Accelerate for Safari vs babel study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Accelerate for Safari
Enhance your video viewing experience in Safari with customizable playback speed controls and keyboard shortcuts. Easily manage playback, Picture-in-Picture, and AirPlay across popular streaming platforms.
- Control HTML5 video playback speed
- Personalize keyboard shortcuts
- Playback control via keyboard or popup
- Supports Picture-in-Picture
- Supports AirPlay
- Works with major streaming services
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Accelerate is a Safari extension with powerful, customizable features for controlling video playback and speed. FEATURES • Control playback speed of HTML5 video in Safari • Personalize keyboard shortcuts for common media controls, e.g., play/pause, skipping, mute, Picture-in-Picture, etc. • Control playback with your keyboard or the extension popup menu in Safari • Supports Picture-in-Picture and AirPlay • Works with YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Twitch, and more Privacy Policy: https://ritam.me/projects/accelerate/privacy FAQ: https://ritam.me/projects/accelerate/faq/ GitHub: https://github.com/ritamsarmah/accelerate
babel study
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Learn the origins and usage of many words, particularly those commonly encountered in studying religious texts. Words will have definitions, historical variants of the word, relevant images, and many examples of the word being used across texts such as the books of the Bible, Shakespeare, and classic poetry. Heart your favourite examples to revisit them later, and optionally receive a notification for a different word each day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: babel study at none against Accelerate for Safari's 1. Accelerate for Safari's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Accelerate for Safari sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. babel study asks for nothing beyond the download.
Accelerate for Safari ships an update every 6 months, babel study every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Accelerate for Safari | babel study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 318 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ritam Sarmah | Woolbread Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
Accelerate for Safari
Reported bugs
4 issues- Shortcuts don't work
- Settings don't save
- Causes Safari to crash or become unresponsive
- Incompatible with macOS Monterey
Requested features
5 requests- Lower speed interval options
- Keyboard shortcuts for more controls
- Looping functionality
- Automatic replay
- Subtitle controls
babel study
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Accelerate for Safari
- Coffee Tip$1.99
babel study
No in-app purchases
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