Comparison

Heyo Translate vs Bubl Timer

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

Head to head
About

Heyo Translate

Features
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HEYO helps two people talk face to face across languages. Choose two languages, hold to speak, then release to see and hear the translation. Key features: • Face-to-face bilingual conversations • Text and voice translation • Dual-ear channel playback • Cloud and on-device modes • Multiple interface languages This update improves on-device recognition for Chinese, English, and Russian, keeps the selected translation direction fixed, and recovers faster after silent input. Translation content is not saved to your account. Translation may contain errors and should not be relied on for medical, legal, safety-critical, or emergency communication. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bubl Timer

This app provides a visual interval timer using interactive "bubbles" for various time-based needs. It offers customizable fills, colors, and symbols, with Siri integration for hands-free control. Live Activities and widgets display countdowns on your lock and home screens.

Highlights
  • Visual bubble timers
  • Siri voice commands
  • Live Activities and widgets
  • Customizable fills and colors
  • History tracking
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Bubl Timer is an interval timer for moments when you don't want to think. Each timer is a bubble. Tap it to start, tap again to stop, hold it for its history. That's the whole interface. Or say it: "Hey Siri, start my coffee bubble in Bubl Timer." Siri starts the bubble even with the phone locked, and the Lock Screen countdown appears at once. Stop one with "Hey Siri, stop coffee in Bubl", or everything with "stop all bubbles in Bubl". Everything a timer needs is free. Bubl Pro is a one-time purchase that adds more fills, colours, symbols and alarm sounds. No subscription. MADE FOR SPACING THINGS OUT Set a bubble to the gap you want to keep, whether that's between coffees, breaks, feeds, sets at the gym, or anything else you'd rather not do too soon. The bubble fills as time passes and tells you when the wait is over, with a notification even if the app is closed. LIVING FILLS Choose what's inside each bubble: Liquid, Smoke, Snow or Crystals. Liquid drains as the time runs down; smoke thickens, snow piles up and crystals fall in one by one as it passes. They move when you move and squish against the edge of the screen like something real. THREE WAYS TO SEE YOUR BUBBLES Single shows one big bubble at a time. Pair lines them up two by two. Trio stacks three. Roll through them with a flick; the ones you park stay out of the way in the dock. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN Every running bubble counts down in one Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Home Screen widgets show up to four bubbles in the small size and six in the medium, each with its ring and time left, plus Lock Screen widgets. YOUR OWN BUBBLES Add bubbles with any symbol, colour, time and fill. Hours with two buttons, minutes on a rail, from one minute to a full day. Hold a bubble in Edit to move it, park the ones you don't need, bring them back later. COUNT UP, TOO A count-up bubble is a stopwatch: it shows how long since you started it, with an optional reminder that keeps counting after. A HISTORY THAT SHOWS THE SHAPE OF YOUR DAY Every start is remembered. See it as a list, as Lanes (a 24-hour strip for each day), as a month of glowing days, or as a cloud of bubbles you can push around. Delete a run with a swipe, clear a day with a hold, undo either with a tap. RING UNTIL YOU STOP IT On iOS 26 and later, turn on Ring until stopped and a bubble that ends keeps sounding on the Lock Screen until you tap Stop, even on Silent or inside a Focus. Turn it off for single bubbles in their editor. MADE TO BE FELT A tick on every control, detents as you scroll, a pop when a timer ends. Set haptics to Full, Soft or Off in Settings. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows your bubbles in their colours. Tap one to start it on your iPhone, double tap to reset it; the countdown runs on the Watch. The Watch keeps nothing of its own: your timers and history stay on the phone. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no third-party code. Timers, history and preferences live on your phone, backed up only to your own iCloud so a new phone picks up where you left off. Alerts are local notifications scheduled on the device.

Screenshots

Heyo Translate4 screens
Bubl Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Heyo Translate at 15.1 against Bubl Timer's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Heyo Translate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Bubl Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Heyo Translate versus Bubl Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeyo TranslateBubl Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer泓轩 李FEEL THE ENERGY LLC

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Heyo Translate

Subscriptions1
  • Voya Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • 100 Translation Points$1.99
  • Voya Pro One Month$14.99
  • Voya Pro Quarter$24.99
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  • Voya Pro Annual$79.99
1 purchases

Bubl Timer

One-time1
  • Bubl Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Heyo Translate free?
Heyo Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubl Timer free?
Bubl Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heyo Translate or Bubl Timer have ads?
Neither Heyo Translate nor Bubl Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heyo Translate or Bubl Timer?
Heyo Translate ships an update weekly, and Bubl Timer weekly. Most recently, Heyo Translate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bubl Timer on October 31, 2026.

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