Comparison

Badger Bug vs Sessions

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

Head to head
About

Badger Bug

This app helps you overcome procrastination by sending repeated reminders for tasks you've been putting off. It offers adjustable intensity levels and encouraging messages to motivate you to complete your to-do list.

Highlights
  • Task deferral reminders
  • Adjustable intensity levels
  • Encouraging messages
  • Task suspension and resumption
  • Completion celebration
Features
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Badger Bug When procrastination is not an option, the Badger Bug can help… Having problems getting things done in time? Do you have a tendency to put boring or difficult things off? Taxes, repairs, calls to plumbers, veterinarians or distant family? Help is on the way! The Badger Bug application will bug you to accomplish today what you were deferring until tomorrow! Enter or dictate the task you are constantly putting off, then press START. It will send to your phone, or your Apple Watch repeated reminders to get it done! The Friendly Badger has three different levels of intensity, and a lot of encouraging words for you. He believes in you, and thus Badger Bug is and always will be free! You can suspend the Badger if you are too busy or unable to complete the task due to physical or mental circumstances. Once you get back, just resume, and the Badger will report for duty. It will be joyful and celebratory once you are able to press the “DONE!” button, and send the Badger away…

About

Sessions

This discreet timer helps professionals manage session times without disrupting client flow. It syncs with your calendar and provides subtle notifications on your watch and phone, with a visual timer display for your desk.

Highlights
  • Calendar sync for automatic session setup
  • Discreet Apple Watch notifications
  • Visual timer display with color cues
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Manual session entry option
  • Session count tracking
Features
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You're in the middle of a session and you can't check the clock without breaking rapport. Or perhaps you're between clients, and suddenly realize you've fallen behind schedule. Sessions is a simple timer app built around this problem. Your appointments sync from your calendar and turn into automatic timers to help keep you on schedule, discreetly. ON YOUR DESK Your iPhone displays a calm, full-screen timer, shifting color as the session winds down. It's big enough to read from across the room and subtle enough to leave sitting out. Don't want a number in front of you? Hide the countdown and keep only the full-screen color shift. ON YOUR WRIST • A tap when the session begins • One tap at the halfway point • Two taps at five minutes left • Three taps when time is up FROM YOUR CALENDAR Point the app at your calendar and the day fills itself in. It reads start times and nothing else. Titles, notes, and the people on the invite are never stored. Anything marked as supervision can be left out, and you can set the session length your practice actually runs. Prefer to add them by hand? That works too. YOUR CASELOAD, OVER TIME The app keeps a count of every session you finish. Your lifetime total, today, and this week are free. SESSIONS PRO A one-time purchase, not a subscription, and Family Sharing is included. • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Set goals, like the sessions you need toward licensure • How today compares to your usual Tuesday, and the hours you actually work • A heatmap of every day you've worked • Milestones and personal records • A rolling weekly average, and which way it's heading PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking, no server. Client names never enter the app, because there's nowhere to type one. Sessions stores times and nothing else. Your history stays on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud if you want it there. Built by a marriage and family therapist in training, in the evenings and between clients.

Screenshots

Badger Bug4 screens
Sessions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sessions at 5.0 against Badger Bug's 3.6. Sessions also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Badger Bug's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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. Sessions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Badger Bug asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sessions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Badger Bug has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, Sessions fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Badger Bug versus Sessions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBadger BugSessions
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartine HabibPresently Reading LLC

Customer experience

Badger Bug

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Sessions

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Badger Bug

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sessions

One-time1
  • Sessions Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Badger Bug free?
Badger Bug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sessions free?
Sessions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Badger Bug or Sessions?
Sessions is rated higher. Badger Bug averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Sessions averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Badger Bug or Sessions have ads?
Neither Badger Bug nor Sessions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Badger Bug or Sessions?
Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, and Sessions fortnightly. Most recently, Badger Bug was updated on September 28, 2026 and Sessions on October 11, 2026.

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