Timeline maker for projects and stories

Timetoast is a free online timeline maker for teams and educators to plan projects, track milestones, and share clear interactive timelines.

Used by millions worldwide for product launches, roadmaps, lessons, and historical overviews.

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Screenshot of Timetoast showing color-coded timelines and multi-select fields in the grid and timeline views, helping teams organize and visualize projects more clearly.

Timetoast gives you a proper workspace for timelines

The new Timetoast workspace combines a grid, custom fields, and multiple views so your timelines stay accurate and easy to update as projects move forward.

New and Improved!
Screenshot of Timetoast displaying a auto-layout horizontal timeline view with color-coded events, showcasing the platform's ability to visually organize and differentiate timeline entries.
Auto-layout horizontal timeline view with color coding
Next-level timeline maker

Powerful new features

Create, customize, and share timelines with our new timeline tool:

  • Use custom fields to change how your timeline works
  • Private and public sharing options for your projects
  • Filter and color-code events for clarity
  • Seamless switching between grid and timeline views
  • Timeline templates to get you started quickly
  • Collaborate with team members effortlessly
Screenshot of Timetoast's custom field feature, demonstrating how users can add and manage custom fields to tailor their timelines to specific project needs.
Add the fields your project actually needs
Customize your timeline to fit your needs

Adaptable to any project

Don't let your tools limit your story. With custom fields, you can create a timeline that fits your needs, no matter what you are creating.

  • Complete flexibility: Add fields for text, dropdowns, dates, images, and numbers
  • Track anything: From project budgets and stakeholders to historical eras and locations
  • Visual impact: Automatically color-code events based on your custom field values
  • Deep insights: Filter and sort events using your custom data points
  • Easy migration: Import CSV files to populate your custom structure
Screenshot of Timetoast showing multiple timeline view options including grid, horizontal, and vertical layouts, highlighting the platform's flexibility in visualizing projects.
Multiple view options
Choose the view that works best for you

Create timelines with multiple views

Visualize your project from different perspectives, then quickly switch between views without losing context:

  • Horizontal timeline: Automatically layout events chronologically to see milestones and phases at a glance
  • Vertical timeline: Display events on a vertical timeline; ideal for mobile devices
  • Grid: Manage event details in a spreadsheet-style layout, perfect for data entry and organization
Screenshot of Timetoast's grid view, showcasing a spreadsheet-style interface for managing timeline events and details efficiently.
Modern workspace for making timelines
Milestones, plans and tasks all in one place

The modern way to make timelines

Organize smarter. See everything clearly.

Timetoast combines the clarity of a timeline with the structure of a grid. Manage your data in a spreadsheet-style interface designed to keep your projects organized.

Categorize and tag your timeline events with ease. It works great for projects, roadmaps, biographies, and more.

Dashboard displaying a list of timelines titled 'Product Launch Roadmap,' 'Literature Analysis Timeline,' 'Art Exhibition Planning Schedule,' and 'Language Learning Journey' with statuses indicating published or draft.
User management interface for adding, removing, and managing content publishing capabilities of users.
Interface listing teams such as Client Relations Workgroup, Digital Transformation Team, Technology Trailblazers, and Innovators Circle with options to edit or delete each group.
Collaborate and work together

Ready for teams and client work

Use Timetoast for planning, stakeholder updates, or client-facing timelines. It gives you just enough structure to stay organised without locking you into a heavy project suite.

  • Invite teammates and groups with clear roles for viewing, editing, and publishing
  • A shared account workspace for all members of your account
  • Keep timelines private, shared, or public depending on who needs to see them
  • Export your data when you need to report or move into other tools
  • Account and permission controls that suit teams running real projects

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Flexible timelines that work the way you do.
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Discover Timetoast

See how Timetoast helps bring your projects to life with visual timelines.

Project Management

Communicate milestones clearly with simple, effective timelines. Keep your team aligned without complex tools.

Roadmapping

Design a visual roadmap for your product or project in an engaging, dynamic format. Plan ahead and share your vision effortlessly.

Education

Engage students by having them create timelines that explore key periods or figures, visually organizing important events and milestones.

Legal Cases

Map out key case moments and milestones in an easy-to-follow visual timeline format, enhancing clarity and understanding of complex legal matters.

Biographies

Bring someone's life story to life with interactive timelines. Highlight key events and milestones in an engaging, easy-to-share format.

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Timeline Templates

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Timetoast Classic

If you’ve used Timetoast for many years, your Classic timelines are still here. You can keep viewing and editing them while creating new work in the updated Timetoast workspace.

Learn about Timetoast Classic

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Timetoast?

Timetoast is an online timeline maker for planning projects, roadmaps, and stories. It lets you create clear horizontal and vertical timelines, organise events with custom fields, and share timelines privately or publicly online.

Who is Timetoast for?

Timetoast is for teams and individuals who need to show how work or events unfold over time. Product and project teams use it for roadmaps and project plans, marketers for campaigns, teachers and students for history and biography timelines, and consultants for client timelines and reports.

How much does Timetoast cost?

Timetoast has a free plan for simple projects that need a professional looking timeline. Paid plans add higher limits, more timelines, collaboration, and other advanced features for teams and client work.

What is Timetoast Unbound?

Timetoast Unbound is the new timeline workspace inside Timetoast. It adds custom fields, color-coding, filters, templates, grid editing, and CSV import, so each timeline can work like a lightweight project board. Unbound is available on every plan, including the free plan, and is ideal for product roadmaps, campaigns, project tracking, and structured lessons.

Can I still use Timetoast Classic?

Yes. Your existing Classic timelines stay available. New timelines can either be created as projects using the new workspace, or using the Classic timeline editor. Both types of projects appear in your dashboard and are clearly labelled.

Can I embed timelines on my website?

Yes. You can embed Classic timelines and Unbound views (horizontal timeline, vertical timeline, grid) on your website or intranet.

Does Timetoast work on mobile?

Yes. Timetoast runs in any modern browser and adapts to phones, tablets, and desktops so people can view and share timelines wherever they are.

Can I collaborate with others?

Yes. You can invite teammates and groups, give them view, edit, or publish rights, and manage access at account level so internal and client timelines stay organised. On Unbound projects you can also export data to CSV when you need reports or want to move information into other tools.