--- title: "Lucen Timeline Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Is Lucen Timeline the right Gantt Chart solution for you? Explore 37 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/155931/lucen-timeline/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-19" --- Lucen Timeline 4.6 (37) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/155931/lucen-timeline/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 19th, 2026 # Reviews of Lucen Timeline Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.6 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews EB Ellie B HR AssistantMedical Devices, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Very good levels of customisation and visuals.“ May 19, 2025 BS Borislava S Portfolio and new products head Pharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Nice interface and easy to use and update This add-on allows me to create an efficient and visible communication about what needs to be done and what has been already accomplished“ November 16, 2022 TL Timothy L StudentHigher Education, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Tracking milestones using this tool is great and visualization of the time makes it easy and understandable for anyone.“ October 8, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 37 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use R Reviewer Project Scheduler Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Project Scheduler" November 19, 2025 5.0 My experience with Office Timeline has been excellent. The tool has consistently delivered high performance and usability, and the development team has made noticeable improvements over the past few months. I appreciate their dedication to enhancing the user experience and would be very interested in participating in beta testing for upcoming features. Pros Office Timeline offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it easy to create and manage project timelines. The duplicate and drag-and-drop features significantly enhance productivity. Additionally, the feedback response team is highly responsive and receptive to user suggestions, which reflects a strong commitment to continuous improvement. Cons The style pane currently lacks a sufficient range of font sizes, particularly smaller options, which can limit customization and visual clarity in certain timeline formats. Review Source Rick B. Senior Engineer: Rocket Motors and Warheads Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Making Timelines of Important data has never been this easy! A few clicks, population, done!" May 31, 2018 5.0 The software made it so much easier to present detailed, informative, and engaging Timelines to customers, as well as to other stakeholders in the projects in which I am involved. It allowed me to pull the audience into the detail without risking boredom. The number of themes available for different types of timelines, as well as the small details that can be customised right out of the box are really great. Pros The software being integrated directly with Microsoft PowerPoint makes life so much easier as it adds your timeline directly to a slide you're using. The timeline is made up of shapes and objects commonly available in MS PowerPoint, but there is a lot of intelligence built into it. The object created is not static, but can be edited to change details afterwards by using the simple User Interface provided. The Interface follows the design of PowerPoint and almost seems to be a standard part of the package. Really great software for any level of user. Cons The software does not create a grouped object on your slide, but a huge quantity of loose objects. If you move an object around, it will move, unless you edit your timeline through the UI. Whilst this is a nice feature to allow for unique customisation, it adds an element of complexity that not all users will appreciate. (The only reason Ease of Use loses a star.) Review Source Alberto Nahum G. Associate Professor Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Perfect for Gantt Charts, Workflows and Roadmaps" September 29, 2022 5.0 I was preparing a research project for a national fellowship and needed a Gantt chart to explain my plan visually. That is how I came across Office Timeline, a PowerPoint add-on that helped me to nail my planning. I could tweak every aspect of the timeline, moving dates from the calendar, adding milestones and swimlanes, connecting parts from the project, and so on. Since that successful time, Office Timeline has become an indispensable tool whenever I have to prepare a research or teaching project. Pros What I like most about this software is its easy use for non-design experts like me. When you have to showcase your future work, this tool allows you to offer a comprehensive overview of the "whats" and the "when" of your project. It creates colorful timelines, easy to adjust if changes happen. You can also customize symbols, arrows, lines, and so on. The templates are handy if you are not used to Gantt/Timeline charts because you can get an idea to follow, depending on your needs. Cons It is an expensive software (even the Basic option) for those who are only occasionally in the project management/planning business. In any case, there is a generous two-week testing-for-free period. Review Source Simisara J. Project Coordinator and