Comparison

Codemotion vs buriko

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

Head to head
About

Codemotion

Features
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Codemotion Conference is the must-attend gathering for savvy devs and IT professionals craving insights on the latest technologies, inspirational talks, and hands-on activities. The app will help you discover, connect and chat with attendees at the summit: - Connect with other attendees, speakers and companies who have interests similar to yours. - View the summit program and explore sessions. - Create your own personalized agenda based on your interests and meetings. - Get last-minute updates on the schedule from the organizer. - Access speaker information at your fingertips. - Participate in fun games and quizzes Use the app, you'll learn more. Enjoy it and we hope you have a wonderful time at Codemotion Conference.

About

buriko

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buriko pairs your phone with one small object you print yourself: a brick. Tap the brick and pick a length. The apps you chose go behind a shield. Then you leave the brick where it is โ€” on a shelf, in another room, at home โ€” and take your phone with you. The only early way out is walking back to it, and only once the minimum you agreed to has passed. Before that, the app tells you how long is left and nothing else. There is no streak to protect, no score to raise, no plant that dies if you fail. Those make the phone matter more, and the whole value of this app is not caring about it. How a session works โ€ข Tap the brick. Your tag's UID is matched against the paired one; a foreign tag does nothing. โ€ข Pick a length. Fifteen minutes is the floor โ€” Apple's scheduler refuses anything shorter. โ€ข The shield goes up, and the end is scheduled before the shield is trusted. โ€ข Blocked apps show minutes remaining and the note you wrote about where you left the brick. โ€ข It ends by itself, with the app closed, at the time you set. โ€ข Or you go back and tap the brick again, once the minimum has passed. โ€ข Or you use one of three emergency unlocks per rolling week, behind a ten-second hold. The valve has to exist. It just shouldn't be something a thumb does by reflex. What it never does โ€ข No account, no sign-in, no sync. โ€ข No analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising. โ€ข No networking code of any kind โ€” the source is public and that is checkable. โ€ข The app never learns which apps you blocked. Apple hands it opaque tokens, and it stores them without ever decoding them. No brick yet? Face ID can stand in for one. Sessions start and end the same way, and the minimum duration and the emergency quota are identical โ€” but the key is in your hand instead of across the room, and the app says so where you choose it. Pair a brick later and it takes over. What you need An NFC tag โ€” an NTAG215 sticker or card costs about a euro โ€” and, if you want the object, a printed shell. The models and print profiles are public domain, in the same repository as the app. Without either, Face ID gets you started. One thing no app can fix Deleting buriko removes every restriction it applied. If you want that door shut, turn on Settings โ†’ Screen Time โ†’ Content & Privacy Restrictions โ†’ App Deletion โ†’ Don't Allow.

Screenshots

Codemotion3 screens
buriko4 screens

Verdict

The call

Codemotion and buriko are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Codemotion versus buriko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodemotionburiko
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.417.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size145 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCodemotion srlDavide Ghiotto

In-app purchases

None

Codemotion

No in-app purchases

None

buriko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codemotion free?
Codemotion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is buriko free?
buriko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Codemotion or buriko have ads?
Neither Codemotion nor buriko shows ads.

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