Working4 vs Otso
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Working4
This app helps motivate individuals by visually tracking progress towards earning rewards. Customize choice boards with images and set token goals for lessons, chores, or behavior goals. It's a digital reinforcement system for positive behavior change.
- Visual token tracking system
- Customizable reward choice boards
- Selectable token amounts (1-5)
- Use pre-loaded symbols or personal photos
- Progress visualization for motivation
- "Cash in" button for earned rewards
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Working4™ makes motivation clear, visual, and encouraging. Working4™ is a simple visual tool that helps children and learners understand what they’re working toward, how much effort is needed, and how close they are to reaching their goal. By making expectations clear and progress easy to see, the app supports positive routines and joyful engagement throughout the day. Families and educators can use Working4™ for learning activities at school, chores at home, building independence, or everyday moments like mealtime and transitions. Choose the number of tokens needed (1–5), create a personalized choice board using built-in symbols or your own photos, and let the learner select what they’d like to work toward. As tokens are earned, progress is shown visually—making success feel concrete and motivating. When the goal is reached, learners can “cash in” and celebrate their accomplishment, then reset the board or choose a new goal to begin again. Designed to be flexible, intuitive, and supportive, Working4™ helps learners of all abilities stay engaged, feel successful, and build confidence—one step at a time.
Otso
This app provides a visual countdown timer that uses a shrinking colored wedge instead of numbers. It offers various aesthetic designs and tactile feedback, making time management intuitive for all ages. The app is designed for privacy with no accounts or data collection.
- Visual countdown wedge
- Customizable faces and sounds
- Dynamic Island and Lock Screen integration
- No ads or subscriptions
- Private by design
- Tactile feedback and animations
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A colored wedge shrinks as time runs down. See how much is left at a glance, without having to read the numbers or do the math. Buy once and use it on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. No ads, no subscriptions, no account. No tracking or data collection. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose a dial maximum of 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes • Count clockwise or counterclockwise • Adjust sound and haptic feedback on supported devices ON iPHONE AND iPAD • Drag the dial to set a timer; tap to start, pause, or resume • Turn the dial with two fingers, like a real knob • Smooth dialing at up to 120 Hz on ProMotion displays • Swipe beside the dial to change faces, or swipe up for settings • Check the countdown on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island • Keep the screen awake while the timer is running in the foreground • Receive a finish notification in the background when notifications are enabled • Made for iPhone Duo: Otso fills the whole display, closed or open, and keeps the dial clear of the fold and the status items • Half folded, the countdown gets one side of the screen and the dial stays on the other • Works in Split View: put Otso next to another app, and the dial adapts as you resize it ON APPLE WATCH All fifteen faces, right on your wrist. Turn the Digital Crown to set the time, tap to start or pause, swipe left or right to change faces, and swipe up for settings. The Watch timer works independently of the iPhone timer. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver labels and timer actions, keyboard controls on Mac and iPad, and animations that adapt to Reduce Motion. DETAILS YOU CAN FEEL Each face has its own sounds: Wood knocks, Glass chimes, and LCD clicks like a watch button. Flick the dial and it spins on, clicking past each mark as it slows to a stop. The faces catch the light like real objects: tilt your iPhone or iPad, or move the pointer on Mac, and the glass glints, shadows deepen under the rim and the knobs, and Neon’s glow floats behind its tube. Party celebrates with confetti, while Aurora adds a soft shimmer. Motion effects are reduced when Reduce Motion is on. FIFTEEN FACES Each has its own character. • Classic — charcoal body, glass lens, red disc • Pastel — soft candy colors and a textured knob • Rainbow — lilac, with an arc that shrinks color by color • Neumorph — soft, sculpted, quiet • Glass — translucent, on a light wall • Flat — pure, bold, no chrome • Paper — warm stationery, an ink needle • Wood — turned walnut, terracotta wedge • LCD — dot matrix on a backlit sage screen • Rugged — machined blades behind thick rubber • Midnight — black with a hot coral glow • Halo — a glowing amber ring • Neon — a magenta glow against the dark • Aurora — a curtain of light over a starfield • Party — a frosted cake that bursts into confetti Otso takes its name from the bear of Finnish folklore. A timer should sit quietly in the room and be understood at a glance. For lessons, workshops, exams, focused work, homework, and cooking — whenever it helps to see time passing.
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Verdict
Working4 and Otso both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Otso's written reviews are positive against 70% of Working4's. Otso also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Working4's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Working4 costs $0.99 and Otso $0.99 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 — 4.9 for Working4 against 5.0 for Otso. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Working4 has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Working4's written reviews are positive against 100% of Otso's.
Working4 ships an update every 6 months, Otso every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Working4 | Otso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pyramid Global Communication Technology LLC | SIMON HEUSCHKEL |
Customer experience
Working4
Otso
In-app purchases
Working4
No in-app purchases
Otso
No in-app purchases









