Free Timeline Maker
Create Interactive, Visual Timelines Online
Create project, history, event, research, or campaign timelines without scattered notes or messy slides. Map dates, milestones, tasks, and context in one visual workspace you can edit, review, present, and share.
Start with templates for projects, lessons, history, events, & business
Add milestones, dates, labels, notes, & files with drag-and-drop tools
Work with others in real time, present, export, or share your timeline easily
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How to Make a Timeline in Creately
Set up your workspace and pick a template
Open Creately’s timeline maker and start a new workspace. Choose from ready-made project timelines, company timelines, history timelines, horizontal timelines or customize a blank template to match your goals.
Break down tasks and milestones
Use sticky notes, tables, or a Kanban board in Creately to list tasks, estimate durations, and map them in sequence. Assign responsibilities directly in the workspace to keep everyone aligned.
Draft your timeline infographic
Drag and drop elements from the timeline shapes library to map key milestones and deadlines. Whether you need a history timeline, horizontal timeline, or fantasy timeline, Creately templates make it easy to start quickly.
Customize and style the timeline
Apply preset color themes or create custom branding. Add images, icons, or logos by importing them or using the built-in Google image search to make your timeline infographic visually engaging.
Collaborate, share, and export
Invite team members to comment and edit in real time. Present the timeline directly in Creately’s timeline chart maker or export it as PNG, SVG, PDF, or JPEG for reports, presentations, or websites. Share via email or link for smooth collaboration across teams or classrooms.
Watch this quick walkthrough to learn How to create a Timeline in Creately, organize data, customize your table, and collaborate with others.
Create a TimelineCreate Your Timeline Easily with These Free Editable Templates
Build a Timeline Without Starting From Scratch
Timelines can take time to format when you are working with many dates, events, milestones, and labels. Start with a ready-made structure, then customize it to fit your project, lesson, report, campaign, or event plan.
Choose from editable timeline templates, including horizontal, vertical, project, historical, and event timeline layouts.
Add events, milestones, phases, dates, icons, and labels using drag-and-drop editing.
Customize colors, fonts, shapes, backgrounds, and spacing to make the timeline easier to read.
Keep Dates, Events, and Context Together
A timeline is easier to understand when the details behind each event are not scattered across documents, spreadsheets, slides, or messages. Bring supporting context into the same workspace so people can follow both the sequence and the story behind it.
Add notes, links, images, documents, and files to give each event or milestone more context.
Use connectors, groups, labels, and sections to show relationships, phases, dependencies, or time periods.
Organize project plans, research findings, historical events, lesson content, or campaign activities in one visual space.
Review and Improve Timelines With Others
Timelines often need input from different people, whether it is a project team checking deadlines, students working on research, teachers reviewing assignments, or stakeholders approving a plan. Work together in one shared timeline instead of sending versions back and forth.
Collaborate in real time with teammates, students, clients, or stakeholders.
Use comments and @mentions to ask questions, suggest edits, or clarify timeline details.
Control who can view, comment on, or edit the timeline with sharing permissions.
Turn Timelines Into Presentations and Plans
Once a timeline is complete, it often needs to be shared in a meeting, report, classroom, proposal, or project update. Use presentation and export options to turn your timeline into something people can review, publish, or act on.
Use frames and Presentation Mode to walk others through the timeline step by step.
Export timelines as PDF, PNG, SVG, or JPEG for reports, slides, handouts, or documentation.
Share timelines with links or embed them in pages, documents, wikis, or project spaces.
Simplify Timeline Creation with Free Pre-Built Templates
What Can You Create With Creately’s Timeline Maker?
Project Timelines
Plan project phases, deadlines, milestones, task sequences, dependencies, and delivery dates in one visual timeline.
Historical Timelines
Map important events, periods, people, discoveries, conflicts, or social changes in chronological order for lessons, research, or presentations.
Event Timelines
Organize schedules, planning stages, vendor deadlines, sessions, activities, and day-of-event details.
Marketing Timelines
Plan campaign launches, content schedules, promotions, channel activities, approvals, and reporting dates.
Business Timelines
Show company milestones, product launches, process changes, strategic plans, growth stages, or transformation roadmaps.
Research Timelines
Organize research stages, data collection, findings, references, observations, and project milestones over time.
Student and Classroom Timelines
Create timelines for assignments, biographies, book summaries, history lessons, science projects, and group presentations.
Personal Timelines
Map personal goals, life events, learning plans, travel plans, career milestones, or long-term projects.
FAQs About Creately’s Timeline Creator
What are Creately’s free timeline maker pricing plans?
- Free Plan — $0/month for basic timeline creation and collaboration
- Starter & Team Plans — $8/month or $5/month billed annually
- Business Plan — $149/month or $89/month billed annually
Annual billing helps you save more while unlocking advanced collaboration, workspace management, and enhanced timeline features. You can compare all available plans and features on the Creately Pricing Page.
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