Toucan Authenticator vs Avoid Social Media Distraction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toucan Authenticator
This app simplifies online security by providing a streamlined two-factor authentication experience. It offers quick access to codes via widgets and an Apple Watch app, with robust security features like Face ID and Touch ID protection.
- Two-factor authentication
- Time and counter-based codes (TOTP/HOTP)
- Apple Watch app for code access
- Today View widget for quick access
- Face ID, Touch ID, or password protection
- Optimized iPad version
- Code export functionality
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Toucan is the best two-factor authentication app, built specifically for iOS. With Toucan Authenticator, it’s both easy and enjoyable to stay safe online. Why use Toucan? • Built for iOS, this beautifully presented app makes it a cinch to access account information and codes • Striking Apple Watch app lets you use your codes without your phone • Today view widget lets you easily access all of your codes • Protect access with Face ID, Touch ID or a password • Time and counter based (TOTP and HOTP) codes are both fully supported • A great, truly optimised iPad version • Export codes separately, or all at once
Avoid Social Media Distraction
Temporarily block distracting elements on popular websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Enhance focus, boost productivity, and improve self-control by hiding videos, stories, shorts, and ads.
- Block website interference
- Hide feeds, stories, shorts, and ads
- Selective element hiding
- Improve work efficiency
- Enhance self-control
- Safari extension
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Using the Avoid Social Media Distraction app feature to temporarily block website interference, you can hide interference on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc., so that you can concentrate, improve work efficiency, and enhance self-control. This Safari extension allows you to selectively hide attention grabbing components on each website, such as videos, shorts, comments, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Toucan Authenticator at Free against Avoid Social Media Distraction's $2.99. Toucan Authenticator also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 60%). Avoid Social Media Distraction's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). 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
Toucan Authenticator is free to download; Avoid Social Media Distraction costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Avoid Social Media Distraction holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avoid Social Media Distraction has 71 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Toucan Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 60% of Avoid Social Media Distraction's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Toucan Authenticator ships an update every 6 weeks, Avoid Social Media Distraction every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toucan Authenticator | Avoid Social Media Distraction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Purdy | 泳诗 陈 |
Customer experience
Toucan Authenticator
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In-app purchases
Toucan Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Avoid Social Media Distraction
No in-app purchases
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