Comparison

Notori vs Pull to Refresh

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

Head to head
About

Notori

Features
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Do you text yourself links, ideas and reminders you never find again? Notori is your new brain dump: throw everything in, AI sorts it out. HOW IT WORKS Just type like you talk: "Remind me to buy milk tomorrow at 5" → Reminder created "Meeting with Ana on Friday at 3" → Event in your calendar "bonviveur.es/recipes/lasagna" → Link saved in Cooking with preview No commands. No forms. Just type. WHAT IT DOES - AI chat that knows if it's a note, reminder or event - Auto-categorization (Work, Personal, Cooking, Ideas...) - Smart search: ask "what recipes do I have?" and it answers - Voice notes with automatic transcription - Links with automatic preview - Widgets for your home screen - iCloud sync - Apple Calendar integration WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR - Saving recipes by pasting the link - Reminders like "call the doctor tomorrow" - Events like "dinner with Maria Saturday 9pm" - Shopping lists - Random ideas you don't want to lose PREMIUM (7 days free) - Unlimited notes - AI search - Unlimited voice - No ads PRIVACY Your notes are encrypted. We don't sell or share your data. Ever. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://miguelangelxramirez.github.io/Notori/privacy-policy

About

Pull to Refresh

This app locks your most time-consuming applications until you complete physical exercises. Earn back minutes for your apps by doing push-ups, sit-ups, or other movements, with the camera accurately counting your reps. Your exercise data can be saved to Health.

Highlights
  • App time allowance setting
  • Exercise-based rep counting
  • Pose detection for accurate reps
  • Health app integration
  • Optional public leaderboard
  • Strict mode for enhanced blocking
Features
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Pull to refresh. Actually pull. Pick the apps that eat your day, give them an allowance, and when it runs out they lock. To get back in, you do reps. The camera counts them on your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps. Instagram, TikTok, X, games — whatever you actually lose hours to. 2. Set the allowance. So many minutes a day, a few minutes an hour, or nothing at all. 3. Run out, and they shut. 4. Do a set. Push-ups, sit-ups, squats, pull-ups or jumping jacks. 5. Spend what you earned, on whichever app you were reaching for. THE COUNTING IS HONEST Reps are scored from your body's joint positions, not from your phone shaking in a pocket. A rep only counts on a full movement — down to depth and back — so half-reps score nothing, and the app tells you why instead of leaving you guessing. Shaking the phone pays exactly zero. Time is measured in real use of those apps, not on a clock. Put the phone down mid-scroll and the minutes you paid for are still there. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE Pose detection runs on the device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded, and there is no account to make. iOS hands the app opaque tokens rather than names, so it can tell that you picked an app — never what you do inside it. IT COUNTS TWICE Finished sets can be saved to Health as workouts, so reps done here go to your Move ring and show up in Fitness with everything else. RACE SOMEONE Put your reps on a public board and chase a friend. Opt-in, under any name you like, and leaving deletes your row. PRO Free covers a whole working loop: one group of apps on a daily allowance, every exercise, rep counting, Health and the leaderboard. Forever. Pro makes the lock harder — it never makes it softer: - Strict mode. A rule you cannot switch off the moment you want to. Changing it costs a cooling-off period first, which is exactly when you would have caved. - Minutes per hour. Short check-ins instead of one long sitting. - As many rules as you like, with different limits for different apps. - Your whole history, with streaks. Money never buys screen time here. Only reps do that. Pro is a subscription, renewing until cancelled, or a one-off payment for good. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. WORTH KNOWING Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. You will be asked to grant it on first launch, and the camera when you do your first set. Deleting the app removes every lock, whatever you have bought — this is a speed bump you chose, not a cage. Privacy Policy - https://ef03b566.pull-to-refresh.pages.dev/privacy EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notori4 screens
Pull to Refresh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pull to Refresh at none against Notori's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notori sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Pull to Refresh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notori versus Pull to Refresh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotoriPull to Refresh
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiguel Angel RamirezIvan Chernoknizhnikov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Notori

Subscriptions3
  • Notori Premium Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Notori Premium Mensual7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Notori Premium Anual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Pull to Refresh

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Notori free?
Notori is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pull to Refresh free?
Pull to Refresh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notori or Pull to Refresh have ads?
Notori shows ads; Pull to Refresh does not.
Which is updated more often, Notori or Pull to Refresh?
Notori ships an update every 3 days, and Pull to Refresh every 3 days. Most recently, Notori was updated on September 19, 2026 and Pull to Refresh on October 2, 2026.

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