Sloooow vs Upwards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sloooow
This app offers a unique perspective on time by presenting a clock that completes a full rotation in one year. It's designed as a conceptual art piece to encourage reflection on our relationship with time and yearly accomplishments.
- Year-long clock rotation
- Conceptual art piece
- Time relationship exploration
- Reflection on yearly accomplishments
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Earth takes 365 days to orbit our Sun. Sloooow™ dial takes one year to complete a rotation. Sloooow™ is a conceptual art piece designed to question our relationship with time and what one can accomplish in a year. Change your relationship with time. Take it Sloooow™
Upwards
Enhance your browsing experience by adding a "Back to Top" button to any webpage. This tool remembers your scroll position and allows you to return to specific points with ease. It also features "Pitstops" to bookmark locations for later access.
- Add 'Back to Top' button
- Remember scroll position
- Set page checkpoints ('Pitstops')
- Return to bookmarked locations
- Customizable button functionality
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Add a "Back to Top" button to any webpage. It remembers the position where you scrolled up from and lets you go back to it. Plus, it has a feature called "PitStops" that lets you set checkpoints on a page that you can return to later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sloooow at none against Upwards's 1. Sloooow also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Upwards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 38 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Upwards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sloooow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sloooow holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Sloooow's written reviews are positive against 50% of Upwards's.
Sloooow ships an update every 38 months, Upwards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sloooow | Upwards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Terry Gillespie | Ritinkar Pramanik |
Customer experience
Sloooow
Upwards
In-app purchases
Sloooow
No in-app purchases
Upwards
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