Time is the most precious resource that we have in our lives. The way you decide to spend your time has a paramount effect on your life.
I personally wasn't happy with the way I was spending my time, so I decided to build a tool to help myself and others figure out a way to become more efficient. Timelines has been enabling me and other users understand where our time is actually going, helping us improve our routines and achieve more in our lives. I sincerely believe it can do the same for you. – Lukas Petr, independent developer of Timelines
Timelines has been featured by Apple in New Apps We Love section, and highlighted on Product Hunt, 9To5Mac, MacStories, WatchAware, and AppAdvice.
These are the steps that you go through when using Timelines: 1. Track your time. 2. See where it goes. Discover how some of it gets wasted. 3. Improve your routine. Reduce time-wasting activities, increase efficiency. 4. Repeat.
The main features of Timelines
• Interactive timeline – See the big picture of weeks and months or the nitty gritty details of specific days. • Track any activity – You can create a 'timeline' for anything you want. Just type a name, pick a color and you're ready to start tracking it. • Quick time tracking – You can start and stop timers with just 1 tap. • Today widget – Save yourself time by starting timers directly from the lock screen. Just swipe left and tap to start a specific timer. • Statistics – See where your time goes on a pie chart. Quickly change interval by scrolling on the timeline. • Reminders – Help yourself get into the habit of using timers. Get notified to start/stop timers after a certain time of activity/inactivity. You can also act on reminders directly in the notification, or mute them for the rest of the day. • Exporting to files – Export to highly visual PDF which is ready to be printed, or CSV which is perfect for further processing.
Additional features
• Subcategories – If you want more detailed records, you can assign names to each tracked event and then see breakdown of them • Simultaneous timers – If you go all in on time tracking, there can be situations when you need to track two things at once. For example: listening to podcasts while cooking dinner. • Untracked time in Statistics – If you decide to track most of what you're doing, with this option you can see how much time is unaccounted for. • Color-based approach – You can assign a specific color to each activity, which makes visualizations easy to grasp. • Set start of the week – Sunday, Monday or any other day. • Archive old timelines – Keep your list of activities current and relevant by archiving old timelines. • Change Time format – Choose from hours and minutes, hours decimal; or days, hours and minutes. • App badge - Timelines icon on your home screen can show a red badge when a time tracking is active. • Filter projects visible on the timeline to drill down on specific ones or see them all at once.
Apple Watch app
With Timelines for Apple Watch, you can quickly start and stop timers directly on your wrist. • Complication – Launch the watch app quickly and see timer progress directly on your watch face. • Haptic feedback – Helps you build up the habit of using timers on the watch. • Set event names using dictation, or choose from recent ones. • Change start time and end time of timers with the digital crown.
Start taking control of your time today. It only takes a few days of tracking to start uncovering ways to maximize your time and productivity.
I love building Timelines, and a big part of my vision is to listen closely to users and incorporate their feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to me at lukas@timelinesapp.io. – Lukas Petr, author of Timelines
What's New
Version History
1.8.5
Watch app • fixed a small issue on the Apple Watch Series 4 40mm version: screens for changing start and end times were not working properly. • small enhancement: when you enter a title or notes for the tracked event, the time tracking screen now scrolls to show it.
1.8.4
Watch app - fixed time tracking screen not scrollable when first presented on watchOS 5. I'm sorry about this issue! –Lukas
1.8.3
Compatibility with iOS 12 and watchOS 5. Support for the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone Xr, and Apple Watch Series 4.
1.8.2
Make the best use of your time with Timelines. Update 1.8.2 brings these improvements:
• Added Haptic feedback to make the experience of using Timelines more immersive (works on iPhone 7 and newer). • Fixed: Toolbar in the list of Timelines was sometimes broken on iPhone X. • Improved handling of in-call (larger) status bar. • Cards now have slightly more rounded corners, to better fit with the iPhone X aesthetics.
1.8.1
Make the best use of your time with Timelines. Update 1.8 brings these improvements:
• User Guide Get actionable tips on how to get started with time tracking. Learn how to use Timelines, from basics to the more advanced features, along with some time-saving tips.
• Watch face complications now show the color of the tracked timeline on multicolor watch faces • It's now possible to swipe anywhere to go from pie chart to the event names breakdown
• Improved onboarding experience • Improved confirmation sheet of deleting a timeline • Revamped visible timelines picker • Other small improvements
Update 1.8.1 fixes a problem accidentally introduced in 1.8: App was crashing in Edit Event screen when '+end' is tapped and Event name tip is displayed.
As always, if you enjoy this update and want to support further development of Timelines, writing a review or rating on the App Store would be much appreciated! Thank you, - Lukas
1.8
Make the best use of your time with Timelines. Update 1.8 brings these improvements:
• User Guide Get actionable tips on how to get started with time tracking. Learn how to use Timelines, from basics to the more advanced features, along with some time-saving tips.
