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Tiki-Toki and TimelineTraveler compared
Tiki-Toki is a browser-based timeline maker from Webalon. It offers several views, including a category band view and a 3D view.
TimelineTraveler is an interactive timeline you can zoom from billions of years ago down to a single minute, with parallel lanes for stories that happen at the same time.
Facts about Tiki-Toki come from its own website, checked on September 24, 2026. Prices are in US dollars and can change.
Side by side
| Topic | Tiki-Toki | TimelineTraveler |
|---|---|---|
| Views | Several views, including horizontal, category bands and 3D | A zoomable chart with lanes, plus a list view |
| Free plan | 1 timeline | Unlimited timelines of up to 5,000 events each. Share up to 3 at once, with embeds and CSV import included. |
| Paid plans | Bronze is $9.50 a month for up to 5 timelines and 5,000 embed views a month. Silver is $25 a month for up to 25 timelines and 20,000 embed views a month. | Creator is $8 a month for unlimited shared timelines. Embed views are not capped. |
| Education | Teacher plan at $150 a year, including 50 student accounts | No student accounts yet. Teachers can use any plan. |
| Group editing | On paid plans | One co-editor per timeline for free, any number on Creator and Pro |
What Tiki-Toki has that we do not
- It has a 3D timeline view.
- Its teacher plan includes 50 student accounts.
- Each time period can have its own colour and background picture.
What TimelineTraveler does
- More events appear as you zoom in
- An event opens to show the events inside it when it is wide enough on screen, from billions of years ago down to a single minute.
- Parallel lanes
- Each lane is a row with its own name and colour on one shared time axis, so readers see what happened in each at the same moment.
- Sources on every event
- Each event can list links, titles and quotes. Events from an AI draft are marked unverified until you check them.
- Start without an account
- Open the editor and build a timeline. It is stored in your browser until you sign in.
Moving from Tiki-Toki
Choose TimelineTraveler if you want unlimited timelines on the free plan, embeds without a monthly view cap, or a zoom from deep time down to a single minute.
To move a timeline across, put its events in a spreadsheet, save it as a CSV file, and import it in the editor.
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Try it with your own events
Open the editor and import a CSV, or start a blank timeline. You do not need an account to start.
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