Comparison

Intervals vs tebDictate

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

Head to head
About

Intervals

Design personalized interval timers for workouts, study, or cooking. This minimalist app offers a clean interface, background operation, and customizable blocks with sounds and vibrations. Save and share your timer programs easily.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited custom timer programs
  • Multiple blocks with custom names, durations, and colors
  • Repeat counts for blocks or programs
  • Transition sounds and haptic feedback
  • Background operation and screen awake option
  • Export and import timer programs
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Create custom, minimalist interval timers for any purpose: Whether you're timing workouts, meditation sessions, cooking, study blocks, or routines. **Build Interval Timer Programs** Create flexible programs with multiple blocks, each with its own name, duration, and color. Arrange them in any order, set repeat counts, and start your session with a single tap. **Simple & Minimalist** A clean, focused interface shows you exactly what you need: a large countdown, the current block, and simple controls without distractions. **Works in the Background** Start your timer and put your phone aside. You'll hear a sound and feel a vibration when blocks change — even with the screen off. **Features** • Create unlimited custom timer programs • Add multiple blocks with custom names, durations, and colors • Set repeat counts for individual blocks or entire programs • Choose from multiple transition sounds • Haptic feedback for block transitions • Keep screen awake during sessions • Export and import your programs • Works offline — no account required **Private by Design** No accounts. No ads. No tracking. All your data stays on your device.

About

tebDictate

Transform your phone into a wireless microphone for your computer. Dictate text directly into any application without installing software on your PC or Mac. Enjoy end-to-end encryption for secure and private speech-to-text conversion.

Highlights
  • Wireless microphone for computer
  • On-device speech recognition
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Dictation pad for phone
  • Pocket mode with word count
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Spoken commands
Features
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tebDictate turns your phone into a wireless microphone for any computer. Open tebdictate.com/dictate on your Mac or PC, scan the code it shows, and start talking — your words appear on the computer, live, at the cursor. There is nothing to install on the computer, and there is no account to create. RECOGNISED ON YOUR PHONE Your speech is turned into text by the on-device recogniser. The audio never leaves the phone. If a language has no on-device speech pack installed, tebDictate refuses to dictate rather than sending your voice to a server. ENCRYPTED END TO END Your phone and your browser agree on a key by scanning the code — through the camera, not over the network. Everything sent between them is encrypted with that key. The relay in the middle carries ciphertext it cannot read and deletes it within minutes. WORKS ON ITS OWN TOO Dictation pad — dictate straight onto the phone, then copy or share anywhere. Pocket mode — keep talking with the screen locked; a Lock Screen activity shows the word count. Apple Watch — start and stop from your wrist. Dictation keyboard — insert what you dictated into any app. Spoken commands — "new line", "new paragraph", "period", "scratch that". FREE FOREVER Unlimited encrypted dictation to your computer. The dictation pad. Pocket mode. Three Voice Form Fills a month. Your last three sessions in history. tebDICTATE PRO — optional Unlimited Voice Form Fill: photograph a paper form, answer the questions out loud, export a tidy PDF. Interpreter: a two-way spoken conversation across languages, on the device, offline. Full searchable history, kept encrypted on your phone. Snippets: say a short trigger, insert a whole phrase. Translate mode: dictate in one language, paste in another. Your name or clinic on exported PDFs. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime unlock. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY Encrypted in transit and at rest (AES). Never used for training. Never sold. No accounts. No advertising. No tracking across apps or websites. Privacy Policy: https://tebdictate.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ tebDictate is a dictation tool. It does not give medical advice and does not diagnose or treat.

Screenshots

Intervals4 screens
tebDictate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tebDictate at 5.0 against Intervals's 4.0. On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Intervals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and tebDictate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tebDictate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intervals ships an update weekly, tebDictate every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Intervals versus tebDictate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervalstebDictate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMON RAYMOND SCHOENTebScribe LLC

Customer experience

Intervals

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

tebDictate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Intervals

One-time1
  • Intervals Pro$4.99
3 purchases

tebDictate

Subscriptions2
  • tebDictate Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • tebDictate Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • tebDictate Pro — Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Intervals free?
Intervals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tebDictate free?
tebDictate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intervals or tebDictate?
tebDictate is rated higher. Intervals averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while tebDictate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Intervals or tebDictate have ads?
Neither Intervals nor tebDictate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intervals or tebDictate?
Intervals ships an update weekly, and tebDictate every 6 days. Most recently, Intervals was updated on October 31, 2026 and tebDictate on November 6, 2026.

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