Add Structure to Your Timeline with Lanes (Group by)
Timetoast now supports timeline lanes, a simple way to group events into parallel tracks by team, phase, or category....
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Timetoast is a free online timeline maker for work, school, and personal use. Plan projects, teach lessons, map life events, and share interactive timelines that are easy to follow.
Used by millions worldwide for product launches, roadmaps, lessons, biographies, and historical overviews.
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A timeline maker that stays clear as projects and stories grow
Timetoast helps you organize the details behind a project, lesson, or story and turn them into a timeline that is easier to scan, explain, and share.
Visual planning
See the bigger picture on a timeline
Lay out milestones, phases, and events on a clear visual timeline.
Seeing everything in chronological order makes it easier to understand sequence, overlap, and key moments at a glance.
As your project changes, you can keep adjusting the timeline without losing the overall view.
Structured timelines
Organize events and details without the mess
Add dates, descriptions, images, links and more. Use custom fields such as status, owner, phase, or category to keep timeline data structured in a way that fits your project, lesson, or research.
- Capture milestones and important dates
- Add context with notes and media
- Structure events with custom fields
Timeline lanes and colors
Group related events visually
Larger timelines often include parallel tracks. Lanes and colors help you separate teams, phases, topics, or themes so patterns and relationships are easier to see.
- Organize timelines by team or phase
- Separate parallel topics clearly
- Make larger timelines easier to follow
Multiple views
Plan, edit, and present in the right view
Different tasks need different perspectives. Switch between horizontal, vertical, and grid views to review the big picture, read through events clearly, or update details quickly.
- Use horizontal view for wider context
- Use vertical view for readable top-to-bottom timelines
- Use grid view for fast editing and filtering
Share and present
Share timelines people can actually follow
Timelines turn complex information into something easy to follow.
Share them with teammates, students, clients, or collaborators so everyone can follow the sequence of events and key milestones.
Clear timelines make it easier to explain plans, research, and stories with confidence.
Want to dig deeper?
Learn how Timetoast gives you custom fields and grouping to keep details organized, makes it easy to switch between multiple timeline views, supports privacy and sharing controls, helps people work together with team collaboration.
Timelines for different use cases
See how Timetoast supports roadmaps, projects, history, teaching, biographies, and legal chronologies.
Roadmapping
Show priorities, releases, and overlaps in a roadmap people can follow.
Project Management
Turn tasks, milestones, and deadlines into one clear shared timeline.
History
Place events, eras, and figures in chronological context with a clear history timeline.
Education
Help students see sequence, comparison, and context across lessons and topics.
Biographies
Turn life events into a clear narrative with milestones, patterns, and context.
Legal Cases
Build defensible chronologies for events, evidence, participants, and deadlines.
What people are saying about Timetoast
It's so very easy to use and very visual, which is a lifesaver for me.
A great tool to teach any subject at school. Fun and interactive. Students enjoy it a lot.
Excellent, I love how easy and beautiful it is to use.
It’s easy and quick to use, and you can add a lot of data without wasting time on design.
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Read moreFrequently Asked Questions
What is Timetoast?
Timetoast is an online timeline maker that helps you turn plans, projects, and stories into clear interactive timelines. It combines a flexible workspace with synced timeline views so you can organize details and present them clearly.
Who is Timetoast for?
Timetoast is for teams and individuals who need to show how work or events unfold over time. People use it for project plans, product roadmaps, campaigns, lessons, biographies, legal timelines, and historical overviews.
Can I use Timetoast for project planning and roadmaps?
Yes. Timetoast works well for project timelines, product roadmaps, launches, and other plans that need a clear visual schedule. You can map milestones, group related work, and share updates without adopting a full project management suite.
How do the different timeline views work?
You can switch between horizontal, vertical, and grid views for the same timeline. Each view stays in sync, so you can plan, review, and update the same timeline from different perspectives. The grid is especially useful for fast filtering, sorting, and structured edits.
Can I collaborate with others or share timelines with clients?
Yes. You can invite teammates and groups, control whether people can view, edit, or publish, and keep work private until it is ready to share more broadly.
Can I use Timetoast for history, biographies, or education?
Yes. Timetoast is also used for classroom lessons, historical timelines, biography projects, and other stories that need clear chronological context. Flexible date handling and multiple views help those timelines stay accurate and easy to read.
How do sharing and privacy work?
Your timelines are private by default. When you are ready, you can share them with selected collaborators, publish them publicly, or embed them on a website or intranet.
What makes Timetoast different from other timeline tools?
Timetoast combines a flexible workspace with synced timeline views, so you can manage details in one place and present them as horizontal, vertical, or grid timelines. It also supports custom fields, color coding, lane grouping, BCE dates, timespans, and flexible sharing controls, which makes it useful for a wider range of projects than most simple timeline makers.
How much does Timetoast cost?
You can start with Timetoast using the Starter plan, and paid plans add more capacity, collaboration options, and features for teams or client-facing work.