In this version I mainly worked on how far a timeline can reach. There is hardly a limit any more: it runs from the Big Bang to today, and a single zoom brings all of it onto one screen. Earth & Life A new built-in collection, free for everyone: 79 entries from the Big Bang to the last mammoth. Geological eras, the first life, the dinosaurs and the rise of humans, each with a link to its Wikipedia article. Show it from the Collections tab. Billions of years at a glance The timeline now reaches as far as your entries reach. Zoomed all the way out, every collection fits on one screen, whether it spans two hundred years or four billion. More categories Sport and Nature have been added. You can create as many categories of your own as you like, and once typed they are there for your next entry. Plus many small fixes and improvements.

In this version I mainly worked on making your own entries quicker to create. Search a name instead of typing When you create an entry, you no longer have to type everything yourself. Just search the name on Wikidata, and the dates, type, a short description and the Wikipedia link go straight into the form. This needs an internet connection, everything else still works offline. Tidier collections Parallel Pro and the premium packs now sit together. The pack cards fold away, so your own collections start higher up. Plus many small improvements. Zooming and jumping on the timeline are more reliable, switching quickly between tabs is stable, and a few entries have been brought up to date.

In this version I mainly worked on importing your own collections. Importing is simpler There are now three ways into a collection of your own: add the entries yourself in the app, bring them in from a file, or paste a copied table straight in as text. So no file is needed at all. A free sample collection: Ancient Rome Ancient Rome comes with the app as a sample collection, no Pro needed. It shows you how an import works, and the collection stays with you afterwards. Tap a collection, the timeline follows Tap a collection in the list and the timeline jumps straight to its period. Save the focus view to Photos The focus view can now be saved directly to Photos, in different image formats if you like. New premium pack: Cities of the World 181 cities across six continents, from 9000 BC to today. Plus many small improvements. You can swipe an entry sideways in the list to edit, copy or delete it, and scrolling and zooming the timeline should feel smoother.

In this version I focused on clarity and readability. Focus mode The contemporaries of an entry now get a view of their own, tidy and with no gaps between them. You can share that view as an image, by message or on social media. Who lived in a particular year? A double tap on the framed year above the timeline narrows everything down to that single year. Look up your own birth year and see what happened and who was alive at the time. Search now finds hidden collections too Collections you have hidden still appear in the search results. Those matches are listed separately, below the rest. Easier to read Font sizes now follow your iPhone text size everywhere, including the labels in the timeline. Plus many small improvements, such as clearer guidance when creating your own entries.