First Five vs Relic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Five
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Beat procrastination with science-backed micro-commitments FirstFive transforms overwhelming tasks into gentle 5-minute starts. Based on research from Tim Pychyl's Procrastination Lab and the Zeigarnik Effect, our pressure-free timer helps you bypass emotional resistance and build natural momentum. Why 5 minutes works: • 90% of people continue interrupted tasks (Zeigarnik Effect) • Micro-commitments reduce procrastination more than traditional methods • No pressure = no fight-or-flight response blocking productivity • Perfect for ADHD, autism spectrum, and anxiety-sensitive users Features: • Countdown to zero, then counts up indefinitely • No harsh alarms or forced stops • 5 beautiful themes with smooth animations • Gentle completion celebration with smile • Works with your natural rhythms, not against them Transform "I can't start" into "I'll just do 5 minutes" and watch momentum build naturally.
Relic
Securely store and instantly retrieve various types of information, from links and codes to notes and screenshots. Access your saved items across all your devices with end-to-end encryption for ultimate privacy.
- Save links, codes, notes, and screenshots
- Share from any app
- Instant, offline search
- Cross-device synchronization
- End-to-end encryption
- Open-source encryption library and sync server
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You already saved it. Relic makes sure you never lose it. Relic is a private vault for the things you will want again. Links, addresses, codes, screenshots, the sentence you copied last Tuesday. Put it in Relic once and it stays, on your iPhone, your iPad, and your computer. SAVE IT IN A TAP Share to Relic from anywhere: Safari, Photos, Files, Mail, any app with a share sheet. Or point the Action Button, a Back Tap, or a Shortcut at Relic and it grabs whatever is on your clipboard right then. FIND IT IN A SECOND Search runs on your own device, over your own history, so it is instant and it works with no connection at all. Search by word, by tag, or by the day it happened. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Promote anything to your vault and it stays for as long as you want it. Add a title, your own tags, and a note. Everything you add is searchable too. IN STEP EVERYWHERE Save something on your iPhone and it is waiting on your iPad within seconds. Link a new device by scanning a QR code, see everything that is connected, and sign any of it out remotely. MADE FOR IPAD Two panes on a large screen: your history on the left, what you are reading on the right. Split View, Stage Manager, rotation, and a hardware keyboard all behave the way you expect. PRIVATE BECAUSE WE CANNOT READ IT Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves, with XChaCha20-Poly1305 under a key derived from your passphrase with Argon2id. We store the encrypted form and a wrapped key we cannot open. No ads. No trackers. No plaintext on our servers. No cloud AI. The math enforces all of it, whether you trust us or not. DO NOT TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT The encryption library that holds your key is open source (Apache-2.0) and the entire sync server is open source (AGPL-3.0). Read the code, or run the server yourself on hardware you control. Questions: support@relic.space Privacy policy: https://relic.space/legal/privacy
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Verdict
First Five and Relic are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | First Five | Relic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mattias Ahlstrom | JORDAN LEE GIBBS |
In-app purchases
First Five
No in-app purchases
Relic
No in-app purchases









