Telos vs Reteum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Telos
Build focus and habits with a gamified productivity app. Track your progress, block distractions, and earn rewards to build a personalized virtual city. Designed for self-improvement and staying on task.
- Gamified habit tracking
- Focus sessions with distraction blocking
- Earn rewards to build a virtual city
- Track daily or weekly goals
- Clean, modern interface with dark theme
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Telos is a gamified productivity app that helps you build focus and habits — and rewards you with your own growing city. Designed for students, professionals, and anyone chasing self-improvement, Telos makes staying on track feel rewarding and fun. ▶ TRACK HABITS THAT MATTER Set daily or weekly goals for habits like reading, running, or journaling. Watch your streaks grow and earn rewards as you stay consistent. ▶ FOCUS WITH FEWER DISTRACTIONS Start a focus session to block distracting apps and stay on task. Whether you’re studying or working, Telos helps you stay in flow. ▶ EARN REWARDS, BUILD YOUR CITY Every habit completed and focus session earns you bricks. Use them to unlock new buildings and grow your own city — a visual symbol of your progress. ▶ SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL DESIGN Telos features a clean, modern interface with a dark theme designed to keep you focused without visual clutter. TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Reteum
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Reteum works the way your memory does. Your senses take things in. A thought comes back to you out of nowhere. You ask yourself what time this afternoon's meeting is. Before you fall asleep, the day runs past once more. Reteum does the same four things for what you write, say, photograph and save. TAKE IN • Save anything from one box: photos, videos, links, files (PDFs and documents), a few typed words or your voice. • Photos and videos keep the time and place they were taken. • Catch a thought in a second from a widget, the Lock Screen, Control Center or Siri: "Add a thought to Reteum". RECALL • Each time you open the app, old notes come back, up to three, like memories that surface on their own. • Swipe right to keep one, left to clear it. Notes you no longer need go before they pile up, so what you keep stays worth finding. SEARCH • Search the way you remember: "Seattle last month", "beach", "when is the dentist?". • An on-device AI model searches by meaning, so you don't need the exact words. • Find photos and videos by what's in them. • The words inside PDFs and documents count in search, and link previews show what you saved. CONNECT • The Atlas sorts everything by subject on its own, and links the thoughts that belong together. • Open a subject to see how its thoughts connect. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Both AI models run on the phone. No account, no cloud AI, no analytics, no ads. • Keep your thoughts in iCloud if you like: they survive a lost phone and move to your next one, end-to-end encrypted, so only your devices can read them. • Export everything as one zip file, with a Markdown copy you can read anywhere. Free for your first 100 thoughts, with everything included. Reteum Pro adds unlimited thoughts and import: $24.99 a year. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://reteum.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Reteum at every 2 days against Telos's weekly. Telos's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Telos sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Reteum sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Telos ships an update weekly, Reteum every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Telos | Reteum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hamza Karim | 智文 石 |
In-app purchases
Telos
- Telos Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Telos Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Telos premium$29.99
Reteum
- Reteum Pro$24.991 Year









