Can I design my timeline freely in Boromlia?

Less freely than in Canva. You choose a style, a cover and what each event shows, but not where each element sits: the dates decide that. The gain is that adding or correcting an event never means redrawing the design.

Can I use a Boromlia timeline in a presentation?

Yes. Export an A4 PDF on any plan, or play the timeline full screen one event at a time. On Advanced you can also share a read-only link to it.

Is Boromlia free for a school project?

The free plan is one timeline of up to 20 events, with photos, places, sources and exports, and no card. Reading a shared timeline needs no account at all.

Canva timeline alternative: Boromlia vs Canva

Choose Boromlia if

The timeline keeps growing, and moving every shape along to fit one more date has become the job.
Events need more than a label: a place on a map, a source, people and up to ten photos each.
You want one timeline read several ways, as a river, cards, a map or spans, without redesigning it.
You need the data, not only the picture: a CSV of every event comes out on every plan.

Stay with Canva if

You want a one-off graphic for a slide, a poster or social media, designed to your brand.
The timeline is one panel among many in a larger design.

The main difference: a picture of a timeline versus the timeline itself

A template looks finished on the first day and gets harder to keep up every day after. In Boromlia each event is stored as data: a date or a range, a place with coordinates, a source, people, tags, rich text and photos. Insert an event between two others and the layout makes room; correct a date and every style shows the correction. Filters then show only what you need, by tag, category or period.

You can still print it. Every plan exports an A4 PDF of the timeline in the style you are viewing.

Boromlia vs Canva, feature by feature

Canva details as published or reported, last checked 2026-10-24. Canva is a trademark of its owner, and Boromlia is not affiliated with it.

Views of one record. Boromlia: River, Cards, Map and Spans on every plan; Ribbon, Log and Doc on Advanced. Switch between them without re-entering anything. Canva: A designed graphic, from a template

Map of located events. Boromlia: Yes. Each event with a place is a numbered waypoint, joined by an optional route line, on a choice of four base maps. Canva: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced: one row per event, with the columns you choose, sortable. Canva: to be verified

Ranges and single dates. Boromlia: Both, on every plan, on one shared axis, so a two-week phase and a single decision sit together. Canva: to be verified

Time scale. Boromlia: Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years, set per timeline. BC dates too. Canva: to be verified

Source on every event. Boromlia: Yes, a field of its own, and a filter shows the events with or without one. Canva: to be verified

Photographs per event. Boromlia: Up to 10 per event. Bulk upload takes up to 300 at a time and reads the date and GPS position from each file. Canva: Yes, images placed on the design

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. Canva: Text boxes, shapes and icons placed by hand

Chapters and tags. Boromlia: Chapters group events into periods; tags cut across them. Canva: to be verified

Filters. Boromlia: Search, tag, category, period, and with or without a source, remembered per timeline. Canva: to be verified

Bulk import. Boromlia: CSV, TSV or TXT on Advanced, up to 1,000 rows at a time. You confirm the columns and preview every row before saving. Canva: to be verified

Export. Boromlia: On every plan: an A4 PDF, a CSV of every field, and the photos as a zip with an index file. Canva: PNG, JPG and PDF

Embed in another page. Boromlia: On Advanced, for a public or shared timeline: one iframe tag, no script, no key. It shows the live timeline. Canva: to be verified

Default visibility. Boromlia: Private until you share or publish it. A share link is read-only unless you allow more, and kept out of search results. Canva: to be verified

Working with other people. Boromlia: On Advanced, you can let anyone with the share link add events. Each signs in with a free account; no seat to buy. Canva: Shared editing of a design; Business is priced per user

Runs in. Boromlia: Any browser. Windows, macOS, Linux, tablets and phones, with nothing installed. Canva: Any browser, plus desktop and mobile apps

Price. Boromlia: Free plan, $2.99 once per extra timeline of up to 50 events, $12 a month, or $49.99 once with nothing to renew. Canva: Free plan. Pro $18 a month; Business about $25 per user a month

Moving from Canva to Boromlia

Type the dates and labels from your Canva design into a spreadsheet: date, end date, title and description.
On the free plan, enter up to 20 events by hand. On Advanced, save the sheet as CSV and choose Add multiple from a file.
Pick a style. If you still want the graphic, export an A4 PDF, or embed the live timeline on a web page on Advanced.

Questions

Can I design my timeline freely in Boromlia?: Less freely than in Canva. You choose a style, a cover and what each event shows, but not where each element sits: the dates decide that. The gain is that adding or correcting an event never means redrawing the design.
Can I use a Boromlia timeline in a presentation?: Yes. Export an A4 PDF on any plan, or play the timeline full screen one event at a time. On Advanced you can also share a read-only link to it.
Is Boromlia free for a school project?: The free plan is one timeline of up to 20 events, with photos, places, sources and exports, and no card. Reading a shared timeline needs no account at all.