Comparison

BTT Mobile vs OwnState

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

Head to head
About

BTT Mobile

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a customizable remote for your Mac. Design personalized macro pads, control panels, and shortcut launchers to streamline your workflow. Trigger actions, scripts, and system commands with ease.

Highlights
  • Customizable macro pads and control panels
  • App-specific remote layouts
  • Trigger keyboard shortcuts and scripts
  • Remote keyboard and trackpad functionality
  • Integration with BetterTouchTool AI assistants
Features
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BTT Mobile turns your iPhone or iPad into a fully customizable remote control for your Mac. Create your own macro pads, control panels, shortcut launchers, and remote UIs in BetterTouchTool, then use them instantly on your mobile device. With Floating Menus, you can build custom button grids, app-specific toolbars, media controls, automation panels, and context-aware interfaces tailored exactly to your workflow. Use BTT Mobile to: • Run custom BetterTouchTool actions and automations • Build fully personalized macro pads and remote control panels • Create app-specific layouts for creative tools, coding, presentations, media, and productivity • Trigger keyboard shortcuts, scripts, Apple Shortcuts, system actions, and BTT workflows • Use your iPhone or iPad as a remote keyboard, trackpad, and command surface • Chat with your configured BetterTouchTool AI assistants (if any) Whether you want a simple set of shortcut buttons or a complete custom control surface for your Mac, BTT Mobile lets you design the interface you actually want. BTT Mobile is free but requires BetterTouchTool running on your Mac.

About

OwnState

This app helps you manage tasks, build habits, and track focus time with personalized analytics. It offers tools for planning, execution, and reflection to improve consistency and understand your daily rhythm. Enjoy a 7-day free trial to experience its full capabilities.

Highlights
  • Task and project management
  • Habit tracking
  • Focus session timer
  • Notes and reflection journaling
  • Personal analytics
  • Cross-device sync
  • Customizable reminders
Features
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Make it easier to start, easier to stay consistent, and easier to understand your progress. OwnState is a personal growth app for tasks, habits, focus, notes, reminders, and reflection. It brings planning, execution, tracking, and personal analytics into one organized system, helping you clarify what needs to be done, keep the habits that matter, record the time you truly spent focusing, and understand your daily rhythm through data. If you often procrastinate or struggle to begin, OwnState helps you take the first step with persistent reminders. Start a task with just one tap. If you want to get into focus more smoothly, OwnState includes a task preparation stage designed to help you shift from scattered attention into a more stable working state. If you tend to focus for too long without a break, interval reminders can gently prompt you to rest your eyes, move your body, and breathe, without interrupting the task itself. If standard alarms and ambient sounds never feel quite right, OwnState lets you customize your sound experience, so reminders and focus sessions can better match your personal rhythm. With OwnState, you can: - Manage tasks and projects: organize what needs to be done, break work into clear levels, and keep action visible. - Track habits: record daily habit completion and see consistency over time. - Start focus sessions: time task-based or free-focus sessions and preserve every meaningful block of effort. - Write notes and reflections: keep thoughts, reviews, and daily observations in the same system. - View personal analytics: understand your execution rhythm across tasks, habits, projects, and time. - Use it across devices: stay connected on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and widgets. - Keep your data private: your personal content belongs to you, with iCloud sync across your own devices. OwnState is for people who want to work more steadily, build lasting habits, and reflect on the rhythm of their lives. It helps you see not only what you have done, but where you are going. Download OwnState and enjoy full access free for 7 days. When the trial ends, access stops automatically and you will not be charged. OwnState Pro includes a 7-day full-feature trial, and a one-time purchase unlocks the complete experience across your devices.

Screenshots

BTT Mobile4 screens
OwnState4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BTT Mobile at none against OwnState's 2. BTT Mobile also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). OwnState's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. OwnState sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. BTT Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BTT Mobile against 5.0 for OwnState. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BTT Mobile ships an update every 5 months, OwnState every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BTT Mobile versus OwnState: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBTT MobileOwnState
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfolivora.AI GmbH方夏 项

Customer experience

BTT Mobile

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

OwnState

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

In-app purchases

None

BTT Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

OwnState

One-time2
  • OwnState Pro Updates$1.99
  • OwnState Pro$4.99

Questions

Is BTT Mobile free?
BTT Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OwnState free?
OwnState is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BTT Mobile or OwnState?
BTT Mobile and OwnState are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BTT Mobile or OwnState have ads?
Neither BTT Mobile nor OwnState shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BTT Mobile or OwnState?
BTT Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and OwnState every 2 days. Most recently, BTT Mobile was updated on October 12, 2026 and OwnState on October 6, 2026.

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