Comparison

Blink vs Breaks

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

Head to head
About

Blink

Capture thoughts instantly with this minimalist notepad. It prioritizes speed and simplicity, offering a unique layout to view all your notes at a glance. Ideal for quick ideas, to-dos, and reminders without complex organization.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast entry
  • Clean minimal design
  • Priority markers
  • Hourly reminders
  • Home screen widget
  • Voice dictation
Features
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+ App Store Today's App Featured + The fastest way to capture your thoughts. One tap, and it's saved. Blink is designed for speed. No folders, no categories, no complicated setup. Just open, type, and done. Your ideas deserve to be captured before they disappear. WHY BLINK? Unlike traditional note apps with endless lists and folders, Blink shows all your notes at a glance in a unique non-listing layout. Find what you need instantly without scrolling through pages. CAPTURE ANYTHING Grocery lists on your way home Quick to-dos that can't wait Brilliant ideas that pop into your head Phone numbers and addresses Meeting notes and reminders KEY FEATURES Lightning-Fast Entry — Open the app and start typing immediately Clean Minimal Design — No clutter, no distractions Priority Markers — Tap to highlight important notes in red Hourly Reminders — Red-marked notes remind you every hour until done Home Screen Widget — Check your notes without opening the app Voice Dictation — Speak your thoughts hands-free SIMPLE BY DESIGN Blink intentionally keeps things minimal. No tags, no notebooks, no learning curve. If you want a powerful note-taking suite, this isn't it. But if you want the fastest way to jot down a thought before it slips away, Blink is exactly what you need. Perfect for quick thinkers, busy professionals, and anyone who values simplicity over complexity.

About

Breaks

This app helps you enhance productivity by timeboxing work and breaks. It offers a simple, single-screen interface to set durations and start focus sessions. Receive notifications for session completion and utilize interactive widgets for easy control.

Highlights
  • Customizable work and break durations
  • Session start and end notifications
  • Work-only or break-only sessions
  • Interactive widgets for session control
  • Single-screen simplicity
Features
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Breaks is a simple focus timer to help you do your best work. Breaks lets you easily timebox your work and ensure you’re taking adequate breaks, so you can focus better and be more productive. Breaks is designed to be simple as possible with no extraneous features. Too many apps today try to do too much and make it difficult to do the one thing you actually want the app to do. Breaks is a single screen. You set your work duration, break duration, and hit Start Session, and that's it! Breaks will remember your last used durations so when your session is over, you can go again with a single tap. - Start a focus session with work and break durations - Get notifications when the work portion is over and at the end of the session - Can do work-only or break-only sessions - Interactive widgets lets you see the current time remaining as well as start/stop/restart sessions

Screenshots

Blink4 screens
Breaks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Breaks at 5.0 against Blink's 4.3. Breaks also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Blink's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13 vs 17.0). On 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

Blink costs $2.99 and Breaks $0.99 up front. Blink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Breaks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Breaks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blink has 168 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Blink versus Breaks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlinkBreaks
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (168 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings168 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEUIHYUNG JUNGZachary Waugh

Customer experience

Blink

All ratings168 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews389 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral11.6%
Negative14.4%

Breaks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Blink

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Dictation not working on some devices
  • Purchased features not persisting
  • Crashing when using backup/restore
  • Widget displaying text incorrectly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add dark mode or customizable colors
  • Implement iCloud or cross-device sync
  • Allow rearranging and reordering of items
  • Add support for iPad and Apple Watch
  • Improve notification scheduling and controls

Breaks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blink

One-time1
  • PagesFree
None

Breaks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blink free?
Blink costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Breaks free?
Breaks costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blink or Breaks?
Breaks is rated higher. Blink averages 4.3 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Breaks averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Blink or Breaks have ads?
Neither Blink nor Breaks shows ads.

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