Comparison

Bonfire vs Erre

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

Head to head
About

Bonfire

This app helps reduce excessive phone usage and improve focus. It offers features like app blocking, real-time focus feedback, and progress tracking to enhance productivity and well-being. Manage your digital habits and build structured routines for a better quality of time spent on your device.

Highlights
  • App blocking
  • Focus reporting
  • Real-time focus score
  • Scheduled focus sessions
  • Digital habit management
  • Productivity enhancement
Features
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Introducing Bonfire, your new ally against excessive screen time. Aimed at reducing the average six hour daily phone usage. Yes, you will spend over six hours today looking at your phone. Bonfire helps you control your screen time to improve focus and achieve your dreams. From app restrictions to real time feedback and rewarding milestones, Bonfire is designed to boost productivity and wellness. Why Bonfire Bonfire is built on the idea that managing your digital environment can lead to meaningful improvements in daily life. It is not just about cutting down screen time, it is about improving the quality of the time you spend. Benefits of Bonfire • Improve focus and reduce distractions • Enhance productivity at work or school • Support mental wellness and stress management • Help manage ADHD related distractions • Build structured daily routines for work, sleep, and family time • Take control of your digital habits Features include • Focus Report. Track and measure your focus improvement over time • Focus Score. A real time assessment of your current focus level • App Blocker. Block a limited number of apps for free, with the option to unlock additional blocks using a premium subscription • Focus Sessions. Schedule session based app blocks to maintain deep focus Safe and private Bonfire uses Apple Screen Time APIs to monitor app usage securely. All data remains on your device to ensure privacy and safety. Download Bonfire and start building better focus today. Terms of Service https://www.bonfirefocus.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy https://www.bonfirefocus.com/privacy-policy EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Erre

Organize your tasks by project rather than by due date. This app keeps all your to-dos within their respective projects, making them easy to manage and navigate on a single screen. Archive completed projects and customize the look with accent colors and densities.

Highlights
  • Organize tasks by project
  • Drag and drop reordering
  • Swipe to delete tasks
  • Project status labels
  • Project archiving
  • Customizable accent colors and density
Features
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Erre is a to-do list built around projects instead of dates. Most task apps ask when something is due. Erre asks what it belongs to. Your to-dos live inside a project; that could be a shoot you are editing, a room you are cleaning, a trip you are getting ready for. Everything is accessible on one screen and extremely easy to navigate. WHAT IT DOES • Create, rename, reorder, and archive projects easily. The one you are working on fills the screen. • Drag to reorder. Swipe to delete. Tap to tick. • Completed to-dos sink to the bottom, struck through, and can be hidden entirely. • The line above each project name writes itself; "new", then "in progress", then "completed" as the work moves. Type your own label instead and Erre leaves it alone. • An archive for the projects you have finished, and a restore button for the ones you had not. • Four accent colors and two densities. ON IPAD AND IPHONE DUO On an iPad, or an iPhone Duo opened flat, Erre becomes a notebook laid open: a contents page of every project on the left, and the one you are working on facing it. On the closed Duo, the side column takes your accent color and holds the tools: add, projects, completed, and settings. Your list fills the rest of the screen. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account. No sign-in. No notifications, no streaks, no nagging, nothing to subscribe to. It also does not talk to the internet. There is no networking in the app at all — your projects and to-dos are written to a single file on your iPhone and they stay there. Nothing is collected, nothing is measured, nothing is sent anywhere. HOW IT LOOKS Erre is set in the manner of a printed field notebook: warm paper, a double rule under the header, monospaced small caps for the labels, and a serif where it counts. It is meant to look like something you would write in, not a dashboard.

Screenshots

Bonfire4 screens
Erre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Erre at 5.0 against Bonfire's 4.5. Erre also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Bonfire's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 1). On price, 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. Bonfire sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Erre asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Erre holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bonfire has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Bonfire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Erre's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bonfire ships an update every 6 weeks, Erre fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bonfire versus Erre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBonfireErre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (68 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOffbeat Apps LLCKYLE SHERIDAN

Customer experience

Bonfire

All ratings65 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Erre

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bonfire

Subscriptions6
  • Bonfire Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Bonfire Premium$9.991 Year
  • Bonfire Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Bonfire Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Bonfire Premium$59.991 Year
  • Bonfire Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Erre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bonfire free?
Bonfire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Erre free?
Erre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bonfire or Erre?
Erre is rated higher. Bonfire averages 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Erre averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bonfire or Erre have ads?
Bonfire shows ads; Erre does not.
Which is updated more often, Bonfire or Erre?
Bonfire ships an update every 6 weeks, and Erre fortnightly. Most recently, Bonfire was updated on October 30, 2026 and Erre on November 6, 2026.

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