Comparison

Auto Refresh & Clicker vs Cairn

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

Head to head
About

Auto Refresh & Clicker

Automate web page refreshing and clicking of specific elements with this efficient browser extension. Save time by letting it handle repetitive tasks, ensuring you always have the latest content and can interact with web pages automatically.

Highlights
  • Automatic web page refreshing
  • Intelligent monitoring of buttons/links
  • Automatic clicking of specified elements
  • Lightweight and easy-to-use interface
  • Saves time on repetitive tasks
Features
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Some pages need a refresh. Others just need a click. Auto Refresh & Clicker takes care of those repeated actions on Safari webpages, so you can get on with your day. Repeat clicks without reloading the page. Choose a button or link on the webpage, including icon buttons, or enter its title. Set the interval and press Start. Refresh a page on a timer, or refresh and click through several steps. Give each step its own wait time. See what is running in the current tab, check the countdown and stop whenever you need. Use the Safari extension on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The app walks you through enabling it. Works inside Safari webpages, not other apps. Website behavior and Safari permissions can affect which buttons are available. Safari may pause activity in the background or while your device is locked. Requires iOS 15.4 or later.

About

Cairn

Features
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You make the promise. Cairn helps you keep it. Cairn blocks the apps that pull you away, and you decide in advance how hard it is to get back in. Not a dashboard, not a report on how bad last week was. A commitment device. THE UNLOCK LADDER Every block has a price you set when you're clear-headed, and pay when you're not: • Confirm: one tap to say you mean it. • Cooldown: wait it out, then a short window. • Effort: a puzzle, a long passphrase, or ten pushups. • In stone: no way through. It opens when it was always going to open. The top rung is only offered where a block ends on its own: a schedule that closes, a daily limit that resets, a place you can walk out of. A hard block that never lifts isn't a commitment, it's a trap with app deletion as the only key, so Cairn won't offer it. The same price applies to every way out. Turning a block off, deleting it, and editing it all cost what opening it costs. A lock you can undo by flipping a switch isn't a lock. FOUR WAYS TO BLOCK • Hard block: on until you turn it off. • Scheduled: a window on the days you choose. • Daily limit: after 30, 60, or 120 minutes, it closes for the day. • At a place: holds while you're at the gym, the office, or any set location. Plus Focus sessions and a Vacation mode that stands everything down. THE TRAIL One stone for each day you keep every block. Seven stones make a week. Cairn counts the day you resisted, not just the day you slipped, and a day it can't be sure about stays blank rather than being awarded to you. A quiet day under your limit earns its stone like any other. WE CAN'T SEE A THING Cairn has no account, no servers, and no analytics. Not "we don't sell your data"; there is no data. You pick apps in Apple's own Screen Time picker, and Cairn only ever receives an anonymous token. It can't read which apps you chose. Neither can we. If you set a daily limit, iOS counts the minutes on your device and tells Cairn only that a limit was crossed. Never how long, never which app. PAY ONCE One payment. No subscription, no ads, no upsell. Free for a month first, and when the month ends nothing is held hostage: every block you made is still there, and nothing on your phone stays blocked because you didn't pay. WHAT CAIRN WON'T DO It won't stop you deleting it. That's deliberate. iOS lets you remove any app, and a blocker that pretended otherwise would be lying. Cairn is a commitment device, not a cage. Pair it with iOS Screen Time restrictions if you want that door closed too. Be where you are.

Screenshots

Auto Refresh & Clicker4 screens
Cairn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cairn at Free against Auto Refresh & Clicker's $2.99. Cairn also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Auto Refresh & Clicker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads 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

Cairn is free to download; Auto Refresh & Clicker costs $2.99 up front. Cairn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Auto Refresh & Clicker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auto Refresh & Clicker ships an update monthly, Cairn every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Auto Refresh & Clicker versus Cairn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuto Refresh & ClickerCairn
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer培克 罗Dennis Hodgson

In-app purchases

None

Auto Refresh & Clicker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cairn

One-time1
  • Cairn Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Auto Refresh & Clicker free?
Auto Refresh & Clicker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cairn free?
Cairn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Auto Refresh & Clicker or Cairn have ads?
Neither Auto Refresh & Clicker nor Cairn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auto Refresh & Clicker or Cairn?
Auto Refresh & Clicker ships an update monthly, and Cairn every 2 weeks. Most recently, Auto Refresh & Clicker was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cairn on October 31, 2026.

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