Comparison

Inutility vs Nothing Happens

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

Head to head
About

Inutility

This app offers a collection of 20 simulated, non-functional experiences designed purely for amusement. Interact with virtual objects using your phone's sensors for playful, surprising results.

Highlights
  • Simulated interactive experiences
  • Photorealistic full-screen objects
  • Physical-looking controls
  • Original sounds and haptics
  • Device sensor integration
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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How much space do useless apps deserve? Exactly one app. Inutility is the pocket dumpster for completely unnecessary experiences. The trick is simple: for a moment, your iPhone becomes something else. Pretend to shave with a buzzing razor, turn on a fan that moves no air, blow real bubbles into the microphone, hatch an impatient egg, pour a glass of water that spills as you tilt the iPhone, run a cinema popcorn machine, light a candle that never burns down, and discover many more wonders with no certified usefulness. Every toy has its own photorealistic full-screen object, physical-looking controls, original sounds, haptics, particles, and playful surprises. Touch, hold, drag, tilt, shake, or blow: the phone itself is part of the joke. FIVE TOYS, FREE FOREVER • Supersonic Razor • Pocket Fan • Pocket Whip • Stadium Horn • Blow Bubbles Unlock the complete collection once to get every experience and future additions. No subscription, no banners, no profiling. PRIVACY, WITHOUT DRAMA There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking. Microphone and motion processing happen on the device. Bubbles reads only the sound level. The Fib Detector briefly records your sentence for a comic local replay, then immediately deletes the temporary audio. Inutility is designed solely for entertainment. Its razor, fan, analyzers, electrical outlet, and every other feature are simulations and do not provide real, medical, diagnostic, electrical, or safety capabilities.

About

Nothing Happens

Features
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Press the button. Nothing useful will happen. Nothing Happens is an entertainment app that documents non-events with unnecessary scientific seriousness. Join the fictional Institute of Pointlessness and confirm that everything remains perfectly uneventful. PURPOSELESS FEATURES • Press or hold a large research apparatus • Receive a different meaningless analysis after each press • Complete a daily pointless assignment • Measure today's Meaningless Index • Count total presses, time wasted, and your non-event streak • Review a seven-day chart of documented absence • Keep your phone level for two seconds in an unnecessary calibration test • Unlock achievements that will not improve your life • Observe an extremely rare event that is still not useful NOTHING HAPPENS PLUS A one-time purchase unlocks Paperwork, Deep Space, and Monochrome laboratories, advanced meaningless statistics, custom apparatus naming, and extra achievements. It is not a subscription. Restore Purchases is available on the same screen. The core apparatus and records remain free. No account, ads, or tracking. Research records stay on your device and are not sent to a server. This app is for entertainment only. It does not provide scientific, medical, psychological, or other practical guidance. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kojpko-apps.o1o3.chatgpt.site/en/nothing-happens/privacy

Screenshots

Inutility4 screens
Nothing Happens4 screens

Verdict

The call

Inutility and Nothing Happens are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Inutility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nothing Happens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Inutility versus Nothing Happens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInutilityNothing Happens
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValgyKoji Tamatsu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Inutility

One-time1
  • Complete Inutility$3.99
1 purchases

Nothing Happens

One-time1
  • Nothing Happens Plus$2.99

Questions

Is Inutility free?
Inutility is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nothing Happens free?
Nothing Happens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inutility or Nothing Happens have ads?
Neither Inutility nor Nothing Happens shows ads.

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