Comparison

Tree Notebook vs TuffScreenTime

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

Head to head
About

Tree Notebook

Organize personal information with a hierarchical notes manager. Structure data into a tree-like hierarchy of folders and notes, with options for public and encrypted private sections. Features include powerful search, customizable item appearance, and event reminders.

Highlights
  • Tree-like hierarchical organization
  • Public and encrypted private data sections
  • Attachments (images, files)
  • Multiple data views (tree, list, favorites, history)
  • Powerful search capabilities
  • Customizable item appearance
  • Event reminders and calendar
Features
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Tree Notebook is a hierarchical notes manager designed for keeping personal information. Tree Notebook runs on an iOS device (iPhone or iPad). Besides, there is a counterpart for OS Windows which can be synchronized with up to three iOS devices via a local Wi-Fi network. No access to Internet is needed for synchronizing. The data in Tree Notebook is divided in two parts: the public part accessible without password and the encrypted private part which requires password for opening. The data in every part is arranged as a tree-like multilevel hierarchy of folders and notes. Any folder can include notes and other folders, and so fourth. Any item (a note or a folder) can include text of any size. The items can keep attachments like images or other files. The app can represent data in several ways: as a tree, as a list of items (folders and notes) on the current level, as a list of manually selected items ("Favorites"), or the items visited recently ("History"). The contents of an individual item can be viewed or edited. Tree Notebook includes powerful search facilities: simplified or conditional global search, local search inside an item text. The items can be sorted by several criteria: alphabetically, by creation or modification time, and in manually defined order. The item titles can be attributed using a variety of font types, colored flags, graphic icons. Any item can have an Event attribute and serve as an alarm clock or reminder. A calendar feature is available to help managing events. The app is free to use both on iOS devices and desktop PC.

About

TuffScreenTime

This app transforms screen time into a motivational challenge by letting you create leagues with friends to compete for cash prizes. Track your phone usage automatically and see who can spend the least time on their device each week to win the prize pool.

Highlights
  • Create and join leagues with friends
  • Set weekly prize pools
  • Automatic phone usage tracking
  • Detailed app usage statistics
  • Multiple leagues support
  • Leaderboards and trash talk
Features
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Tuff turns your screen time into a competition — and your willpower into cash. Create a league with friends, set a weekly prize pool, and see who can spend the least time on their phone. The person with the lowest screen time at the end of the week wins it all. No platform fees. No credit card required. Just honest stakes and real motivation. HOW IT WORKS Join or create a league with a simple invite code. Everyone contributes to the pool. Tuff tracks your phone usage automatically — every minute counts. At the end of the week, the player who spent the least time on their phone takes home the prize. Get caught cheating or break the rules? You're disqualified. COMPETE IN LEAGUES Run multiple leagues at once with different friends or groups. Each league has its own prize pool, time window, and leaderboard. Share your invite code and let the trash talk begin. TRACK YOUR STATS See exactly where your time goes — broken down by app, by day, and by week. Watch your usage trend downward as the competition heats up. WINNER TAKES ALL — BUT EVERYONE WINS Even if you don't take the pot, you get something more valuable: hours of your life back. Tuff is the only app that gives you a financial reason to put your phone down.

Screenshots

Tree Notebook4 screens
TuffScreenTime3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TuffScreenTime at 5.0 against Tree Notebook's 4.4. Tree Notebook's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TuffScreenTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tree Notebook has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Tree Notebook versus TuffScreenTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTree NotebookTuffScreenTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLena PankratovaCollin Boler

Customer experience

Tree Notebook

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

TuffScreenTime

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

In-app purchases

None

Tree Notebook

No in-app purchases

None

TuffScreenTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tree Notebook free?
Tree Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TuffScreenTime free?
TuffScreenTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tree Notebook or TuffScreenTime?
TuffScreenTime is rated higher. Tree Notebook averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while TuffScreenTime averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tree Notebook or TuffScreenTime have ads?
Neither Tree Notebook nor TuffScreenTime shows ads.

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