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Time.Graphics and TimelineTraveler compared
Time.Graphics is a web-based timeline maker with a free plan, short paid passes, and pricing for teachers, students and companies.
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 Time.Graphics come from its own website, checked on September 24, 2026. Prices are in US dollars and can change.
Side by side
| Topic | Time.Graphics | TimelineTraveler |
|---|---|---|
| Paid access | $4.90 for 2 days, $18.90 a month, or $97.90 a year | Free plan. Creator is $8 a month ($72 a year) and Pro is $20 a month ($192 a year). |
| Education pricing | Teacher plans from $100 a year, lower at volume. Students $3 a year. | No school or student plans yet. Teachers can use any plan. |
| Export | Posters, high-resolution and transparent-background exports on paid access | PNG up to 3 times screen size with an optional transparent background, and PDF posters, on every plan |
| Maps | Maps and geolocation on events with paid access | A map link can be attached to an event |
What Time.Graphics has that we do not
- Short passes, such as $4.90 for 2 days, suit a one-off project.
- It has teacher, student and per-seat company pricing.
- Events can carry maps and geolocation.
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 Time.Graphics
Choose TimelineTraveler if you want a free plan with unlimited timelines, lanes for parallel stories, and a zoom that shows more events as you go in.
To move a timeline across, put its events in a spreadsheet with columns such as title, start, end and description, 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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