Comparison

TempoQ vs ThinkAloud Notes

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

Head to head
About

TempoQ

Features
Read full description

Feel the Flow of Time. Do you struggle with time blindness? Do you constantly check the clock during deep work, or lose track of your pacing during important exams? TempoQ is here to fix your internal clock. Designed as a personalized time-perception assistant, TempoQ helps you "feel" time passing through intuitive, rhythmic haptics on your Apple Watch and iPhone. By replacing stressful alarms with gentle, sensory cues, TempoQ provides a natural sense of pacing. You'll always know how much time you have left, without ever having to break your focus to look at a screen. Your Personalized Pacing Toolkit: - Calibrated to Your Brain: Take our built-in perception tests so TempoQ can learn your unique internal speed and adjust its pulses to match you. - Invisible Guidance: Receive subtle haptic taps on your wrist that keep you moving forward without audible distractions. - Focus & ADHD Support: Choose from dynamic haptic styles like "Smooth Flow" for steady work, or "ADHD Rescue" for high-frequency nudges when you need help staying on task. - Exam Prep Presets: Studying for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, or MCAT? Use our built-in test modes to internalize the perfect pace for each section. - Live Activities & Dynamic Island: Keep your current session visible at a glance on your iPhone, perfectly synced with your Apple Watch. - Privacy First: Your habits are your business. All session and calibration data is stored strictly on-device. Whether you're trying to reclaim your daily productivity, manage ADHD, or ace a high-stakes test, TempoQ bridges the gap between your mind and the clock.

About

ThinkAloud Notes

Record your thoughts and let on-device AI transform them into structured notes with titles, tags, and links. Your data stays private on your phone, with no accounts or subscriptions required. Access and manage your notes as standard Markdown files.

Highlights
  • Voice, photo, and text input
  • On-device AI note generation
  • Automatic tagging and linking
  • Ask questions about your notes
  • Knowledge graph creation
  • Markdown file export
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
Read full description

You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

Screenshots

TempoQ4 screens
ThinkAloud Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ThinkAloud Notes at Free against TempoQ's $2.99. ThinkAloud Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

ThinkAloud Notes is free to download; TempoQ costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TempoQ ships an update every 2 months, ThinkAloud Notes every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TempoQ versus ThinkAloud Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempoQThinkAloud Notes
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB108 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCerebra Solutions LLCGhanashyam Vinod Tatti

In-app purchases

None

TempoQ

No in-app purchases

None

ThinkAloud Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TempoQ free?
TempoQ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThinkAloud Notes free?
ThinkAloud Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TempoQ or ThinkAloud Notes have ads?
Neither TempoQ nor ThinkAloud Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TempoQ or ThinkAloud Notes?
TempoQ ships an update every 2 months, and ThinkAloud Notes every 2 weeks. Most recently, TempoQ was updated on October 31, 2026 and ThinkAloud Notes on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons