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24 alternatives to Chronicle

Visualize historical word usage in The New York Times

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chronicle launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   NYT Now▲132

   Your guide to the news, from The New York Times

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   New York Times▲69

   Sleeker. Faster. More intuitive. (new design)

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Word Lens▲83

   See the world in your language

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Twitter Moments▲77

   Visualization of tweeted topics

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Scoop▲96

   The New York Times' CMS

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Word Perhect▲59

   the artistic online word processor

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   NYT Opinion▲56

   App featuring the latest opinions from the New York Times.

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   OldNYC▲76

   Mapping historical photos from the NYPL

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NYT Cooking▲69

   Recipe resource and community by the New York Times

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NYTimes 6.0 for iOS▲124

    All the news that’s fit to print

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Content Analytics▲189

    See what content your visitors are actually reading

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The New York Times Top Stories▲87

    Top NYT stories presented in an immersive bite-sized format

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Vox Sentences Newsletter▲89

    Daily summary of the news in an easily digestible format

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    StoryTime.us▲87

    Create stories told one line at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Vellum▲63

    A reading layer for your Twitter feed

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fluffblocker▲78

    Replace Facebook headlines with NY Times headlines

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TechWatching▲71

    Personalized technology news aggregator

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Visual.ly▲118

    Marketplace for Infographics and Other Visual Content

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Terminology▲126

    A comprehensive research tool for words

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Postconscio.us▲89

    Using text-to-speech to read the most recent Tweets

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Timesify▲100

    Whatever TMZ and Buzzfeed you read disguise it with NYT look

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Zillabyte▲87

    An API for analyzing the world's information

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Vida▲72

    Amazing Visualizations for Your Data

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →