Comparison

IB Exam Timer vs Heptavo

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

Head to head
About

IB Exam Timer

This app helps students time exams and quizzes with a dedicated reading time feature. It supports timing up to six different groups simultaneously, ideal for various academic assessments.

Highlights
  • Separate reading time
  • Parallel group timing
  • Supports up to six groups
  • Ideal for quizzes and tests
  • Simple and intuitive interface
Features
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A simple app to help you time any test, quiz or exam following the typical IB (International Baccalaureate) standard with separate reading time. You can time up to six six different groups in parallel. Please note, this app is intended only for quizzes, class tests, test weeks, end of year exams or similar. For IB Final Exams, please see the relevant guide for official instructions on organising the time keeping. The creator of the app has no affiliation with the organisation International Baccalaureate® (IB).

About

Heptavo

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Heptavo is exam practice for the IB Diploma, built the way the papers are built: 17,000 original questions across seven courses, every one written to a syllabus line, with a full mark scheme. SKILL MODES Heptavo trains more than recall. Every sub-topic has skill modes built from how IB answers are marked: match the precise terms an examiner rewards, name the concept a case or study shows, fix a statement that is almost right, decode a question's command term and key words, spot what a weak answer is missing, build your own answer step by step against a model, and plan an extended response against the clock. It all works offline, and what you write in a skill mode never leaves your device. SEVEN COURSES, SL AND HL Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics: analysis and approaches, Mathematics: applications and interpretation, Psychology, Environmental systems and societies, and Global Politics. Pick the classes you take and the level you sit, and the app shows you only what you can be examined on. THE LEARN LADDER Every sub-topic runs five rungs: recall, understanding, application, data handling, exam level. Rungs 1–3 are free in every course, up to 30 questions a day. EXAM PRACTICE WITH MARK SCHEMES Questions written to exam standard from the syllabus outcomes. Mark yourself against the scheme and see exactly where the marks go. 3,500 FIGURES Graphs, tables, diagrams and data sets are drawn by the app, not scanned — they follow your text size and work in dark mode. INSIGHTS AND STUDY PLANS Insights reads every answer you have given and ranks the sub-topics that are costing you marks. A study plan puts a whole course in order — syllabus, build-up, or weakest first — and works through it a sub-topic at a time. EVERYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE No account, no tracking. The whole bank ships inside the app and works with no signal at all. Your progress can sync between your iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud. FREE AND PRO Free: all seven courses, rungs 1–3 of every sub-topic (up to 30 questions a day), three skill modes, study sets, progress and stats. Heptavo Pro adds rungs 4–5, exam practice, the four exam-skill modes, Insights, study plans, the exam-paper style and no daily limit. Monthly, yearly (with a free first week), or the one-time Exam Pass. One purchase covers every class you take. Heptavo is an independent study app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the International Baccalaureate Organization. Privacy Policy: https://heptavo.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://heptavo.com/terms Formerly IBibbi.

Screenshots

IB Exam Timer4 screens
Heptavo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IB Exam Timer at none against Heptavo's 3. IB Exam Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Heptavo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. IB Exam Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
IB Exam Timer versus Heptavo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIB Exam TimerHeptavo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMarkus NorrbyLars Haneveld

In-app purchases

None

IB Exam Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Heptavo

Subscriptions2
  • Heptavo Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Heptavo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Heptavo Exam Pass$99.99

Questions

Is IB Exam Timer free?
IB Exam Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heptavo free?
Heptavo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IB Exam Timer or Heptavo have ads?
Neither IB Exam Timer nor Heptavo shows ads.

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