Analyst Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Good plugin within Powerpoint to create stunning timeplans" April 14, 2020 3.0 Easy integration with Powerpoint makes it easy to convert to any format as needed and exported. Pros Easy to create time-plans and Gantt charts for project management. Can be edited and customised quickly. Ready made templates are available. Cons The product offers fixed time splitting - in case the splits could be more controllable by user, would have added to the feature as sprints can be either a one week or two week deliverable which is based on tasks. Review Source R Reviewer HR Assistant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great tool" May 20, 2025 4.0 Pros Very good levels of customisation and visuals. Lots of time saving templates to choose from. Very easy to import data from other Office softwares such as excel. Cons The free version has limited functionality. Can be hard to manage bigger projects as they often become cluttered. Review Source Fazal Rahman T. Data collection officer Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Productivity with charts and graphical presentations" November 17, 2023 5.0 I enjoyed while working with it, the graphical and chart representation of my work and progress i have made. Pros Graphical and presenting the productivity and progress and planning in a timeline and meaning full and understandable forms. Cons It is absolutely amazing in it is own kind, so easy to use and understandable. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great for presenting time lines in PowerPoint" June 17, 2019 5.0 Pros This does one thing, but does it well. It will create a timeline with milestones and tasks as a slide in PPT. It uses Excel for easy data entry/editing and allows a variety of styles. I've been surprised how many uses I've found for it - normally communicating process for a project. The results have gotten consistent positive comments - and it doesn't take much time. Cons There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's worth it. Use their videos and tutorials, the time is well spent. Review Source Melissa W. Project Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Office Timeline creates effective timelines for PowerPoint presentations." December 13, 2018 5.0 Pros Office Timeline creates effective timelines for PowerPoint presentations. The ease of use to create professional timelines using office timelines is cost-effective and simple. The free version will have you hooked and the plus version is well worth the cost. Cons Updates to Office Timeline could be better scheduled and less time consuming. Product is well worth the minor inconvenience. Review Source R Reviewer Ayudante Tecnico del Departamento de Informatica ### "The tool is very good facilitates the creation of Gantt graphics" April 9, 2018 5.0 Pros I found this software in its free trial version when we studied the Gantt charts for the organization and management of projects, I was looking for a tool that will facilitate the design and allow me to assemble the graphic in an easy and understandable way for the rest of my colleagues, What I liked about the application was that it works directly with PowerPoint and it includes templates that make it much faster to prepare them. Cons Account only with versions for computers would be good to implement an online version and existing versions are more compatible with each other. Review Source Nakari H. Gerencia General de Geográfia Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "What previously took me time to do in power point now is only a matter of time." July 4, 2018 5.0 Pros It is the perfect integration in Power point, and a perfect administrator of time, it helps to plan the development of the projects in terms of the outputs and evolution of the same Cons It gets a bit complicated in terms of downloading and updating, the users would value more customer support. Review Source R Reviewer GM ### "FANTASTIC PRODUCT FOR QUICK PROJECT SCHEDULES AND TIMELINES" August 29, 2011 5.0 This is a really helpful, easy to use tool and I love it! I highly recommend it for any projects where you have to share project schedule and timeline with others. Pros 1\. Can't beat the price. It's free. 2. Love the integration with PowerPoint 3. New Timeline Wizard is nice and saves time in creating schedule 4. Timelines look very professional 5. Easy to customize timelines 6. Great for showing project timelines to execs and customers Cons Not so good for very complex timelines or schedules but great for quick timelines/schedules of medium complexity. Review Source R Reviewer HR Project Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great tool to professionalize your projet presentation" July 20, 2017 5.0 Pros Office Timeline is easy to use and give to the user all wishing functionality to create a efficient presentation. In small click, slides are greaters Cons Based on milestones and tasks, offie time line directly create the timeline in a pwp slide. Sometimes, you have to centralize or move a miletsones flag as it's not always fiting in 1 page Review Source Stacy P. Counselor Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Easy to use and makes presentations professional and informative " November 20, 2017 5.0 Pros I love how easy it is to use and it does not take long to familiarize yourself with