Comparison

Calyn vs NoMo Screen Time

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

Head to head
About

Calyn

Effortlessly capture and organize your life's events. This intelligent assistant allows you to add appointments from photos, voice notes, or text, detect conflicts, and find free time. Streamline your schedule and reclaim your focus.

Highlights
  • Capture events from images, audio, or text
  • Utilize templates for recurring routines
  • Share events via extension from other apps
  • Detect and resolve event conflicts
  • Find and share available time slots
  • Batch capture multiple events at once
Features
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Welcome to Calyn calm. Snap a photo. Speak a note. Got a reminder, email, or text? Share it straight into Calyn. Find conflicts, schedule your priorities—no more mental juggling! Inspired by David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) principles, Calyn helps you capture life as it happens—client meetings, class deadlines, soccer drop-offs—so your focus time goes to what matters most. KEY FEATURES • Snap Events – Add events from images, audio, or free text instantly. • Templates – Save time with templates for common routines, such as meal planning or after-school schedules. • Share Extension – Send events from email, messages, or photos directly to Calyn. • Conflict Detection – Spot and resolve overlapping events across all your calendars. • Find Free Time – Discover open slots and easily share your availability with others. • Batch Capture – Capture multiple events from a single message or image. WHO IT’S FOR • Busy families juggling pickups, appointments, and activities • Students managing syllabi, deadlines, and study time • Solopreneurs & small businesses balancing client work and personal priorities • Anyone starting fresh who wants to plan better weeks and build better habits Life captured, time reclaimed—that's Calyn calm. Privacy Policy: https://getcha.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NoMo Screen Time

This app helps you reclaim your time and focus by playfully interrupting distracting app usage. Set daily or hourly goals and receive fun visual feedback as your screen time decreases. It encourages intention over strict restriction.

Highlights
  • App blocking and timers
  • Daily and hourly goals
  • Fun visual feedback
  • Usage-based mood changes
  • Focus on intention
Features
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A pause before the scroll. You open an app for a minute. Somehow, twenty disappear. NoMo helps you make that choice deliberately. CHOOSE YOUR APPS Use Apple's Screen Time controls to block the apps you want to use less. DECIDE HOW LONG YOU NEED Choose 1, 5, 10, or 15 minutes before you unblock an app. PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN Take a short pause with your phone face down on your desk, chest, or lap, or tucked in your pocket. The pause progresses while your phone is put away and stops when you pick it up. Leave NoMo open; sound and haptics let you know when the pause is complete. A simple pause is available if placement detection doesn't work for you. CHOOSE NOT NOW After the pause, you may find you no longer need the app. Tap Not now to keep it blocked. Your opens skipped today appear on Home as a quiet acknowledgment of that choice. SEE YOUR HABITS CLEARLY See today's usage, your daily average, and the last hour at a glance. Explore weekly and monthly trends, set daily and hourly targets, and let Mo's changing mood remind you to check in with yourself. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Add a reminder to yourself on Home, or connect Apple Reminders to see what you wanted to do before you reached for your phone. A warm, quiet design. A moment to reconsider. More room for your day. NoMo Screen Time. Mo real life. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP Every feature stays free. If NoMo helps you use your phone on your terms, an optional membership supports its continued development and removes membership invitations. Choose monthly or yearly billing. Eligible users can start with a six-month free trial; current pricing and trial terms are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://www.aswathkrishnan.com/p/privacy-policy-for-nomo.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Calyn4 screens
NoMo Screen Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoMo Screen Time at none against Calyn's 2. NoMo Screen Time also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Calyn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NoMo Screen Time 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 Calyn against 5.0 for NoMo Screen Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calyn ships an update fortnightly, NoMo Screen Time every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Calyn versus NoMo Screen Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalynNoMo Screen Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaai LLCAswath Krishnan

Customer experience

Calyn

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NoMo Screen Time

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calyn

Subscriptions2
  • Essential Plan$4.991 Month
  • Pro Plan$9.991 Month
None

NoMo Screen Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calyn free?
Calyn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoMo Screen Time free?
NoMo Screen Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calyn or NoMo Screen Time?
Calyn and NoMo Screen Time are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Calyn or NoMo Screen Time have ads?
Neither Calyn nor NoMo Screen Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calyn or NoMo Screen Time?
Calyn ships an update fortnightly, and NoMo Screen Time every 5 days. Most recently, Calyn was updated on October 6, 2026 and NoMo Screen Time on October 14, 2026.

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