Comparison

Cephable vs SlowPebble

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

Head to head
About

Cephable

Control your computer and favorite apps hands-free using voice commands, dictation, and custom shortcuts. Enhance productivity for work, content creation, or gaming with local AI processing for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Hands-free computer control
  • Voice commands and dictation
  • Customizable quick actions
  • Presentation control
  • Hands-free gameplay
  • Local AI processing
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Features
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The Cephable Companion App is your personal AI for hands-free control and productivity. Control. Create. Automate. Connect your mobile device to your Mac or Windows computer or console and control your favorite apps using voice commands, dictation, quick actions, and more. Whether you’re multitasking at work, gaming, or creating content, Cephable gives you fast, flexible ways to control your day, across the tools you already use—all with local AI that doesn’t process in the cloud. Boost your productivity Control presentations hands-free- Advance slides, open apps, and stay in command of your meeting without ever touching your computer. Dictate from your phone- Write documents, respond to messages, or update your CRM using only your voice. Use Quick Actions to streamline your tools- Use personalized shortcuts for everyday apps like Notion, Slack, Chrome, or Excel Switch apps with a simple voice command- Jump from tabs to tools, from email to editing, all without breaking your flow. Hands-Free Gameplay Use voice commands, facial expressions, and Quick Actions to play supported games—whether you're using a keyboard, a controller, or going fully hands-free. Cephable adds new ways to play without locking you into one style. Privacy is built in, not bolted on Your voice and video stay local- Cephable never records, streams, or sends your audio or video to the cloud. All inputs are processed on-device—privately and securely. Your data is yours- Cephable doesn’t use your commands or activity to train models for others. Everything stays private—and your app controls move with you across connections. Built to empower, not exploit- Cephable is designed to enhance your control—not monitor it. No invasive tracking. No creepy data collection. Download the Cephable Companion App to add remote dictation and voice input to your setup. Pairs with the Cephable desktop app for Mac and Windows. Learn more at cephable.com

About

SlowPebble

This app blocks distracting websites and apps by default, requiring you to opt-in for access. It uses AI to grant temporary unlocks for specific needs, with a built-in 24-hour delay for removing blocks to encourage sustained focus.

Highlights
  • Opt-in blocking of apps and websites
  • AI-powered temporary unlocks
  • Customizable block lists
  • 24-hour delay for removing blocks
  • Progress tracking and milestones
  • Safe search enforcement
Features
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The blocker you never have to turn off. Other blockers are opt-out: Instagram is open, and you block it for a while. Slowpebble is opt-in: Instagram is blocked, and you ask when you need a few minutes. That is why you never have to turn it off. WHAT IT BLOCKS • Apps you pick with Apple's Screen Time picker • Over a million adult sites, blocked from the moment you turn Slowpebble on, with no switch to put them back • Whole lists for social media, dating, betting, streaming, gaming, shopping, news and free movie sites, one switch each • Any site you add yourself NEED SOMETHING? ASK. Say what you need it for, in a sentence. An AI reads it privately. It never sees which app or site it is, only what kind, and nothing you type is kept. What you write doesn't change the wait: a quick unlock opens after 30 seconds, for 6 minutes. You get a few of them in any 2 hours, set from your own use, and with none left it still opens, after 2 minutes. Need longer? Say what for and it opens for up to 15 minutes, for two quick unlocks. Once every 3 days an emergency unlock opens right now. A hard limit closes the window after a set number of unlocks in 2 hours, and you can switch it off. Adult content never gets a yes. YOUR OWN PATTERN The Unlocks page draws your week: how many, which days, the hours it happens in, and what it was for. It stays on your phone, and you can clear it. TURNING IT OFF TAKES 24 HOURS Adding anything is instant. Taking something off your list for good, or turning Slowpebble off, takes 24 hours, and nothing makes it sooner. The app shows the exact time it will happen, and you can cancel before then. There is no override and no support address that can rush it. We built ourselves out of the loop on purpose. PEBBLES Every milestone gets you a pebble: a day, three days, a week, two weeks, and on up to a year. Switching Slowpebble off in Settings to get around it loses every pebble and raises the wait to unlock: a minute, then 2, then 5. Seven blocked days bring it back to 30 seconds. SAFE SEARCH, ON IOS 26 AND LATER Google, YouTube and DuckDuckGo stop showing adult results in every browser and app. A switch on the Sites page empties Google's picture results too. You switch it on once in Settings. Switching it off raises the wait to unlock, the same as above, until it has been back on for 7 days. WHAT WE DON'T SEE No account and no sign-in. Slowpebble never records which sites you open or which apps you launch, so there is no history to leak or sell. Your settings stay on your phone and in your own iCloud. Slowpebble needs Screen Time permission, which you allow once during setup. The first 14 days are free, with nothing to buy. After that, asking for access and adding new apps and sites need a plan. Everything you already blocked stays blocked either way. Slowpebble offers auto-renewable subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://slowpebble.com/privacy

Screenshots

Cephable4 screens
SlowPebble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cephable at none against SlowPebble's 5. Cephable also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). SlowPebble's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SlowPebble sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Cephable asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cephable against 5.0 for SlowPebble. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cephable ships an update every 3 weeks, SlowPebble every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cephable versus SlowPebble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCephableSlowPebble
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnabled Play LLCTarek Sebaihi

Customer experience

Cephable

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SlowPebble

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cephable

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

SlowPebble

Subscriptions4
  • iPhone14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Mac and iPhone14 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • iPhone14 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Mac and iPhone14 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is Cephable free?
Cephable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SlowPebble free?
SlowPebble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cephable or SlowPebble?
Cephable and SlowPebble are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Cephable or SlowPebble have ads?
Neither Cephable nor SlowPebble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cephable or SlowPebble?
Cephable ships an update every 3 weeks, and SlowPebble every 2 days. Most recently, Cephable was updated on October 6, 2026 and SlowPebble on October 25, 2026.

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