Time Lock vs Bettear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Lock
Send messages that reveal themselves only at a specific time or for a limited duration. Enhance conversations with timed secrets or exclusive meeting details. It's a fun way to build anticipation and curiosity.
- Send timed messages
- Set message visibility duration
- Share secrets
- Exclusive meeting details
- iMessage integration
- Send message reminders
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Thank you for your support. Over a million time locks have been created! -- With time lock, you decide when your message will be visible an for how long. It's a cool new way to spice up your conversations and make your friends curious about the message. Share secrets in a group and only make them visible for a couple of seconds. Or share details on where to meet and make it more exclusive. It's really fun, try it out. The app integrates perfectly with iMessage, it's super easy to use. Because we don't want your messages to be forgotten, we have added a button to quickly send a reminder. Want to remove the app? Follow the instructions here: www.bit.do/del-app
Bettear
This app provides live audio content from various events, offering personalized sound experiences. It's designed for anyone seeking high-quality, low-latency audio, including those with hearing impairments or learning disabilities.
- Live event audio streaming
- Personalized sound calibration
- Low latency audio
- High sound quality
- Selectable sound profiles
- Hearing aid integration
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A variety of live events’ audio content, accessible to you using your smartphone. Whether you're at a concert, the movies, the theater, a university lecture, or watching TV at home, Bettear is a network that supplies you with audio content, allowing each user to hear a clean sound, personalized to their specific hearing pattern. The application is a good fit for everyone; for individuals with a hearing impairment, with a learning disability or anyone who prefers listening to audio with their personal smartphone. Features: - Low latency audio streaming - High sound quality - Calibration using hearing tests - Built-in selectable sound profiles - Integration with hearing aids and cochlear implants
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bettear at Free against Time Lock's $0.99. Bettear also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Time Lock's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Bettear is free to download; Time Lock costs $0.99 up front. Time Lock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bettear asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bettear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Lock has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Time Lock's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bettear's.
Time Lock ships an update every 10 months, Bettear every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Lock | Bettear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fanatic Development | Bettear Accessible Technologies Development ltd |
Customer experience
Time Lock
Bettear
In-app purchases
Time Lock
- Unlimited MessagesFree
Bettear
No in-app purchases









