Interview vs TimeColorCue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interview
Record conversations and receive accurate, speaker-identified transcripts directly on your device. This app prioritizes privacy by processing all data locally, ensuring your sensitive discussions remain confidential. Share transcripts in various formats when you're ready.
- On-device recording and transcription
- Speaker identification and labeling
- Privacy-focused, no cloud processing
- Multiple export formats (text, Markdown, Word, PDF)
- Import existing audio/video files
- Multi-language support
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Record the conversation. Get a transcript that says who said what. Nothing ever leaves your phone. Interview is a recorder for conversations that can't leak: client meetings, interviews, research sessions, anything you'd rather keep to yourself. Tap Record, talk, tap Done. Minutes later you have a transcript with every line labeled by the person who said it. All of it happens on your phone. No account, no servers, no upload. The only way an interview leaves your phone is when you share it yourself. KNOWS WHO'S TALKING Interview tells the voices in the room apart and labels every line. Name a speaker once and everything they said is labeled. If it isn't sure, it asks instead of guessing. REMEMBERS THE PEOPLE YOU INTERVIEW Name someone once and Interview recognizes them next time. It learns your own voice during setup, so you're labeled automatically. Remembered voices are yours to delete, any time. SHARE ON YOUR TERMS Send the transcript as text, Markdown, Word or PDF, with or without the audio. Nothing is shared until you choose to. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Transcribes 33 languages and picks the right one on its own: Arabic, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Some languages need a one-time download from Apple the first time. Titles and summaries come from Apple Intelligence, which writes them in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese. Recordings in other languages still get the full transcript, dated instead of titled. ALREADY HAVE A RECORDING? Import audio or video, or paste a link to an episode or audio file, and get the same transcript. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in • No servers, no upload • Delete means gone Made for anyone who cares about privacy. Lawyers, journalists and researchers use it, and so can anyone who'd rather keep a conversation their own. Works best on iPhone 12 or later. Titles and summaries need Apple Intelligence.
TimeColorCue
This app provides a flexible visual multi-stage timer with customizable colors and reminders for each stage. It offers various display modes and is designed to help users stay focused and on track during work, fitness, or daily routines.
- Multi-stage visual timer
- Customizable stage colors and reminders
- Multiple display modes (Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring)
- Optional custom backgrounds
- Sound and vibration reminders
- Local-first design, no account needed
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TimeColorCue is a clear, flexible visual multi-stage timer. Create a scenario, set duration, color and reminder text for each stage, then start a focused, eye‑catching full‑screen countdown. Use cases: • Focus work & Pomodoro sessions • Fitness, stretching & interval training • Meditation and breathing exercises • Cooking and daily routines • Presentations, rehearsals & classroom activities Core features: • Four display modes: Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring • Freely combine countdown timer, reminder text and progress indicator • Stage colors with smooth color transitions • Sound, vibration, stage change and advance reminders • Optional custom backgrounds for scenarios • Local-first design, no account sign-up required • Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, French and Italian TimeColorCue helps you know your current task and next step at a glance, reduce distractions and stay on track. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeColorCue at 100% against Interview's 71%. TimeColorCue also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). Interview's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Interview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TimeColorCue sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TimeColorCue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interview has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Interview's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimeColorCue's.
Interview ships an update weekly, TimeColorCue every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Interview | TimeColorCue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Projek J | 帅 王 |
Customer experience
Interview
TimeColorCue
In-app purchases
Interview
- Interview Unlock$19.99
TimeColorCue
- Buy Me a Coffee$3.00
- Lifetime Premium$4.99









