Comparison

primr vs Float

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

Head to head
About

primr

Enhance your focus and productivity with binaural beats and guided meditation. Track your focus improvement over time and unlock new sound packs designed for creativity and productivity.

Highlights
  • Binaural beats for focus
  • Guided meditation sessions
  • Focus rating after each session
  • Track focus improvement over time
  • Future sound packs for creativity
Features
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Combining the power of binaural beats and meditation, primr increases your ability to get in the zone and focus on what's important. After each session, you'll get rated on how focused you were and as time goes by you can track how your ability to focus has improved. In future releases, we will be adding binaural beat sound packs that are designed to help improve your creativity and productivity.

About

Float

This app helps students manage essay writing by breaking down word count goals into daily targets. It also supports book reading goals, providing daily page targets. An "Essay Tennis" feature allows friends to challenge each other with word counts.

Highlights
  • Daily word count targets for essays
  • Daily page targets for reading
  • Essay title, word count, and deadline input
  • Essay Tennis word count challenges
  • Time management for students
Features
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-App of the Day- Float helps students break down deadlines and stay focused together. Whether you’re writing an essay, finishing an assignment, or trying to get through a book before a deadline, Float helps you turn big tasks into smaller daily goals. Add what you’re working on, enter your word count or page count, choose your deadline, and Float will calculate how much you need to complete each day. No more guessing, panicking, or leaving everything until the night before. With our new feature Out of Sight, you can put your phone away at the same time as friends, join focus sessions, and stay accountable while you study. Choose a time, see who else is focusing, and make phone-free study feel more social and easier to stick to. Float is built for students who want to feel more in control of their workload, reduce last-minute stress, and build better study habits one day at a time. Key Features BREAK DOWN ESSAYS Enter your essay word count and deadline, and Float will create a simple daily writing target. TRACK READING GOALS Add a book, page count and deadline, and know exactly how many pages to read each day. STAY FOCUSED WITH OUT OF SIGHT Put your phone away, join friends in focus sessions, and stay committed while you study. FOCUS TOGETHER See when friends are going Out of Sight and join the same study time. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Nudge friends to focus with you and build a better study routine together. MAKE DEADLINES FEEL SMALLER Turn big assignments into manageable daily progress. https://www.thefloatapp.com/terms

Screenshots

primr4 screens
Float4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: primr at none against Float's 2. primr also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Float's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 83%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Float sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. primr asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for primr against 5.0 for Float. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of primr's written reviews are positive against 95% of Float's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

primr ships an update every 2 months, Float every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
primr versus Float: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterprimrFloat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaily Prompt LtdMylo Creative Limited

Customer experience

primr

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Float

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

In-app purchases

None

primr

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Float

Subscriptions2
  • Out of Sight Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Out of Sight Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is primr free?
primr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Float free?
Float is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, primr or Float?
primr and Float are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do primr or Float have ads?
Neither primr nor Float shows ads.
Which is updated more often, primr or Float?
primr ships an update every 2 months, and Float every 6 months. Most recently, primr was updated on October 9, 2026 and Float on October 6, 2026.

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