Timetoast alternative: Boromlia vs Timetoast

Choose Boromlia if

• You want your timeline private by default and no ads, including on the free plan.
• Events need several photos each (up to 10 per event), and bulk upload turns a batch of photos into draft events, dated and placed from the files.
• You need a source on every event and a filter that finds the ones without.
• You want your work back out: an A4 PDF, a CSV of every field and a zip of the photos.

Stay with Timetoast if

• You want unlimited public timelines for free and do not mind the ads.
• A simple horizontal timeline or a list is all you need.

The main difference: a public page versus a private record

On Timetoast’s free plan your timelines are public. In Boromlia nothing is public until you choose. Only a timeline you publish, on Advanced, appears in the site’s Examples. A share link is read-only unless you allow more, and kept out of search results. Each event also holds more: rich text, a place with coordinates, people, tags, a source and up to 10 photos.

Boromlia vs Timetoast, feature by feature

Timetoast details as published or reported, last checked 2026-09-06. Timetoast 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. Timetoast: A horizontal timeline, and a list

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. Timetoast: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced: one row per event, with the columns you choose, sortable. Timetoast: 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. Timetoast: Events and timespans

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

Source on every event. Boromlia: Yes, a field of its own, and a filter shows the events with or without one. Timetoast: 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. Timetoast: One image per event

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. Timetoast: A description per event

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

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

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. Timetoast: On the paid plans

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. Timetoast: Public timelines on the free tier

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. Timetoast: On the paid plans, counted by user

Runs in. Boromlia: Any browser. Windows, macOS, Linux, tablets and phones, with nothing installed. Timetoast: 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. Timetoast: to be verified

Moving from Timetoast to Boromlia

• Get your events into a spreadsheet, by export if your plan offers one or by copying them, with date, end date, title and description columns.
• Save it as CSV. On the free plan you can instead add up to 20 events by hand.
• On Advanced, choose Add multiple from a file, match the columns and check every row before importing.
• Add each image from its event’s form, up to 10 per event. If your timeline is mostly photos, you can skip the spreadsheet: bulk upload makes new dated events straight from the files.

Questions

Does Boromlia show adverts?

No, on any plan including the free one. The free plan is bounded by size, one timeline of up to 20 events, rather than paid for by advertising.

How do I get a chronology out of Boromlia?

As files, on every plan, each following the filters on screen: an A4 PDF of the timeline in the style you are viewing, a CSV with one row per event and every field, and a zip of the photos with a photos.csv list saying which event each belongs to.

Is Boromlia good for school projects?

Yes. Students can build a dated timeline with photos, places and a source on each event in any browser, and the free plan covers one timeline of up to 20 events. For a class working on one timeline together, the teacher needs Advanced: students holding the share link can then add events, each signed in with a free account.