Comparison

Bear & Bells vs Timeshifter

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

Head to head
About

Bear & Bells

This app provides hikers with customizable bell chimes to alert wildlife in bear country. It offers educational information on bear safety and features unique animal protector illustrations.

Highlights
  • Customizable bell chimes
  • Recordable sound options
  • Adjustable chime duration
  • Animal protector illustrations
  • Bear safety information
  • Educational content for all ages
Features
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FREE app for hikers in bear country. Developed by hiking enthusiasts, Bear & Bells gives you nine unique bell chimes plus the ability to record and save your own! Set your bell choice and duration, then start walking. Chimes are spaced apart to avoid annoying continuous ringing. Additional features include custom illustration backgrounds of animal “protectors” that will watch over you, information about black and brown (grizzly bears) and safety suggestions. It’s educational and fun for adults and kids alike.

About

Timeshifter

This app provides personalized plans to reduce jet lag based on sleep science and your individual chronotype. It guides you on when to seek or avoid light, sleep, nap, and use optional supplements like melatonin and caffeine.

Highlights
  • Personalized jet lag plans
  • Circadian Time™ advice
  • Practicality Filter™
  • Quick Turnaround® feature
  • Pre-travel adjustment advice
  • Push notifications
Features
Currently charting
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Reduce jet lag with personalized plans based on the latest sleep and circadian science. Timeshifter creates a plan for every flight and time zone, tailored to your chronotype, sleep pattern, itinerary and personal preferences. Used by NASA astronauts, F1 teams, NBA players, Olympic athletes and frequent travelers - and rated "as good as it's going to get" by The New York Times. - The Wall Street Journal: "Indispensable" - Condé Nast Traveler: "Say goodbye to jet lag" - WIRED: "Will help reset your [circadian] clock" - Travel + Leisure: "Game-changer" WHAT YOU GET Jet lag plans that show exactly when to seek light, when to avoid it, when to sleep and when to nap, and how to use melatonin (optional) and caffeine correctly (optional) - hour by hour. PROVEN RESULTS Based on ~130,000 post-flight surveys: - 96.4% of travelers who followed their plan avoided severe jet lag entirely. - Travelers who ignored the advice were 6.2x more likely to experience severe jet lag - and 14.1x more likely to experience very severe jet lag. YOUR FIRST PLAN IS FREE Your first jet lag plan is free, with no commitment. After your free plan, you can buy plans as you go for US$9.99 per plan, or subscribe for unlimited plans at US$24.99. KEY FEATURES - Circadian Time™: advice timed to your circadian clock - Practicality Filter™: adjusts advice to the "real world" - Quick Turnaround®: automatically detects short trips - Pre-travel advice: start adjusting before departure - Push notifications: view advice without opening the app JET LAG MYTHS VS. CIRCADIAN SCIENCE Jet lag cannot be fixed with generic sleep advice, exercise, hydration, dietary supplements, special diets or fasting. None of these reset your circadian clock quickly to a new time zone. Light is the key time cue that resets your circadian clock. Individually-timed light exposure and light avoidance - based on your chronotype, your normal sleep pattern and your itinerary - is the only way to adjust to a new time zone quickly. Get the timing wrong and jet lag gets worse. Getting that timing right is complex and unintuitive, which is why generic advice fails. Timeshifter works as your jet lag calculator and planner, doing that timing for you. WHY WE MADE TIMESHIFTER We built Timeshifter to make circadian science accessible and help you apply it to reduce jet lag. It targets the underlying cause of jet lag - the disruption of your circadian clock - and reduces the symptoms that come with it, including insomnia, daytime sleepiness, fatigue and digestive discomfort. Timeshifter was developed with Dr. Steven W. Lockley, a Harvard Medical School faculty member for over 20 years and former neuroscientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is an international authority on circadian rhythms and sleep, with more than 30 years of clinical research experience in humans, and works with NASA astronauts and mission controllers, F1 teams, NBA players, national soccer teams and Olympic athletes. Whether you are crossing one time zone or ten, on a long-haul flight or a quick turnaround, Timeshifter gives you a jet lag plan built for that trip. Download Timeshifter and make jet lag history on your next flight. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Timeshifter is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and is intended for healthy adults 18 years of age or older. Timeshifter is not intended for pilots and flight crew on duty. Terms of Use: www.timeshifter.com/legal/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: www.timeshifter.com/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Bear & Bells4 screens
Timeshifter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timeshifter at 92% against Bear & Bells's 40%. Timeshifter also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 3) and chart position (#35 vs unranked). Bear & Bells's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads and device support 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. Timeshifter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Bear & Bells asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bear & Bells holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timeshifter has 2.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Bear & Bells's written reviews are positive against 92% of Timeshifter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Bear & Bells versus Timeshifter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear & BellsTimeshifter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (2.7K ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews91.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32.7K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#35 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB62 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPeter HornsbyTimeshifter Inc.

Customer experience

Bear & Bells

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Timeshifter

All ratings2,698 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews1,537 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative6.5%

Bugs and requests

Bear & Bells

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Timeshifter

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashing or getting stuck on a white screen
  • Issues with account login and data loss

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to adjust plan for unexpected schedule changes
  • Integration with fitness trackers or sleep apps
  • Recommendations for meal timing and nutrition

In-app purchases

None

Bear & Bells

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Timeshifter

Subscriptions1
  • Timeshifter$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • discounted jet lag plan$4.99
  • jet lag plan$9.99

Questions

Is Bear & Bells free?
Bear & Bells is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timeshifter free?
Timeshifter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bear & Bells or Timeshifter?
Bear & Bells is rated higher. Bear & Bells averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Timeshifter averages 4.7 from 2.7K ratings.
Do Bear & Bells or Timeshifter have ads?
Neither Bear & Bells nor Timeshifter shows ads.

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