functions. It is easy to drag and drop points to make your timeline. Cons There are different versions and if others don't have the same version or updated version, the collaboration gets a little tricky. Review Source R Reviewer Planner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A Great Schedule Presentation Tool" January 2, 2025 4.0 It's a great tool to present the schedule and the critical logic to the managers and other departments in one page. I tried many and I'd say Office Timeline is the best so far. Importing function should be improved to make the updating faster. Pros It's very easy for audiences to understand the high-level schedule. The relationships are very helpful to show the logic. Cons Cannot import data without ruining the existing format. You have to manually change the activity descriptions and dates. Otherwise, it would give you a totally different format. There's a glitch when typing dates as well. You have to try a couple times to make the numbers right. Review Source Nick C. Clinical Director Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Value and Versatility" August 23, 2021 4.0 Office Timeline has given us an edge on other similar businesses. Our donors have frequently commended us on the professionalism of our reports and presentations. Being able to reach new supporters and maintain satisfaction with our current supporters through the functions that Timeline provides has allowed us to start new projects and has given us the security of knowing that our current supporters will continue investing in us. Pros Office Timeline has given us the ability to provide our donors and stakeholders with a dynamic view of the projects that we are engaged in. It adds a level of professionalism to our PowerPoint presentations that we had previously been unable to achieve. Rather than generic charts and reports, our donors and stakeholders are able to see graphic representations of exactly where their money and resources are going. Cons The software requires the operator to have access to significant amounts of information to be able to provide the best outcomes. This has prevented us from being able to roll out its use to our entire staff. Review Source R Reviewer Portfolio and new products head Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Simple and visible " November 18, 2022 5.0 Great tool! I love it as it helps me present my projects in a very beautiful way. Pros It is a great tool to present the project milestone or multiple projects at a time. Nice interface and easy to use and update This add-on allows me to create an efficient and visible communication about what needs to be done and what has been already accomplished Cons Nothing special. I like everything in this add-on Review Source R Reviewer ### "Valuable time-saving tool" October 17, 2016 5.0 This is a great piece of software that has saved me a boatload of time. I create project slides frequently and have been doing so for the past several years. They are primarily used for recurring reviews with my managers. In each review I needed to update the original slide as dates and progress on my project inevitably change month over month. This process was brittle, fiddly, time consuming and just painful. Office Timeline automatically does this for me which has been a huge time-saver. Since it is a PowerPoint add-in I found it very easy and familiar to create my project slides, but the real value for me is when I need to update or change them. This now happens instantly and my mangers and team seem to love the visuals it creates. With regard to the functionality, although it is a visual tool, I have also found it quite useful in handling smaller projects. I had used MS Project to plan these projects but it is just too complex for small efforts. This tool has worked really well for that because it is simple to use and very easy to share project slides. The MS Excel and .mpp import and synchronization feature are very good and it leaves me wishing the software had actual PM functionality in the tool itself things like some WBS and some resourcing and cost reporting. Overall I have been extremely pleased with it. Pros 1\. Integrates natively with PowerPoint and makes very nice looking Gantt charts and timelines. 2. I can import existing data from Excel or Microsoft Project and it instantly turns them into nice slides; I can synchronize these slides when my Excel or mpp data changes. 3. The slides it makes are native PowerPoint slides so they are easy to put into presentations, share with clients and managers and easy to edit. They are familiar for everyone else which is good. Cons 1\. Would really like to see more Project Management types of services, like resource tracking and budgeting. 