Comparison

MNEMOK vs the boring app.

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

Head to head
About

MNEMOK

This app allows you to set a persistent reminder that displays directly on your watch face. It supports text, voice, or emoji input and adds color to watch faces for increased visibility. The reminder remains until you manually clear it.

Highlights
  • Persistent watch face display
  • Text, voice, and emoji input
  • Color customization on compatible watch faces
  • Supports all complication families
  • Reminder stays until cleared
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Something really important you need to remember? MNEMOK it! Enter the text that will be shown on your watch face! The reminder will stay on your watch face until you clear it. MNEMOK is made specifically to fulfil the need for one immediate and very important reminder. MNEMOK is meant to be added to a watch face and by that make sure to remind you every time you look at your watch. In colour enabled watch faces MNEMOK adds in randomised colours to make your watch face look unusual and by that remind you of that One Important thing. You can use voice, writing or emoji to set your reminder. MNEMOK supports all of the complications families.

About

the boring app.

This app is designed to break the habit of constantly checking your phone. It offers no reward each time you use it, weakening the reflex with every interaction. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with no accounts or data harvesting.

Highlights
  • Breaks reward loop
  • Weakens checking reflex
  • No accounts required
  • No data harvesting
  • Distraction-free
Features
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Your phone is hard to put down. You pick it up without deciding to, open something, set it down, then reach for it again a minute later. That is not really a decision anymore. It is a habit, and habits run on payoff. Most times you check, something is waiting: a message, a new post, something you haven't seen. Rewards that arrive unpredictably are the kind that stick hardest, which is how checking became a reflex you barely notice. This app takes the payoff out of that moment. You pick which apps to block. When you go to open one, you come here first and solve a math problem. It is dull, it costs a little effort, and it gives you nothing back. The reflex still fires, but it meets a small wall instead of a reward, and a reflex that stops paying off slowly loses its grip. The cost also rises the more you lean on it. Unlock once and the gate is short; come back again the same day and it asks for more problems and gives less time. Leaning on it harder will make the app push back. You can set locked hours, when the blocked apps do not open at all and there is no problem that will let you in. Strict mode protects that: while a locked window is running, you cannot quietly widen your list, trim your hours, or shut the app off without solving your way through first. The watch app can remind you when a block is lifted, so a few earned minutes do not quietly turn into an hour. No accounts, no sign-in, no email, no data leaving your phone. Boring.

Screenshots

the boring app.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: the boring app. at 5.0 against MNEMOK's 3.7. MNEMOK's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (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

the boring app. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MNEMOK ships an update every 8 days, the boring app. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MNEMOK versus the boring app.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMNEMOKthe boring app.
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForward Game UG (haftungsbeschrankt)christopher woods

Customer experience

MNEMOK

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

the boring app.

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

In-app purchases

None

MNEMOK

No in-app purchases

None

the boring app.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MNEMOK free?
MNEMOK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is the boring app. free?
the boring app. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MNEMOK or the boring app.?
the boring app. is rated higher. MNEMOK averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while the boring app. averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MNEMOK or the boring app. have ads?
Neither MNEMOK nor the boring app. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MNEMOK or the boring app.?
MNEMOK ships an update every 8 days, and the boring app. every 2 months. Most recently, MNEMOK was updated on November 3, 2026 and the boring app. on October 31, 2026.

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