Comparison

SF TimeTable vs Bubl Timer

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

Head to head
About

SF TimeTable

Get real-time Muni departure predictions for buses, trains, streetcars, and cable cars in San Francisco. Features home and lock screen widgets, push notifications, and Siri shortcuts for quick access to transit information.

Highlights
  • Real-time Muni departure predictions
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Push notifications for departure times
  • Siri Shortcuts support
  • Stop browser with connection info
  • Apple Watch app with synced favorites
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TimeTable offers quick access to Muni departure predictions throughout the city of San Francisco in a beautiful, easy-to-read format. Features: • Lightning fast access to Muni train, bus, streetcar, and cable car departure predictions • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for Muni alerts and delays • Departure prediction tracking on your Lock Screen and push notifications when it's time to leave for the stop • Shortcuts support; just ask Siri to find N-Judah predictions with TimeTable • Focus filters support; see only the stops that are important to your current focus • Stop browser for detailed connection information • Also available on Apple Watch with favorites stops and routes synced via iCloud

About

Bubl Timer

This app provides a unique interval timer experience using interactive bubbles. Customize your timers with various visual fills and track your time with live activities and widgets. It offers a simple, intuitive interface for pacing activities without constant attention.

Highlights
  • Bubble-based interval timers
  • Customizable visual fills (Liquid, Smoke, Snow, Crystals)
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable timer symbols, colors, and durations
  • Historical data visualization (List, Lanes, Cloud)
  • Haptic feedback options
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Bubl Timer is an interval timer for moments when you don't want to think. Each timer is a bubble. Tap it to start, tap again to stop, hold it for its history. That's the whole interface. Everything a timer needs is free. Bubl Pro is a one-time purchase that adds more fills, colours, symbols and alarm sounds. No subscription. MADE FOR SPACING THINGS OUT Set a bubble to the gap you want to keep, whether that's between coffees, breaks, feeds, sets at the gym, or anything else you'd rather not do too soon. The bubble fills as time passes and tells you when the wait is over, with a notification even if the app is closed. LIVING FILLS Choose what's inside each bubble: Liquid, Smoke, Snow or Crystals. Liquid drains as the time runs down; smoke thickens, snow piles up and crystals fall in one by one as it passes. They move when you move and squish against the edge of the screen like something real. THREE WAYS TO SEE YOUR BUBBLES Single shows one big bubble at a time. Pair lines them up two by two. Trio stacks three. Roll through them with a flick; the ones you park stay out of the way in the dock. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN Every running bubble counts down in one Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Home Screen widgets show up to four bubbles in the small size and six in the medium, each with its ring and time left, plus Lock Screen widgets. YOUR OWN BUBBLES Add bubbles with any symbol, colour, time and fill. Hours with two buttons, minutes on a rail, from one minute to a full day. Hold a bubble in Edit to move it, park the ones you don't need, bring them back later. A HISTORY THAT SHOWS THE SHAPE OF YOUR DAY Every start is remembered. See it as a list, as Lanes (a 24-hour strip for each day), as a month of glowing days, or as a cloud of bubbles you can push around. MADE TO BE FELT A tick on every control, detents as you scroll, a pop when a timer ends. Set haptics to Full, Soft or Off in Settings. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no third-party code. Timers, history and preferences live on your phone, backed up only to your own iCloud so a new phone picks up where you left off. Alerts are local notifications scheduled on the device.

Screenshots

SF TimeTable4 screens
Bubl Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bubl Timer at every 4 days against SF TimeTable's fortnightly. Bubl Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). SF TimeTable's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 4) and device support (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bubl Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SF TimeTable has 95 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of SF TimeTable's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bubl Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SF TimeTable ships an update fortnightly, Bubl Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SF TimeTable versus Bubl Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSF TimeTableBubl Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (95 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings95 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHarry ShamanskyFEEL THE ENERGY LLC

Customer experience

SF TimeTable

All ratings90 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Bubl Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SF TimeTable

No in-app purchases

None

Bubl Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SF TimeTable free?
SF TimeTable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bubl Timer free?
Bubl Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SF TimeTable or Bubl Timer?
Bubl Timer is rated higher. SF TimeTable averages 4.8 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while Bubl Timer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SF TimeTable or Bubl Timer have ads?
Neither SF TimeTable nor Bubl Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SF TimeTable or Bubl Timer?
SF TimeTable ships an update fortnightly, and Bubl Timer every 4 days. Most recently, SF TimeTable was updated on October 15, 2026 and Bubl Timer on October 5, 2026.

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