Can students use Boromlia without paying?

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

Does Boromlia have quizzes?

No. Boromlia is a timeline and nothing else: no quizzes, no grading and no class roster. It sits beside your LMS rather than replacing it.

Can a whole class work on one timeline?

Yes, on Advanced. Students join as collaborators and add events under their own accounts, while you keep control of visibility, style and settings.

Sutori alternative: Boromlia vs Sutori

Choose Boromlia if

The assignment is about chronology and evidence: every event needs a date, a place and a source.
You want students to see where things happened on a map, and what overlapped on one axis.
You want the source filter to show every unsourced claim before you grade.
You want a free plan that includes photos, maps and exports, not text and images only.

Stay with Sutori if

You want quizzes and interactive questions inside the timeline.
Your school runs on Google Classroom and you want roster import and direct sharing.
You want video in the story.

The main difference: a lesson story versus a dated record

A Sutori story scrolls through text, images, video and questions. A Boromlia timeline is built from events: each has a date or a range, a place with coordinates, people, tags, a source and photos, and the same events draw as a river, cards, a map or spans. That makes it the better fit when the learning goal is getting the order and the evidence right.

Boromlia vs Sutori, feature by feature

Sutori details checked 2026-09-25.

Views of one record. Boromlia: River, Cards, Map and Spans on every plan; Ribbon, Log and Doc on Advanced. Switched without re-entering anything. Sutori: One scrolling story in a timeline format

Map of located events. Boromlia: Yes. Every event carries real coordinates and draws as a waypoint on one route. Sutori: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced. One dense row per event, in the shape the CSV writes. Sutori: to be verified

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

Time scale. Boromlia: Seconds through minutes, hours, days and months to years, set per timeline. Sutori: to be verified

Source on every event. Boromlia: Yes, a field of its own, and "has a source" is one of the filters. Sutori: to be verified

Photographs per event. Boromlia: As many as the moment needs. Bulk upload reads the date and GPS out of the files. Sutori: Images and video in the story

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. Sutori: Text, images, video and quiz questions

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

Filters. Boromlia: Search, tag, category, period and provenance, remembered per timeline. Sutori: to be verified

Bulk import. Boromlia: CSV or TSV on Advanced, with column mapping and every row previewed before saving. Sutori: to be verified

Export. Boromlia: A4 print PDF, CSV of every field, and a zip of images with a manifest. Sutori: PDF

Embed in another page. Boromlia: One iframe tag on Advanced. No script, no key, and it reads the live timeline. Sutori: Yes, with an embed code

Default visibility. Boromlia: Private to your account until you publish. Shared links are read-only and noindex. Sutori: to be verified

Working with other people. Boromlia: On Advanced, collaborators are added per timeline and contribute events. No seat to buy each. Sutori: Real-time co-editing, with Google Classroom rosters and sharing

Runs in. Boromlia: Any browser. Windows, macOS, Linux, tablets and phones, with nothing installed. Sutori: Any browser

Price. Boromlia: Free tier, $2.99 a timeline slot, $12 a month, or $49.99 once with nothing to renew. Sutori: Free plan with text and image items; Unlimited $99 a year per teacher; department, school and district plans

Moving from Sutori to Boromlia

Copy the dated items from your Sutori story into a spreadsheet with date, title and description columns.
Save it as CSV and, on Advanced, choose Add multiple from a file. On the free plan, add up to 20 events by hand.
Add a place and a source to each event, then share the read-only link with the class (Advanced).

Questions

Can students use Boromlia without paying?: Yes. The free plan is one timeline of up to 20 events with photos, maps and exports, and no card. Reading a timeline someone has shared needs no account at all.
Does Boromlia have quizzes?: No. Boromlia is a timeline and nothing else: no quizzes, no grading and no class roster. It sits beside your LMS rather than replacing it.
Can a whole class work on one timeline?: Yes, on Advanced. Students join as collaborators and add events under their own accounts, while you keep control of visibility, style and settings.