City Sweats vs Skipper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
City Sweats
Book wellness sessions, manage your account, and discover exclusive in-app offers. This app provides a convenient way to access relaxation and self-care services.
- Book rejuvenating sessions
- Manage account and memberships
- Stay informed about in-app perks
- Access exclusive promotions
- Experience relaxation and self-care
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Easily book rejuvenating sessions, manage your account and memberships, and stay informed about exclusive in-app perks and promotions. Experience relaxation and self-care at your fingertips. Download now to unlock a healthier, happier you!
Skipper
This app allows you to send messages to your future self, which are delivered as notifications days later. It's designed to help with self-reflection, emotional processing, and personal motivation. The app prioritizes user privacy with no data collection.
- Send messages to future self
- Timed notification delivery
- Emotional and thought exploration
- Personal motivation tool
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Explore your emotions and thoughts with the buffer of time. Write yourself a message, and Skipper will deliver it to you as a notification 3-8 days later at a random time during the day. Skipper lends a hand to whatever you’re working on: - grounding yourself in the present moment - moving through whatever emotions arise - speaking more kindly to yourself - inspiring yourself for a creative project - motivating yourself to take action - reminding yourself to be playfully absurd - whatever your heart desires No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No data collected. By downloading Skipper, you agree to our terms of use (https://tryskipper.app/terms) and privacy policy (https://tryskipper.app/privacy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: City Sweats at Free against Skipper's $1.99. City Sweats also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Skipper's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
City Sweats is free to download; Skipper costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for City Sweats against 5.0 for Skipper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skipper has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
City Sweats ships an update monthly, Skipper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | City Sweats | Skipper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CITY SWEATS LLC STE 8 | Katherine Apone |
Customer experience
City Sweats
Skipper
In-app purchases
City Sweats
No in-app purchases
Skipper
No in-app purchases
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