Comparison

Bedtime Bully vs Return

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

Head to head
About

Bedtime Bully

This application provides timely reminders to help users wind down and go to bed on schedule. It offers both a consistent global bedtime setting and a flexible weekly schedule to manage different bedtimes throughout the week.

Highlights
  • Bedtime reminders
  • Global bedtime setting
  • Weekly bedtime schedule
  • Customizable notifications (upcoming)
  • Bedtime history analytics (upcoming)
Features
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This app focuses on helping you go to bed on time! This is done by giving you a heads up before your bedtime giving you ample time to wrap up projects and wind down for the night. You can set a global bedtime if you prefer a consistent bedtime. Or you can use the weekly schedule feature to manage different bedtimes throughout the week. Upcoming features include customizing the pre-bedtime notifications and analytics of your bedtime history.

About

Return

This app offers guided exercises to help you pause and reset during difficult emotional moments. It provides tools for self-reflection, breathing, and choosing grounded actions to navigate anxiety, anger, and comparison.

Highlights
  • Guided reset flows
  • Breathing exercises
  • Reflection prompts
  • End-of-day review
  • Saved wisdom anchors
  • Virtue-focused progress
Features
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Return is a calm self-reflection app for moments when your mind gets pulled into comparison, anxiety, anger, validation seeking, distraction, or social feed spirals. Open Return when a hard thought shows up. Name the pattern, take a breath, clear the mind, choose one grounded action, and come back to what matters. Return helps you build small moments of awareness throughout the day without pressure, streak anxiety, or judgment. Features include: - Guided reset flows for common mental loops - Breathing and clear-the-mind exercises - Reflection prompts for social media and comparison triggers - End-of-day review history - Saved wisdom anchors - Virtue-focused progress across clarity, restraint, courage, discipline, compassion, and detachment - Local-first journaling in this version Return is designed for young adults, professionals, and spiritually curious people who want a grounded way to interrupt toxic thought loops and live with more presence. Return is not a medical device, therapy service, crisis service, or substitute for professional care.

Screenshots

Bedtime Bully4 screens
Return4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Return at 5.0 against Bedtime Bully's 4.3. Return also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Bedtime Bully sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Return asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Return holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bedtime Bully ships an update every 3 weeks, Return every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Bedtime Bully versus Return: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBedtime BullyReturn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRobert J Sarvis JrJuna Consulting Group Inc

Customer experience

Bedtime Bully

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Return

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bedtime Bully

One-time1
  • Unlock Weekly Bedtime Schedule$1.99
None

Return

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bedtime Bully free?
Bedtime Bully is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Return free?
Return is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bedtime Bully or Return?
Return is rated higher. Bedtime Bully averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Return averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Bedtime Bully or Return have ads?
Neither Bedtime Bully nor Return shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bedtime Bully or Return?
Bedtime Bully ships an update every 3 weeks, and Return every 6 days. Most recently, Bedtime Bully was updated on November 3, 2026 and Return on October 31, 2026.

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