News & Updates

Versions 3.9 (Mac) and 1.6 (iPad/iPhone) are now out, focused on making better-looking and more navigable timelines! Collapse any section to a thin strip; expand it with a click. Set highlight and background opacities, to see what’s behind them. Apply new striped patterns to event bars. Bookmark events to quickly scroll them into view from the new Bookmarks menu. Plus some updates to printing (on Mac) and some bug fixes (on iPad/iPhone); check out the release notes for details and screenshots!

Bring your timelines with you anywhere! The app formerly known as “TimeStory iPad Edition” is now TimeStory for iPad and iPhone.

It’s still one app, the existing in-app purchases now unlock both platforms, and every feature on iPad now appears on iPhone (except hardware-specific ones like Apple Pencil support). I re-examined the entire user interface to make it not only fit, but adapt smartly all the way from iPhone mini in portrait mode up to the biggest Pro Max in landscape mode.

Check out the release notes for full details!

It was a wonderful holiday surprise to find TimeStory included in “Got an Apple computer for Christmas? Here are 6 apps and games to try with that new Mac” on Fast Company! Michael Grothaus, the author, called it “one of the best Mac apps I’ve discovered in years” in the review. (And it’s incredible to be in the same list as apps like Pixelmator Pro!)

This quick update fixes one bug introduced in 3.8 and 1.4. For people using certain language and region settings on their Mac or iPad, picking a date in the Inspector could actually crash or hang the app. Apologies for missing this in my code and testing, and thanks to the customer who emailed me with the bug report!

TimeStory 3.8 and TimeStory iPad Edition 1.4 are now out! There are improvements across the apps, including a new light theme for iPad, a new dark icon for iPadOS 18, and small bug fixes throughout. People making timelines of ancient history or prehistory will find the biggest change in capabilities, with a vastly expanded date range and improvements to the entry and display of dates. Check out the full (and rather long) release notes for full details.

This update to both apps adds file-level password protection for sensitive timelines. Just choose File > Set Password, give the file a password, and it will encrypt your file’s contents on disk and require that password to open that file in the future. This can be useful when sending sensitive or personal information to others, or storing it on a computer or cloud service that others might have access to. (Take care not to lose your passwords though; there’s no way to recover one!)

It also fixes a few bugs on each platform. Have a look at the release notes for details!

TimeStory iPad Edition V1.2 is now out! This adds new haptic feedback and hover features for supported hardware, like the new Apple Pencil Pro. It’s a nice improvement to pencil-based timeline editing! V1.2 also brings some other smaller improvements, and fixes some important bugs.

Find full details in the release notes!

TimeStory recently received a great review on Lifehacker; go check it out! Thanks to reviewer Justin Pot, who took the time to learn and use the app and write a thoughtful review.

He’s been reviewing a variety of focused indie apps; make sure to scroll through his other articles and check them out as well!

Version 1.1 of the iPad edition is now out! This version adds CSV import and export, so you can move event data to and from other apps. It also adds support for configuring a timeline’s date format and language, overriding the system settings. (These are all features in the Mac edition already.) It also fixes a a few bugs found in 1.0. Find full details and screenshots on the Release Notes page!