Comparison

Unique vs Cogs

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

Head to head
About

Unique

This app offers tools for managing ADHD and improving mental well-being. It provides guided meditation, mindfulness courses, and a mood tracker to help reduce stress, enhance focus, and build habits. Features include focused lessons, personalized meditation, and an ADHD tracker for better self-understanding.

Highlights
  • Focused lessons for ADHD management
  • Guided meditation for stress and focus
  • Mindfulness courses with CBT techniques
  • Mood and stress symptom tracker
  • ADHD symptom and neurodiversity tracker
  • Habit building and procrastination reduction
Features
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Welcome to Unique, your comprehensive solution for ADHD and mental health management. Our app helps you improve focus, reduce procrastination, relieve stress, and enhance your overall mental well-being. Through guided meditation, mindfulness practices, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, Unique offers the tools you need for effective ADHD management. Unique was honored as "Product of the Day" on Product Hunt for its innovative approach to managing ADHD and stress relief. What Our Users Say: “This app is fantastic for building new habits and managing ADHD! It offers techniques that help someone with ADHD in their daily work and personal life.” – Helena "The guided meditation is cool, and the tips provided are helpful. They help me reduce procrastination and relieve stress.” – Melinda - "Thanks to this app, I've managed to reduce my ADHD symptoms. I love the lessons and the AI-generated guided meditation feature!” – Deniz Core Features: - Focused Lessons: Unique provides practical tips to help you manage your to-do list, enhance focus, reduce procrastination, relieve stress, and use a task manager effectively. Learn how to utilize a planner and calendar to organize your day, improve concentration, and achieve stress relief. - Guided Meditation: Experience guided meditation sessions designed for ADHD and ADD. These meditations help reduce stress, enhance focus and concentration, and improve mental health. Meditation is a key component in managing symptoms. - Mindfulness Courses: Unique offers beginner-friendly mindfulness courses tailored for managing ADHD, focusing on CBT techniques and executive functioning to improve concentration and reduce stress. - Mood Tracker: You can monitor your stress symptoms and emotional states. Understand how different therapies and stress management techniques impact your mental health and provide stress relief. - ADHD Tracker: Gain insights into your symptoms and neurodiversity profile. Understand your condition better with Unique and tailor your approach to therapy. Why Unique: 1. Specific Content: Unique’s content and CBT tools are designed for ADHD, addressing unique challenges and enhancing focus. 2. Personalized Meditation: Offers a peaceful escape from stress, boosts concentration, and reduces procrastination. Experience personalized meditation with Unique. 3. Procrastination and Focus Management: With Unique, you can procrastinate less and improve your focus. Our practical tools and strategies help you stay on task, manage your time effectively, and enhance productivity. Benefits of Using Unique: - Improved Focus and Concentration: Our tailored meditation and CBT techniques enhance mental clarity and productivity. Stay focused and manage your symptoms effectively. - Stress Relief and Anxiety Management: Guided meditation sessions help you relax, reduce anxiety, and improve overall mental health. Find stress relief with Unique's comprehensive mental wellness tools. - Better Emotional Understanding: Mood and ADHD tracking help you understand your emotional patterns and track your progress. Gain emotional insight with Unique and stay on top of your mental health. - Productivity and Organization: Manage tasks efficiently with features like task manager, to-do list, calendar, planner, and reminders. - Focus and Concentration: Enhance your concentration using our focus app, Pomodoro technique, guided meditation, mindfulness practices, and white noise. - Mental Health and Wellness: Track your symptoms with ADHD tracker, mood tracker, and find relief with therapy, anxiety relief, and stress management techniques. Join Unique today and take the first step towards better management, enhanced focus & reduced procrastination. This app offers support for managing ADHD but should not be seen as a replacement for professional healthcare treatment. For any medical advice or treatment plans, we strongly recommend consulting with a qualified healthcare professional.

About

Cogs

This app helps neurodivergent individuals identify personal burnout signs, understand energy levels, and develop positive wellbeing habits through reflection, movement, breathing, and stimming. It offers personalized insights and tools to support self-regulation and self-advocacy.

Highlights
  • Identify personal burnout signs
  • Understand energy levels
  • Develop wellbeing habits
  • Track burnout signs daily
  • Visualize energy levels
  • Save effective self-care practices
Features
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Built by neurodivergent people for neurodivergent people, the Cogs mobile app helps you avoid neurodivergent burnout and develop positive wellbeing habits. We help you live your best neurodivergent life by enabling you to: 1. Identify your personal burnout signs Cogs helps you discover the specific behaviours and thought patterns that show up more strongly when you’re burnt out. Understanding and tracking these is the first stop to beating burnout. 2. Understand your energy levels By tracking your burnout signs daily, Cogs visualises your energy levels for you, indicating when you can take on the day and when you need to prioritise self care. Understanding and communicating what you feel capable of is an important step in advocating for yourself 3. Develop good wellbeing habits Cogs helps you self-regulate and maintain good daily practices through reflection, movement, breathing and stimming. Once you’ve found the things that work for you, save them for later. They will appear on your self-care screen. All features of the Cogs app require a paid membership. Membership is offered for £7.99/month or £69.99/year with a 7 days free trial for new users. Price listed is for UK users and may be different in other regions. Existing subscribers are not eligible for a free trial. [:mav: 2.0.2]

Screenshots

Unique4 screens
Cogs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Unique at 4.8 against Cogs's 3.0. Unique also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ratings volume (202 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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. Unique sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cogs sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unique holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unique has 202 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Unique's written reviews are positive against 71% of Cogs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unique ships an update every 11 days, Cogs monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Unique versus Cogs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUniqueCogs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (202 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings202 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB107 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUnivi Group sp. z o.o.Cogs AI Ltd

Customer experience

Unique

All ratings202 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative12.2%

Cogs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Unique

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Mood reviews and journal entries disappear
  • Assignment scores won't load

Requested features

9 requests
  • More content
  • Body double feature
  • Health eating advice
  • Cleaning checklists
  • Podcast option
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  • To-do list saving
  • More on procrastination
  • More on maintaining consistency
  • Additional features for a fee

Cogs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Unique

Subscriptions10
  • All Access - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • All Access - Annual$11.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual$14.991 Year
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  • All Access - Annual$15.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual$24.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual$27.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual$34.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • All Access - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
10 purchases

Cogs

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly membership14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly, £14.99 - Special offer$14.991 Year
  • Yearly, £17.99 - Special offer$17.991 Year
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  • Yearly £19.99 - Special offer$19.991 Year
  • Yearly, £24.99 - Special offer$24.991 Year
  • Yearly, £29.99$29.991 Year
  • Yearly, £34.99 - Special offer$34.991 Year
  • Yearly, £39.99$39.991 Year
  • Yearly, £59.99 - Special offer$59.991 Year
  • Annual membership14 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Unique free?
Unique is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cogs free?
Cogs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Unique or Cogs?
Unique is rated higher. Unique averages 4.8 out of 5 from 202 ratings, while Cogs averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Unique or Cogs have ads?
Neither Unique nor Cogs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unique or Cogs?
Unique ships an update every 11 days, and Cogs monthly. Most recently, Unique was updated on November 7, 2026 and Cogs on November 3, 2026.

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