2. Would like to see an adjacent online service for storing and managing my slides and any templates I build. Review Source R Reviewer Project Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Clunky and not up to date" July 22, 2019 2.0 Project slides. Pros Good looking Slides once you have found a work around for their clunky software. Cons Most of the fuctionality does not work correctly, updating a linked MS Project never worked. Had to upload multiple times to get a good looking reports. Recently stopped working all together and they hammer you with ads. Super annoying! Review Source Tonya J. manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Office Timeline" August 14, 2018 4.0 Pros Creates timelines easily in PowerPoint, Excel, and Microsoft project. Make your designs truly your own with the customization options. Creates timelines that are specific to the minute. Cons Sometimes images don't want to stay in place. Luckily this isn't something that happens on a regular basis, but unfortunately when it does happen it's annoying. Review Source R Reviewer Student Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Easy Gantt chart maker" October 11, 2021 5.0 Overall, I am happy to use this addon and I will continue to recommend it for others. Pros Office Timeline is a great PowerPoint add-on. It helps me create Gantt charts at no time but simply choosing a template and writing the date. My Gantt charts always impress the audience because of this this addon. Tracking milestones using this tool is great and visualization of the time makes it easy and understandable for anyone. Cons I don't have any cons to report. Office Timeline is great tool that I constantly use with no issues Review Source R Reviewer Applications Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "A handy tool for project planning" October 28, 2022 4.0 I started using Office Timeline couple of months ago for creating a project report for my colleagues. This PowerPoint extension is quite simple and easy to deploy. It took from me 15 minutes to create a list of all the necessary tasks and milestons, and the program created a timeline for my project. It really saves me several hours of calls with the team leader about project progress. Pros The biggest advantage of this tool is its simplicity. One can create a project timeline in just a couple of minutes and present it to their colleagues, manager, or customer.For smaller projects, the free version is enough, however, to add more than 10 tasks, you would need to buy one of the paid versions of the software. You will also get various templates to make your presentation look better. Cons There are no any particular cons for this software but I really hope thst the developers will add more features and functionalities to it. Review Source R Reviewer Photographer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "I used this software for presentations and projects at the Uni. " April 6, 2018 4.0 To manage daily / weekly schedules and projects. Pros It's an easy tool to manage tasks and overlook current project developments and timelines. It helped me to create weekly schedules concerning my projects in the university. Cons The design could be more modern and more interactive. It's easy to use but there are improvements that could make it look more professional and modern. Review Source BD Brian D. IT Support Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Really nice timeline software" November 23, 2019 5.0 We like it here to show project shedule, the people who use it the most really love it. Pros When you need to show the timeline of a project, this software deliver and really nicely, a lot of people find it easy to use :) Cons nothing for us, it's not a time consumming support element, easy to install, the cost is just great, interface is simple. Review Source R Reviewer ### "An essential tool in my project toolkit" October 19, 2016 5.0 Very cool software. Quickly makes PowerPoint Gantt chart slides that look really good. Replaces creating timelines in Viso (painfully time consuming) or snipping MS Project Gantts (painfully ugly and complex). The PowerPoint slides are native, so anyone who has PowerPoint can use them, edit them or share them which means my project slides are consumed and used by other around the Office. It does a good job laying out tasks and milestones on a single slide, with some automation that optimizes spacing and crowding. It also has some pretty slick integration with Excel and MS Project that allows me to link to my existing data and to synch the slide when that data changes. Pros It plugs right into to PowerPoint. I use PowerPoint a lot, so do my clients and colleagues. Managing my project slides right inside PowerPoint is really nice and they are very easy to share out. Also, I have to report project updates on a recurring basis and use the synchronization feature. Before each meeting I simply open the previous slide deck, find the timeline slide I am reporting on, click the synchronization button and instantly my PowerPoint chart is updated with any changes that have occurred over the previous month. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Directeur de projet informatique Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Office Timeline used to easily produce IT project roadmaps" September 30, 2019 4.0 Office Timeline is a good tool to produce timelines & roadmaps very fast & integrate them into slides Part of the Office suite is clearly an advantage in terms of integration with other popular bureautic software such as Powerpoint, Excel, Word... Pros Good & attractive design in slides when generating roadmaps Various styles & colors may be applied Generic templates usable even in the Free trial version Cons Free trial options are a bit limited meaning one may rapidly need to buy a license in order to use extended models Sometimes too macroscopic views with not enough granularity in the way to represent graphics Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.