• Watch face complications now show the color of the tracked timeline on multicolored watch faces • It's now possible to swipe anywhere to go from pie chart to the event names breakdown
• Improved onboarding experience • Improved confirmation sheet of deleting a timeline • Revamped visible timelines picker • Other small improvements
As always, if you enjoy this update and want to support further development of Timelines, writing a review or rating on the App Store would be much appreciated! Thank you, - Lukas
1.7.1
Make the best use of your time with Timelines. Update 1.7 brings these improvements:
• Events log See a clear list of events with their start and end times, durations, full names, and notes. You can filter by timelines or search for any text. This is an alternative to the timeline view.
• Welcome screen - Added a hint of how to zoom on the timeline • Reminders - inactive timer reminders now take into account changes to the last event • Widget - Fixed occasional crashing • Fixed rare bug of disappearing timelines list in the Apple Watch app • Many other small fixes and enhancements.
Update 1.7.1 brings a slew of refinements and fixes: • Fixed crash of the Widget when collapsed and a timer below is active • Cells in Edit Event screen are now deselected when keyboard is dismissed interactively • Fixed jumping up and down when typing notes in Edit Event screen • Fixed visual glitch when the app comes to the foreground and centering on the present moment is active. • Fixed simultaneous timer setting not being propagated to Today widget the first time it's set. • Fixed centering on present moment upon rotation to landscape on iPhone X.
As always, I hope you enjoy this update. I've put a lot of work into it and I'm excited about the progress that has been made. - Lukas, creator of Timelines
1.7
Make the best use of your time with Timelines. Update 1.7 brings these improvements:
• Events log See a clear list of events with their start and end times, durations, full names, and notes. You can filter by timelines or search for any text. This is an alternative to the timeline view.
• Welcome screen - Added a hint of how to zoom on the timeline • Reminders - inactive timer reminders now take into account changes to the last event • Widget - Fixed occasional crashing • Fixed rare bug of disappearing timelines list in the Apple Watch app • Many other small fixes and enhancements.
As always, I hope you enjoy this update. I've put a lot of work into it and I'm excited about the progress that has been made. - Lukas, creator of Timelines
1.6.3
• Event prompting settings are now respected in widget even without changing them in Settings. • Reminder settings enabled during onboarding now correctly have 'timer active' reminder set. • Watch app - Fixed start time not updating in the complication when changed in the app. • Watch app - Fixed problems with modular large complication.
1.6.2
Full compatibility with iPhone X!
1.6.1
This version includes fixes for a few of the issues in the Apple Watch app that started happening with watchOS 4: • Fixed: timelines list sometimes not loading on watchOS 4. • Fixed: adjusting start and end times. • Fixed: timer not updating after opening watch app using the complication. • Fixed: time tracking screen presented multiple times after opening the watch app multiple times using the complication.
There are a few other fixes as well: • Prompting for event details from Today widget was completely refactored, and it should now be 100% reliable. • Fixed: Today widget sometimes crashing on iOS 11.
I'm sorry to anyone who was affected by these issues in the past. Please note that I really do my best to fix problems as soon as I find out about them. The fastest way to help me fix problems is to contact me directly via email (In Timelines app settings -> Contact section). - Lukas, creator of Timelines
1.6
• Add events directly on the timeline Whenever you need to add an event that happened in the past, you can now do it much quicker using a long-touch gesture.
• iOS 11 compatibility Improved position and shape of the statistics detail button, fixed a few things.
• Export individual days • Some small fixes and refinements
As always, if you enjoy this update and want to support further development of Timelines, make sure to leave a rating on the App Store. Thank you! - Lukas
1.5
Update 1.5 is a big step forward for Timelines. With a little bit of effort, you'll be able to capture much more depth in the tracked data.
• Event name suggestions Now you can pick from previously used event names when naming an event. This makes the whole process of assigning names to events really quick and (almost) effortless.
• Event name statistics If you're naming events, you will now also be able to view breakdown of them. This will be especially useful for all of you who could use more granularity of the tracked data.
• Plus several small refinements - exports now take into account time of currently tracked events - fixed visual glitch during rotation on some screens - new event name statistics can also be exported - added back support for iPhone 5 and 5C which was accidentally removed - transferring events tracked on the watch to the phone is now more reliable
I really hope you will enjoy this update. If you do, please consider leaving a review on the App Store (or re-submitting your previous one). It really helps!
Thank you, - Lukas
1.4.1
Update 1.4 is packed with several new features and tons of improvements.
• New Apple Watch app - Change start & end times of events - Add notes - Ability to discard tracking - Fix: timelines list not appearing - Fix: highlighting of timelines
• Compact Today widget Many of you requested it, and now it's here! All your timelines should now fit comfortably into the available space. The widget also respects event prompting settings, and you can tap&hold to edit a timer.
• Untracked time in Statistics If you track most of your daily time, this enables you to clearly see the time that's unaccounted for.
• New onboarding • Several optimizations • Many other improvements
I really hope you will enjoy this update. If you do, please consider leaving a review on the App Store (or re-submitting your previous one). It really helps!
Thank you, - Lukas
1.4
Update 1.4 is packed with several new features and tons of improvements.
• New Apple Watch app - Change start & end times of events - Add notes - Ability to discard tracking - Fix: timelines list not appearing - Fix: highlighting of timelines
• Compact Today widget Many of you requested it, and now it's here! All your timelines should now fit comfortably into the available space. The widget also respects event prompting settings, and you can tap&hold to edit a timer.
