MyLens alternative: Boromlia vs MyLens

Choose Boromlia if

• Each date on the timeline has to be right, and you want to see the source for it rather than trust a summary.
• Your material should stay private: a Boromlia timeline is private until you share or publish it, and none is sent to an AI service.
• You want photographs, places on a map and people on each event, not only a heading and a line of text.
• You want the data back: a CSV of every field and a zip of the photos, on every plan.

Stay with MyLens if

• You want a first draft in seconds from a PDF, a web page or a YouTube video.
• You also want mind maps, quadrants and tables from the same source material.

The main difference: a generated summary versus a record you stand behind

An AI summary is fast, and a wrong date in it looks exactly like a right one. Boromlia is the other half of that workflow. Draft with whatever tool you like, export the events to a CSV with a source column, and import it on Advanced: every row is previewed as the event it will become before anything is saved. Then the source filter shows each event with nothing behind it.

From there the timeline is yours to read as a River, Cards, a Map or Spans, and to share as a read-only link on Advanced.

Boromlia vs MyLens, feature by feature

MyLens details as published or reported, last checked 2026-10-24. MyLens 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. MyLens: AI visual summaries: timelines, mind maps, quadrants and tables

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. MyLens: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced: one row per event, with the columns you choose, sortable. MyLens: A table is one of its output formats

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

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

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

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. MyLens: to be verified

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

Filters. Boromlia: Search, tag, category, period, and with or without a source, remembered per timeline. MyLens: 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. MyLens: Its AI reads PDFs, spreadsheets, images, web pages and YouTube videos

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

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. MyLens: Yes, as HTML code

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. MyLens: 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. MyLens: to be verified

Runs in. Boromlia: Any browser. Windows, macOS, Linux, tablets and phones, with nothing installed. MyLens: Any browser, plus a Chrome extension

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. MyLens: to be verified

Moving from MyLens to Boromlia

• Open your MyLens timeline and copy its dated items into a spreadsheet: date, title, text, and the source each came from.
• Save as CSV and, on Advanced, choose Add multiple from a file. On the free plan, enter up to 20 events by hand.
• Check each row in the preview, then use the source filter to find the events you still need to verify.

Questions

Does Boromlia use AI to build timelines?

No. Boromlia has no AI features: every event on your timeline is one you entered, imported or built from your own photographs, and your timelines are sent to no AI service. Bulk photo upload reads the date and GPS position stored in each file; that is the file’s own data, not a guess.

Can I import a timeline an AI tool drafted?

Yes, on Advanced, as CSV, TSV or TXT of up to 1,000 rows. You match the columns once and see every row before it is saved. Ask the tool for a source column too, so each event arrives with something to check.

Is a free Boromlia timeline public?

No. Nothing is public on any plan until you choose. A share link is read-only unless you allow more, and it is kept out of search results.