Comparison

Timbre vs ADHD Nook

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

Head to head
About

Timbre

Features
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We keep ten thousand photos and almost never keep a voice. A voice is the fastest trace of a person to disappear from memory, and the quickest to bring them back. timbre keeps the sound of the people and places you love. Press and hold, and it records a short spoken moment together with the room around it. The recording becomes a small living stone, colored by what it heard and sized by how long you listened, that settles into a timeline. Over months, the timeline becomes a warm field of colored stones: a map of a life in sound. Years later you can still hear exactly how someone said your name. WHAT IT DOES β€’ Press and hold. A living form blooms with your voice while you record. β€’ Words appear as you speak, transcribed on your phone, kept with the sound. β€’ Stones take their color from the world: speech glows amber, rain pulls teal. β€’ Tap a sentence in the transcript and playback jumps there. β€’ Feel a recording through your fingertips. The heartbeat traces its shape, strong enough to know a moment without hearing it. β€’ Gather stones by person and place: forty-one minutes of Mom. β€’ On This Day brings a kept moment back to your home screen, quietly. Tap it to hear the sound again. WHAT IT DOESN'T No account. No feed. No streaks. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone: transcription and sound understanding happen on-device, recordings stay yours, and there is no server to send them to. There is no us. Free for your first 50 recordings. After that a single payment keeps it unlimited β€” one payment, never a subscription. Everything you have already kept stays yours either way. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Every stone carries a silhouette as well as a color, so meaning never rests on color alone. VoiceOver speaks the capture as it grows, and Reduce Motion is respected throughout. Everything works in airplane mode, from the first press.

About

ADHD Nook

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ADHD Nook is a cozy, minimal tool picker designed for neurodivergent minds. Whether you need to focus, restore your energy, or regulate big feelings, the app gently guides you toward a helpful activity. Tap one of three states β€” Focus, Restorative, or Emotional Regulation β€” then choose β€œSurprise me” for a random suggestion or β€œBrowse” to explore 30+ tools. Each tool includes simple, step-by-step guidance and a built-in timer, so you can start without overthinking. Build a personalized avatar, collect character badges for completed tools, and keep a chronological scrapbook of what helped. Everything stays private on your device. No accounts. No tracking. Just a soft, accessible nook for your brain.

Screenshots

Timbre4 screens
ADHD Nook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ADHD Nook at none against Timbre's 1. ADHD Nook also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Timbre sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ADHD Nook asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Timbre versus ADHD Nook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimbreADHD Nook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS26.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam AlstonArdis Zhong

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timbre

One-time1
  • Timbre Plus$4.99
None

ADHD Nook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timbre free?
Timbre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ADHD Nook free?
ADHD Nook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timbre or ADHD Nook have ads?
Neither Timbre nor ADHD Nook shows ads.

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