Tuesday Tech Tools: 12 Timeline Makers
/Aeon Timeline
A desktop timeline creation tool especially for creative writers. $50 per license.
BEEDOCS Timesline 3D
Build family trees, and other timelines. iOS only. Free with certain in-app purchases.
Dipity
Embeddable timeline generator w/photos and text. Sample.
Office Timeline
A free PowerPoint add-on that helps you create charts and timelines.
Preceden (formally Time Glider)
Create web-based timelines using images & videos. Easy-to-use.
Sutori
A tool for teachers and students to craft historical timelines combining graphics, video, audio, text, quizzes, and more. Drag and drop little boxes of content. Built for collaborative efforts. Basic accounts are free or paid account with more features $49 a year.
Tiki-Toki
Web-based data-focused timeline maker. Easy-to-use. Free to students while paid accounts run from $5-24 a month with more options.
Timeline Maker
Lots of options but a bit of a learning curve. Not cheap: Starts at $49 for a single-user edu license.
TimelineJS
Knight Lab’s free tools to build visually-rich interactive timelines. It can pull in media from different sources such as Twitter, Flickr, Google Maps, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, etc. The process for making one involves filling out a supplied spreadsheet template.
TimeMapper
Timelines and maps. Sample video here.
TimeToast
Nice visualization for historical timelines but no customization. Good for teachers and students. Free version or more templates starting at $5.99 a month.
Xtimeline
Creates timelines.