Restless vs Tacho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restless
This app helps you stay awake by vibrating at regular intervals and when it detects you might be falling asleep. It uses your heart rate, age, and biological sex to personalize its alerts, even when running in the background or with the screen off.
- Vibrates to keep you awake
- Detects falling asleep using heart rate
- Personalized alerts based on age and sex
- Works in background
- Screen-off functionality
- Changing vibration patterns
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Sometimes you’re tired but need to stay awake. May be you’re driving home at night after a party, may be you’re trying to study late in the night for your midterms or you just want to stay awake to see the end of that TV show … For that, there’s Restless ! Restless will keep you awake by vibrating at regular interval and as soon as it feels that you’re getting asleep. The app uses your current heart rate to detect if you may be falling asleep and react immediately (based on your age and and your biological sex). Restless needs read-only access to your HealthKit data to provide these personalized functionalities. The vibration pattern changes each time to avoid getting used to it. Works when the app is in background and even when the screen is turned off !
Tacho
Track your cycling workouts with this app, which functions as a bike computer on your Apple Watch and iPhone. It records key metrics like speed, heart rate, and elevation, syncing data to Apple Health.
- Bike computer functionality
- Track speed, heart rate, elevation
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Auto-pause feature
- Barometric altimeter for accuracy
- Real-time weather data
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Tacho is a bike computer for the Apple Watch and iPhone. With the Tacho Watch app, you can track your bike workouts and save them to the Apple Health app on your iPhone. You can use the Tacho Watch app with or without an iPhone. Start your tracking on the Apple Watch. With the Tacho iPhone app, you can then see key metrics like speed, heart rate, elevation, incline, wind speed and direction, and air temperature. On the Apple Watch, you'll also see average and maximum speed, pulse, and ascent and descent. With the auto-pause function, only the time and distance you are actually moving is counted. The barometric altimeter ensures accurate altitude measurement. It automatically calibrates itself based on the GPS signal as you move. Weather data is updated every 5 to 15 minutes depending on your speed and location. The following data is stored in the Apple Health app on your iPhone: - ride time - distance - route - altitude (ascent/descent) - speed - pulse - calories burned - air temperature - air humidity - weather condition - events (pause start/end, movement start/end) In the Settings app on your iPhone, you can configure the Tacho app to your liking. You can choose between altimetry via GPS or barometer, configure units of measurement, customize the appearance and disable the auto-pause functionality. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tacho at 74% against Restless's 25%. Tacho also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.3). Restless's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Restless costs $1.99 and Tacho $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tacho holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Restless's written reviews are positive against 74% of Tacho's.
| Parameter | Restless | Tacho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (11 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cubesoft SARL | Friedemann Bartels |
Customer experience
Restless
Tacho
In-app purchases
Restless
No in-app purchases
Tacho
No in-app purchases
