Comparison

Fokus vs Takeback

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

Head to head
About

Fokus

Manage your screen time and break free from distracting apps. This tool helps you hide applications to regain control, reduce time spent on social media, and foster a healthier phone usage balance.

Highlights
  • Screen time management
  • Hide distracting apps
  • Addiction control
  • Reduce social media usage
  • Deep breath mode
  • App blocking
Features
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Discover Fokus, your ally in screen time management! Tired of spending 3 hours a day on Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok? Fokus helps you hide these distracting apps to regain control of your screen time. Key Features: Addiction Control: Put an end to harmful habits by reducing the time spent on certain apps. Ease of use: Hide your applications with a simple click, and reveal them whenever you like. Deep breath mode: Take a deep breath before displaying your applications. Say goodbye to constant interruptions and the irresistible urge to check your applications. Free yourself from the cycle of addiction and rediscover a healthy, balanced use of your phone.

About

Takeback

This app uses an AI coach to help you quit doomscrolling and regain control of your phone usage. It offers various modes to restrict access to social apps, requiring valid reasons for entry and learning your scrolling habits to adjust your plan.

Highlights
  • AI-powered screen time coaching
  • Customizable app access modes
  • Reason-based app entry
  • Adaptive daily limits
  • Earn extra time through activities
  • Focus blocks and proof of activity
Features
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Takeback is Sarge, an AI coach who lets you into your social apps when you have a real reason and cuts off the doomscrolling. Not another app blocker. Other blockers lock everything, so you delete them by Friday. Or they're easy to skip. Sarge is tougher, but fair. A REAL REASON GETS YOU IN DMing a friend? Work? You get in. Doomscrolling? He cuts you off. He knows how long you've already scrolled today. 5 MODES. FIND YOURS. Some days your apps stay open, and the second you start doomscrolling, they lock. Some days every open costs a short wait while he tries to talk you out of it. On Blackout days, only a strong reason or a real emergency gets you in. Sarge picks your first modes, then you choose the one that works. HARDCORE WHEN YOU NEED IT On Hardcore days you say it out loud. Hold to talk, tell him why you need your apps, and he talks back. HE LEARNS YOU How you scroll. When you slip up. Then he adjusts your plan, and your daily limit steps down to your goal. YOUR ANTI-ALGORITHM Thousands of engineers. Billions of dollars. One job: keep you scrolling. Willpower can't beat that. It was never your fault. Sarge is an AI on your side against a billion-dollar feed. WANT MORE TIME? EARN IT. Go for a walk, work out, touch real grass, or hold a focus block. He checks the proof: your steps, a fresh photo, or 45 minutes with no unlocks. Pictures of pictures don't work on him. WHAT CHANGES Evenings that end in sleep, not a 2am feed. An attention span you can feel coming back. Hours that used to vanish with nothing to show for them. A phone you finally trust yourself with. WHO'S BEHIND IT Takeback is run by Stan Tatarnykov. He built games played by 80M+ people, so he knows how apps keep you hooked. Now he's on your side. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trytakeback.com/privacy

Screenshots

Fokus3 screens
Takeback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Takeback at 5.0 against Fokus's 3.0. Takeback also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Fokus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Takeback sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Fokus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Takeback holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Fokus's written reviews are positive against 75% of Takeback's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fokus versus Takeback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFokusTakeback
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrien BlancGatarn Games Ltd.

Customer experience

Fokus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Takeback

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fokus

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Takeback

Subscriptions11
  • Takeback Weekly Plan$4.997 Days
  • Takeback Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
  • Takeback Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
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  • Takeback Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Takeback Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
  • Takeback Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Takeback Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Takeback Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Takeback Annual$44.991 Year
  • Takeback Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Takeback Pro Annual$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Fokus free?
Fokus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Takeback free?
Takeback is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fokus or Takeback?
Takeback is rated higher. Fokus averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Takeback averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fokus or Takeback have ads?
Takeback shows ads; Fokus does not.

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