ivBlock vs Origami
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ivBlock
This tool helps you block distracting websites and apps to improve focus. Create custom block sets with specific rules, schedules, and usage limits to manage your online time effectively.
- Customizable block sets
- Scheduled website blocking
- Daily/hourly usage limits
- Combined schedule and limit rules
- Block distracting apps
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ivBlock is a powerful, flexible productivity tool that helps you stay focused by blocking distracting websites and apps—right when you need it. Designed for students, professionals, creators, and anyone who wants to minimize online distractions, ivBlock gives you full control over when and how certain sites can be accessed. Whether you want to block social media during work hours, limit entertainment sites to 10 minutes per hour, or prevent yourself from falling into late-night browsing loops — ivBlock makes it simple. ivBlock is a clone of LeechBlock NG for Safari. Stay Focused. Stay Productive. Create up to 30 customizable block sets, each with its own rules, schedules, and exceptions. ivBlock lets you: • Block websites on a schedule (e.g., weekdays 9am–5pm) • Limit daily or hourly usage (e.g., max 10 minutes every hour) • Combine schedules + limits (e.g., allow 10 minutes per hour only during work hours)
Origami
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Origami is a calm focus timer that folds a paper figure while you work. Plan how many sessions you want today and how long each one is, then set your phone down. The apps you chose to avoid are shielded on your device using Apple's Screen Time API - you can't open them until the session ends. Meanwhile, on a lamp-lit desk, a sheet of paper folds itself into an origami figure, one crease at a time. Finish the sessions you planned for the day, and the figure joins your collection for good. - Choose which apps are shielded during a session - the list never leaves your device - A calm desk instead of a countdown: lamp light that follows the time of day, seasons at the window (automatic, or pick your own), and soft desk sounds - rain, room tone, night crickets - that respect silent mode - Tap the desk to see the time left and the clock, take a break or leave the session; the corner button opens the same reading - Change the number of sessions, their length or the paper between sessions; add your own reward for when you finish, and every figure in your collection shows how many sessions it took - 15 figures across 3 sets, folded in five plain papers: ivory, mint, sky blue, pink and yellow - Pick any figure for the day, give it a name of your own, and keep every paper color you earn it in; sessions from 3 minutes to any length you choose - Finish a figure in a single day and it gets a gold corner; once today's figure is earned, you can keep going with extra sessions - Every figure you earn can become your app icon - Add an optional tag for what you're working on, name a study term, and look back each week; a monthly sheet shows your focused days and your best hour - Fold together: invite friends and see each other's desk for today - no chat, no leaderboard, nothing else shared - Draw your desk: on devices that support Image Playground, turn photos of your desk and room into a hand-drawn scene, and switch back to the default desk any time without losing it - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island session, optional mindful minutes in Health - Your progress lives on your device and in your own iCloud - we run no servers and never see it - Free at launch with every feature, no ads and no purchases. If you download it now, it stays that way for you. - Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. iPhone works upright or sideways; iPad and the Duo cover screen are landscape Origami doesn't track your screen time, doesn't read what you do in other apps, and doesn't teach origami folding technique - it's a focus companion, not a class. Privacy Policy: https://burakdeniz01.github.io/nocontact-support/origamiduo/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Origami at every 10 days against ivBlock's every 6 weeks. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ivBlock ships an update every 6 weeks, Origami every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ivBlock | Origami |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | incuvolve UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | Burak Deniz |
In-app purchases
ivBlock
No in-app purchases
Origami
No in-app purchases









