The core purpose of Timelinify is to quickly transform a topic or a piece of source text into an editable timeline, and to allow manual proofreading of events and dates before export.
Main capabilities:
- Generate a first-draft timeline from a topic or text: you can enter a topic you want to organize, or paste notes containing dated events, and the tool will generate a first draft in chronological order.
- View and edit events: you can open event cards to view the full text, correct dates and descriptions, and add missing events.
- View switching: supports switching between horizontal and vertical views.
- Export: with paid export access, you can download PNG, PDF, wide-format PDF, JSON, or CSV files.
How to use it: It is officially described as "create a timeline in three steps":
- Start with a topic or text: describe what you want to organize, enter a topic, or paste notes with dated events, and Timelinify generates a first draft arranged in chronological order.
- Check the details: open events to read the full text, correct dates and descriptions, add missing events, and switch between horizontal and vertical views.
- Download the timeline: choose a file format. According to the official description, with paid export access you can download PNG, PDF, wide-format PDF, JSON, or CSV; a $1 purchase unlocks export for one timeline.
The page also provides Starting points, where you can browse examples first and then use suggested instructions or write your own; starting points populate the input, and users can modify it before generating.
Use cases:
- History courses: build timelines for wars, empires, revolutions, biographies, inventions, civil rights, and world history topics.
- Project roadmaps: turn product launches, milestone plans, marketing campaigns, and implementation work into clear project timelines.
- Classroom assignments: create student timelines, course visuals, study guides, and presentation-ready sequential content based on topics or pasted notes.
- Company milestones: organize founding stories, product launches, funding rounds, brand moments, and public company narratives.
- Case chronology: arrange events, evidence dates, document events, and research notes into a clear chronological view.
- Stories and series: sort out fictional universes, release order, character arcs, Bible study themes, and pop culture timelines.
Billing and limits (based on information on the official page):
- After email verification, you get 10 bonus points.
- Each generation costs 2 points.
- Export is paid access: the official description says "a $1 purchase unlocks export for one timeline."
- Subscribing to Timeline Generator gives monthly generation points and unlimited exports.
- Other specific prices, point rules, or feature limits are not provided in the materials.