Comparison

Onboard vs Unheld

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

Head to head
About

Onboard

Features
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Onboard β€” Gamify Your Focus, Master Your Time Turn your focus time into virtual travel experience. Stay productive, beat procrastination, and level up your work sessions β€” one journey at a time. Feeling distracted? Struggling to stay on task? Onboard transforms your work and study time into immersive journeys by train. Every session takes you further, helping you focus deeply while making progress visible and fun. FEATURES: 1. Gamified Focus Sessions: Each session is a train trip β€” the more you focus, the farther you travel. 2. Custom Timer Options: Select your focus duration and destination β€” stay engaged for short or long sessions. 3. Advanced Statistics and Trends Track your focus trends, see your focus grow. 4. Assign Tags for your Journeys Journeys can be assigned to multiple tags, stay organised for your task 5. Random journeys Get unlimited random journeys whenever you like, just pick your focus time and start. Focusing has never been easier. 6. Ambient Sounds & Visuals: Rainy day or snowy trip? We got it all! Immerse yourself in calming travel sounds and beautiful journey animations. 7. Journey History: Track your past journeys, tags pattern, focus streaks and much more β€” build a habit of deep work. ## Perfect for: Students, professionals, creatives, or just people trying to focus. Try this if you have difficulty in focusing, it calms your mind and make time and progress visible. Perfect for anyone wanting to beat distractions and enjoy productive flow. ##Onboard PRO Unlock: - Unlimited customisation of your starting station - Access to premium ambient sounds (more coming soon) - Enjoy unlimited journeys, unlimited retry of random journeys - Advanced statistics and trends - Unlock exclusive features for life (Lifetime option available) #Subscribe to Onboard PRO for $6.99/month, $19.99/year (auto renewal) or Onboard PRO Lifetime for $29.99 Terms of Use: https://codeshaft.app/onboard/terms Privacy Policy: https://codeshaft.app/onboard/privacy

About

Unheld

Features
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Unheld is a quiet space for focus. Most focus apps make you watch the clock. Unheld does the opposite. Start a session, put your phone down, and focus without thinking about time. There are no ticking countdowns, no pressure, and no productivity scores. Time is held quietly in the background so you can stay present with your work. Unheld is designed for people who want calm focus instead of urgency β€” students, creatives, professionals, and anyone who finds traditional timers stressful. Features β€’ One-tap focus sessions β€’ No countdown by default β€’ Gentle end reminders (optional) β€’ Session history for reflection, not tracking β€’ Apple Watch support β€’ Local-only storage β€” your data stays on your device Premium (One-time purchase) Unlock session history, weekly summaries, and optional tags with a single purchase. No subscriptions. Designed for calm Unheld is not a Pomodoro timer and not a productivity system. It’s a quiet container for focus β€” so you can stop thinking about time and simply work.

Screenshots

Onboard4 screens
Unheld4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Onboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Unheld sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Onboard versus Unheld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnboardUnheld
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better16.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChyi Xiang OngGuo Yu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Onboard

Subscriptions2
  • Onboard Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Onboard Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Onboard Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Unheld

One-time1
  • Unheld Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Onboard free?
Onboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unheld free?
Unheld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Onboard or Unheld have ads?
Neither Onboard nor Unheld shows ads.

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