Comparison

Instant Mobile vs tapón

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

Head to head
About

Instant Mobile

Features
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Instant Mobile provides access to most of the features offered by Instant Booking on your mobile phone. You can now find and book a free meeting room or desk directly from your smartphone. Other available features (according to version): report an issue (household, broken neon, defective equipment), geolocate a room or a desk and let the app guide you, declare a guest, ask for technical intervention, request services (catering, event, room configuration, equipments...)

About

tapón

Features
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tapón is an app and a physical device we created to help people break free from digital distractions. We often found ourselves opening social media and games while working, reading, or spending time with our loved ones. And after doomscrolling through these apps, we usually couldn't even remember what we had just seen. We initially created tapón for ourselves, then decided to launch it so everyone could benefit from it. Inspired by existing alternatives, which, by the way, are often very expensive, we wanted to create a DIY version that we could share with our family and friends. After many people told us that tapón could be useful to them, we decided to launch it for everyone and make the entire process of building your own physical device freely available. How does it work? Once your tapón is ready and the app is set up, you simply scan the tapón with your phone. The apps you have selected will then be locked. Even if you try to open them, you won't be able to bypass the lock screen until you consciously decide to scan the tapón again. For example, if you're going to bed and don't want to spend time scrolling through TikTok before deciding that it's finally time to sleep, you can keep a tapón on the fridge and scan it before going to bed. Once you're in bed, going back to the kitchen to scan it again is inconvenient, so accessing TikTok becomes a conscious choice, and a very inconvenient one.

Screenshots

Instant Mobile4 screens
tapón3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: tapón at every 6 days against Instant Mobile's every 7 months. Instant Mobile's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Instant Mobile ships an update every 7 months, tapón every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Instant Mobile versus tapón: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstant Mobiletapón
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonBuilding&CoMarcos Martinez

In-app purchases

None

Instant Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

tapón

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instant Mobile free?
Instant Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tapón free?
tapón is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Instant Mobile or tapón have ads?
Neither Instant Mobile nor tapón shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Instant Mobile or tapón?
Instant Mobile ships an update every 7 months, and tapón every 6 days. Most recently, Instant Mobile was updated on October 8, 2026 and tapón on October 13, 2026.

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