Time.Graphics alternative: Boromlia vs Time.Graphics

Choose Boromlia if

• Your timeline keeps growing and you do not want to rearrange a board every time you add ten events.
• You need filters: by tag, by period, by category, or the events with no source.
• Your timelines run on very different scales: each one sets its own, from seconds to years, and BC dates work too.
• You want a CSV out (every plan) and back in (Advanced), so the same events can live in a spreadsheet too.

Stay with Time.Graphics if

• You want full control over where each item sits, as on a poster or an infographic.
• You want charts and free-standing captions mixed with the timeline on one board.

The main difference: a board you arrange versus a record that draws itself

In Boromlia an event is data: a date or a range, a place with coordinates, a source, people, tags, rich text and images. Because the date is a field rather than a position, "everything in March with no source" is a filter, and adding fifty events redraws every view instead of starting a rearrangement. Chapters split a long timeline into periods, and the Doc style on Advanced lists them on a contents page.

Boromlia vs Time.Graphics, feature by feature

Time.Graphics details as published or reported, last checked 2026-09-06. Time.Graphics 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. Time.Graphics: A free-form board mixing timelines, charts, images and captions

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. Time.Graphics: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced: one row per event, with the columns you choose, sortable. Time.Graphics: 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. Time.Graphics: Periods and single events, positioned on the board

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

Source on every event. Boromlia: Yes, a field of its own, and a filter shows the events with or without one. Time.Graphics: 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. Time.Graphics: Yes, placed on the board

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. Time.Graphics: Yes, as objects on the board

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

Filters. Boromlia: Search, tag, category, period, and with or without a source, remembered per timeline. Time.Graphics: 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. Time.Graphics: 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. Time.Graphics: Image 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. Time.Graphics: Yes

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. Time.Graphics: 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. Time.Graphics: to be verified

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

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. Time.Graphics: to be verified

Moving from Time.Graphics to Boromlia

• Export or copy your events into a spreadsheet with date, end date, title and description columns.
• Save it as CSV or TSV, up to 1,000 rows per import.
• On Advanced, choose Add multiple from a file, match the columns, preview and import.
• Set the Time level in the timeline’s settings and pick a style; the layout is drawn for you.

Questions

Can I filter and sort a Boromlia timeline?

Yes. Filters narrow a timeline by search, category, tag, period, and whether a source is attached. The selection is remembered per timeline, survives a change of style, and carries through to export. Events can be sorted oldest or newest first, and on Advanced the Log style sorts its table by any column.

What time scales does Boromlia support?

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years, set in the timeline’s own settings. Changing the scale redraws the same events against a different axis without altering anything stored.

Can I get my data back out and back in?

Yes, and it is the same file both ways. CSV export writes one row per event with every field, and the Advanced importer reads that file back, everything but the photos, so a chronology can move between a spreadsheet and a timeline without being retyped.