Comparison

Stunio vs NIX

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

Head to head
About

Stunio

This app connects college students with flexible, paid work opportunities that fit their schedules. It eliminates the need for traditional applications by matching users to local businesses based on their skills and availability, offering same-day payment for verified work.

Highlights
  • Flexible paid work for students
  • Same-day payment
  • No applications required
  • Matches based on schedule and skills
  • Verified local businesses
  • Builds work experience track record
Features
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Stunio is how college students find flexible, paid work that fits around class, and get paid the same day for it. Stunio is always free for students. You'll never pay to find work or get matched. No applications. No endless job boards. Stunio matches you to real opportunities with local businesses based on your schedule, skills, and interests, then sends them straight to your phone. See the work, the pay, the place, and the time up front. Accept the ones you want. Skip the ones you don't. WHY STUDENTS USE STUNIO - Always free for students. No fees to use Stunio, ever. You get matched, you get paid. - Work that fits your life. Pick up shifts, projects, events, and volunteer roles around your classes, not the other way around. - Get paid the same day. Once your work is verified, your payment goes through. No waiting weeks for a check. - No application grind. Opportunities come to you. Accept or decline in a tap. - Experience that counts. Every completed job builds a track record employers can see, so good work leads to better work. - Vetted businesses only. Every employer on Stunio is verified before they can post, so you always know who you're working with. - Explore where you fit. Try different kinds of work, industries, and roles, and find what you're actually good at. HOW IT WORKS - Set up your profile: your school, skills, availability, and interests. - Get matched to opportunities near you and get notified instantly. - Accept the work you want, right from the app. - Check in, do the work, and get paid. Stunio partners with universities to bring verified, flexible work to students on partner campuses. Whether you're covering expenses, building your resume, or figuring out what's next, Stunio turns real work into real opportunity. Download Stunio Helper and start earning on your terms.

About

NIX

Compete with friends to reduce your phone usage. Earn tokens for minutes spent offline and track your progress on a daily scoreboard. Utilize Focus mode to block distracting apps and improve your score.

Highlights
  • Screen time competition with friends
  • Token system for offline minutes
  • Focus mode to block apps
  • Group focus sessions
  • Daily scoreboard and friend comparisons
  • Medals and streaks
  • Customizable themes
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Your screen time just became a competition. NIX Scoreboard turns putting your phone down into a game you play with friends. Every minute of screen time is priced in tokens (NX). Lowest score wins. And when the day is going badly, Focus mode blocks every app on your phone and takes the score back down. Your friends see your score. Never your apps. A private goal is easy to drop; a number your best friend checks is not. You put the phone down for the same reason you show up to the gym when someone is waiting. FOCUS MODE Book 5 to 120 minutes. NIX blocks every app on your phone except the ones you choose to keep open, like Messages or Maps. Every focused minute takes 1 NX off today's score. Finish the session and a bonus comes off too. End early and you keep the minutes, not the bonus. Focus can take your day down to zero, never below. Your friends can see that you are focusing, and how long is left. PHONES DOWN Focus together at the table. One phone opens a lobby, everyone joins with a code, and you all share one end time. Pick up early and you earn nothing from that session. If everyone finishes, everyone gets a group bonus. HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect Screen Time. Your iPhone counts the minutes on your device. 2. Sort your apps into categories. Social and games cost more than productivity. 3. Add your friends and race for the lowest score. 4. Bad day? Start a focus session, or a Phones down with the people around you, and watch the score drop. WHAT'S ON THE BOARD - A daily scoreboard with your friends. Lowest score takes the day. - Head to head: tap a friend for the score between you and a line chart of your week, month or year. - Groups for roommates, a team, or a bet, each with its own board and reward. When a friend adds you to one, you get an invite and join only if you accept. - Medals for the top three, day wins, and streaks for staying on top. - Event races: one-shot competitions for a weekend, a trip, or a bet. - Five themes, from the classic dark board to Paper and an almost all-gray Graphite. Your widgets and app icon follow. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Your phone sends minutes per category. Not which apps, not what you did in them, not anything on your screen. Screen Time is read on your device and the raw numbers stay there. Focus mode blocks apps on your phone; it never reports what you opened. Connecting Screen Time also turns on Apple's adult website filter on your phone. It runs on your device, and we never see what you browse. It starts counting the day you install it. Free on iPhone. Put the phone down. Take the board.

Screenshots

Stunio4 screens
NIX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NIX at 5.0 against Stunio's 4.5. NIX also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). Stunio's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NIX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stunio has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stunio ships an update fortnightly, NIX every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stunio versus NIX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStunioNIX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (22 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB60 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperStunio, Inc.NIX Development LLC

Customer experience

Stunio

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NIX

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stunio

No in-app purchases

None

NIX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stunio free?
Stunio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NIX free?
NIX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stunio or NIX?
NIX is rated higher. Stunio averages 4.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while NIX averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Stunio or NIX have ads?
Neither Stunio nor NIX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stunio or NIX?
Stunio ships an update fortnightly, and NIX every 6 days. Most recently, Stunio was updated on November 7, 2026 and NIX on November 5, 2026.

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