Comparison

Timekept vs imabi Inspire

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timekept

This app provides a simple, distraction-free timer for debates. It helps speakers and adjudicators manage speech times with visual cues and optional alerts, preventing phone lockouts. Supports a wide range of international debate formats.

Highlights
  • Simple debate timer interface
  • Prevents phone screen lock
  • Color-coded time indicators
  • Optional sound, vibration, and flash alerts
  • Supports numerous international debate styles
  • Designed for speakers and adjudicators
Features
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Timekept helps you focus on speech and debate, not keeping time. Designed for competitors, judges, coaches, and timekeepers, it provides a clear iPhone and iPad timer for rounds that need precise speech, prep, crossfire, and cross-examination timing. Track prep banks, protected time, crossfires, replies, and speeches nearing their close with clear color cues and optional sound, vibration, and flash alerts. Timekept supports common debate and public speaking formats, including: - US forensics styles such as Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Policy, Congressional Debate, Big Questions, American Parliamentary, IPDA, NPDA, APDA, and Karl Popper. - British Parliamentary, World Schools, Australs, Asian Parliamentary, OPD, Paris V, Irish Times, and Dutch Parliamentary. - Canadian Parliamentary and CUSID variations. - Public speaking formats such as Toastmasters and Pechakucha.

About

imabi Inspire

This app provides a secure platform for educational institutions to enhance student safety and well-being. It offers features for reporting concerns, accessing information on various topics, and receiving timely notifications. Educators can manage reports, distribute resources, and conduct surveys to foster a safer community.

Highlights
  • Anonymous reporting of concerns
  • Access to safety and wellbeing information
  • Direct links to support charities
  • Student surveys and notifications
  • Educator tools for report management
  • Location sharing for safety
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Looking to keep your student community safer, more informed and empowered? Want to give them easy access to reporting their concerns? An all-one-place set of features designed to keep students safer, more informed and empowered on a range of safety and wellbeing topics 24/7. Developed to make education settings a safer place, and help staff better understand what's going on in their education communities. Helps educators innovate their compliance with Ofsted/QAA regulations. Here’s how for students: For your school/college or university only: Easy access all features in one place via a dashboard Report concerns of unwanted behaviour, including anonymously Browse useful information on a wide range of topics including personal safety, health, wellbeing, travel, and online security Access support from local national charities Have your say completing surveys sent by them Receive notifications about important information they want you to get quickly Access the favourite website pages they want you to know about Here’s how for educators: For your school/college or university only: Receive reports of unwanted behaviour easier and quicker. Improve your triage and recording practices about what goes on in your education community Provide guides for your student community Provide support for your students, with direct links to local and national charities An easy survey tool for creating, sending, receiving and analysing surveys for your staff and students Push real-time notifications to your student community, attaching guides and documents Create in-app priority links to your website pages to highlight key information to students No need to have multiple communication channels and systems to get key messages to your students. Give them access to support and information all in one place. Help them to create their own safe space to report their concerns, including anonymously. Support your curriculum with guides, access the imabi guides and create your own. Designed by educators, for educators. Location Key Features (if approved by your School or College): •Share a journey. Let your trusted contacts know you are on the move. No-one outside of your selected trusted contacts will be able to see your location, •Share Arrival - Let your selected contacts know you have arrived safely •Rescue me - Tap preloaded messages to let your trusted contacts know what assistance you need •Manage Contacts - You can change your trusted contacts whenever you want to. You always remain in control •Check-in at a location - Your selected contacts will be automatically notified when you arrive and tap check-in using the app •Sharing Groups function enables you to place specific contacts into simple to manage groups. •Location Alerts enable shared contacts to know when their group contacts leave or arrive at locations.

Screenshots

Timekept4 screens
imabi Inspire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: imabi Inspire at Free against Timekept's $2.99. imabi Inspire also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Timekept's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 54%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

imabi Inspire is free to download; Timekept costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timekept versus imabi Inspire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimekeptimabi Inspire
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip BeleskyImabi Ltd

Customer experience

Timekept

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%

imabi Inspire

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%

In-app purchases

None

Timekept

No in-app purchases

None

imabi Inspire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timekept free?
Timekept costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is imabi Inspire free?
imabi Inspire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timekept or imabi Inspire have ads?
Neither Timekept nor imabi Inspire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timekept or imabi Inspire?
Timekept ships an update every 2 months, and imabi Inspire every 2 months. Most recently, Timekept was updated on October 24, 2026 and imabi Inspire on October 11, 2026.

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