would be good to go.
They are subscription-based. In this case, it is not a pejorative term. Pay once, and it is yours forever. If you want to upgrade after a year, it's your choice. What more can you ask.
