Tiki-Toki
Beautiful web-based timeline maker for interactive, multimedia timelines
About Tiki-Toki
Tiki-Toki is a browser-based timeline maker for creating beautiful, interactive timelines that can be shared on the web or embedded on a website. It supports multimedia events with images, video, and audio, offers four view types including a unique 3D timeline view, and is widely used for company history timelines, school history projects, and legal case timelines.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Unique 3D timeline view that no other online timeline maker offers
- Rich multimedia support with images, video, and audio turned into interactive galleries
- Generous free account that creates a fully-functional shareable timeline
- Strong customization with categories, color coding, and themed time spans
- Works entirely in the browser with nothing to install
Cons
- Free plan is limited to a single timeline and a maximum of 200 events
- Embedding and group-edit collaboration require a paid plan
- Cannot be used commercially to create timelines for other companies on standard plans
- Interface and branding feel dated compared to newer timeline tools
Key Features
3D timeline view
Display timelines in three dimensions with zoom, adjustable panel size, and customizable direction in time - a view type unique to Tiki-Toki.
Multiple view types
Choose from four timeline views, including the Category Band view, plus support for BC dates, extensive date formatting, and built-in search and filtering.
Multimedia events
Embed text, images, video (YouTube, Vimeo, MP4) and audio in events, which Tiki-Toki turns into interactive galleries.
Categories and color coding
Create categories for stories (events) and color-code them, with customizable time spans each having their own color and background image.
Group editing
Invite friends or colleagues to collaboratively contribute to and edit your timelines (premium accounts).
Website embedding
Embed any timeline you create on your own website or blog (premium accounts).
Shareable URLs
Every timeline gets a unique URL that can be shared with anyone to view the interactive timeline.
No installation required
Works entirely in the browser with nothing to download; a separate desktop app is also available.
Pricing
- One fully-functional timeline
- Multiple timeline views
- Embed YouTube and Vimeo videos
- Share timeline with others
- Color-code stories
- Up to 200 events per timeline
- Up to five timelines
- Group editing of timelines
- Embed timelines on your site
- 5,000 monthly embeddable views
- No advertisements
- Access to new features
- Up to 25 timelines
- Group editing of timelines
- Embed timelines on your site
- 20,000 monthly embeddable views
- No advertisements
- Access to new features
- One Silver account for teacher
- 50 Bronze accounts for pupils
- Embed timelines on your site
- Group editing of timelines
- No advertisements
Best For
Company history timelines
Businesses use Tiki-Toki to celebrate anniversaries and milestones and share them with customers and staff via interactive 3D timelines.
School history projects
Teachers and pupils build engaging educational timelines of historical events, with an Education plan supporting a teacher and up to 50 students.
Legal case timelines
Lawyers track the events and people involved in a case and present them as a clear visual timeline.
Biographical and personal timelines
Create timelines of a famous person's life, a family history, or a personal diary using embedded photos and videos.
Similar Tools
AnkiDecks AI
AI flashcard generator that converts your notes to Anki cards in seconds
Code to Flow
Visualize & understand program logic instantly
Elgg
A powerful open source social networking engine
Exam Samurai
AI-powered exam generator that turns your notes into practice tests
Explainpaper
Read research papers 10x faster with AI explanations
FairyTailAI
Personalized AI bedtime story generator for children