carrd alternative for personal pages
carrd makes you a site-builder. timeline just gives you a site. different category — same outcome of a beautiful personal URL, without the template-picking.
free to start · your URL is yours forever
carrd hands you a blank canvas
carrd is wonderful for bespoke one-pagers — if you enjoy designing. if you don't, you end up in the template shop for 45 minutes, picking between twelve 'link in bio' layouts that all feel slightly wrong. timeline is the version for people who want the URL, not the building experience.
what you get
no layout decisions
one design, done right. you add content; the layout stays consistent. no 'should my avatar be top-left or centred'.
structured, not free-form
entries have dates, titles, and descriptions. carrd gives you a blank div. different use cases — timeline wins when you have things to list in order.
photo and video per entry
carrd handles media but you build the gallery component. timeline has it built in — image lightbox, inline video, link cards.
a clear free tier, a clear paid tier
free plan permanent. story plan $5/mo. no pro-tier gotchas on features people expect (analytics, custom domain, etc — all roadmapped openly).
common questions
is carrd better for single-page sites?
yes — if your content doesn't have a chronology. a coming-soon page, an event landing page, a product mini-site — carrd wins those.
can i use a custom domain?
custom-domain support is on the roadmap. today, lifetimeline.io/yourname is the canonical URL.
does timeline support analytics?
privacy-friendly per-profile analytics are on the story+ plans (on the roadmap for public launch).
can i migrate?
export your carrd content to a doc, upload to timeline. or recreate manually — most people have five to ten entries worth keeping.
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claim your URL in 10 seconds.
free to start. no credit card.