• Untracked time in Statistics If you track most of your daily time, this enables you to clearly see the time that's unaccounted for.
• New onboarding • Several optimizations • Many other improvements
I really hope you will enjoy this update. If you do, please consider leaving a review on the App Store (or re-submitting your previous one). It really helps!
Thank you, - Lukas
1.3
• Reminders! With reminders, it gets easier to use timers, because when you accidentally forget to stop or start one, you'll be reminded to do so. You can also act upon them right in the notification. They are highly customizable, actionable and reliable - I think you'll love them!
• More improvements - Rounding in Statistics & Exports - Ability to change start day of the week - Statistics now snap to time intervals - Adjustable step in date pickers - Big optimization of timeline scrolling - And a few smaller improvements
As always, if you enjoy this update, please consider leaving a review on the App Store (or re-submitting your previous one). It really helps!
Thank you, - Lukas
1.2.1
- Fixes rare but critical bug that caused a crash when accessing timelines list. This only occurred when a timeline with active tracking got deleted. - Fixes rare crash on Apple Watch, when tracking was ended. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience to everyone who was affected. To help me solve any possible problems you might be experiencing, please contact me via email - lukas@timelinesapp.io. There is no way for me to follow up on App Store reviews.
Version 1.3 will be coming soon and will bring several new features and improvements. Most notably: Reminders!
1.2
Version 1.2 is packed with improvements and some of the highly requested features. Enjoy!
• Support for simultaneous timers A lot of you asked for it, and here it is! Now you can track multiple things at once.
• Timelines archiving By archiving old and unused timelines, you can keep your tracking experience clean.
• New time formatting options The new 'Hours decimal' format is handy for billable hours, 'Days and hours' for statistics.
• Total time in Statistics In addition to the breakdown of time, you can now see the total tracked time for given interval.
• Various small improvements Better naming when previewing exports, saving zoom level between launches, and more.
If you have a minute, please consider reviewing Timelines on the App Store. It really helps a lot. Thanks for your support!^
1.1.1
This update contains mostly small fixes and improvements:
• Detailed version of CSV exports now contains all events instead of just sums.
• By default, all timelines are displayed. This should avoid the confusion for those of you who missed the explanatory info popover for timelines' visibility.
- Minor fixes of info popovers. - What's New alert is no longer displayed to new users.
Thank you for using Timelines! If you have a moment to leave a review in the App Store, we would really appreciate it.
1.1
• iOS 10 and watchOS 3 compatibility Today widget was revamped for iOS 10 style, and our watch app now runs much faster. Also, you can now access Timelines's watch complications in the Face Gallery in the Apple Watch app. And there is a new Extra large complication for some of the new watchOS 3 watch faces.
• 12 more colors A lot of you asked for it, and we've listened. Now you can differentiate your timelines and events with total of 24 colors.
• Improved timeline performance Scrolling is now smooth even with a large number of events.
• Quick interactions in timeline You can double-tap to zoom in, two-finger tap to zoom out, and tap & pan to zoom with one finger.
Thank you for using Timelines! If you have a moment to leave a review in the App Store, we would really appreciate it.
1.0.1
• Full 12-hour support. Now you can enjoy the timeline in your native AM/PM mode, if that's what you are used to. Editing screens and date pickers also respect the specified time format.
- Several small bug fixes. - Dates in CSV exports are now formatted in Excel-friendly way.
All of your feature requests are much appreciated, and they greatly influence further development of Timelines! Just a note: when submitting feature requests, please consider using the in-app email instead of writing them in App Store reviews, because there is no way for us to follow up with questions when you only write them in the review. Thanks!
1.0
Version 1.8.5
Watch app • fixed a small issue on the Apple Watch Series 4 40mm version: screens for changing start and end times were not working properly. • small enhancement: when you enter a title or notes for the tracked event, the time tracking screen now scrolls to show it.
Ratings and Reviews
5.0 out of 5
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5 Ratings
Editors' Notes
Time is like money: we never have enough, and we often can’t remember how we spent it. Timelines is razor-sharp instrument in our time-management toolkit, letting us categorise and visualise where the hours in our hectic days are going. We love it for everything from tracking billable time on projects to making sure we’re setting aside chunks of our week to relax with loved ones.
Editors' Notes
Time is like money: we never have enough, and we often can’t remember how we spent it. Timelines is razor-sharp instrument in our time-management toolkit, letting us categorise and visualise where the hours in our hectic days are going. We love it for everything from tracking billable time on projects to making sure we’re setting aside chunks of our week to relax with loved ones.
radim9
Essential app
Simple and yet powerful time tracking app. The timelines concept gives enough space to track various aspects of work/personal areas of interest.
Comes with steady stream of the updates, definitely recommended. Looking forward to try watch app soon.
radim9
Essential app
Simple and yet powerful time tracking app. The timelines concept gives enough space to track various aspects of work/personal areas of interest.
Comes with steady stream of the updates, definitely recommended. Looking forward to try watch app soon.
