Comparison

Rewind vs Uncooked

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

Head to head
About

Rewind

This app helps you reduce screen time and improve focus by blocking distracting applications and social media. It allows you to set app limits and create dedicated focus sessions to build healthier digital habits. The design is minimal and private, aiming for long-term clarity.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Set app limits
  • Create focus sessions
  • Build healthier digital habits
  • Minimal and private design
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Rewind is a clean, minimal app blocker designed to help you reduce screen time and regain control of your attention. Block distracting apps and social media. Set app limits. Create focus sessions. Build healthier digital habits without complexity. Whether you're trying to stop scrolling, limit Instagram or TikTok, or improve your focus, Rewind helps you stay intentional with your time. Simple. Calm. Private. Built for long-term clarity. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Uncooked

This app helps you regain control over your screen time by visualizing your focus decay in real-time. It offers quick, real-world habit prompts to interrupt distracting app spirals and recover your day without requiring willpower.

Highlights
  • Real-time focus decay visualization
  • Blocks distracting apps
  • Interrupts spirals with real-world habits
  • Contextual warnings about lost time
  • No willpower required
  • Prevents accidental time loss
Features
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You opened Instagram for a second. Now your study block is gone. Uncooked stops the spiral before it eats the part of the day that mattered. Watch your brain avatar decay in real time as you doomscroll. The deeper you go, the worse it looks — because that's what's actually happening to your focus. This isn't a battery meter. It looks like you. When you're going too deep, Uncooked interrupts with one message and one way out: Study block slipping. Drink water. Gym window disappearing. Go for a walk. Late-night spiral starting. Breathe. Complete it. Your avatar recovers. You get back to your day. NO WILLPOWER REQUIRED This isn't about quitting your apps. It's about stopping the accidental spiral before you lose the hour you didn't mean to lose. You keep TikTok, Instagram, YouTube — you just stop losing your day to them. WHAT IT DOES Block distracting apps — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Reddit & more One avatar that shows your focus level in real time Quick real-world habits to interrupt the spiral — water, walk, breathe, journal Contextual warnings — the app tells you what specific part of your day is at risk FOR PEOPLE WHO: Open social apps at the library and lose the study hour Check their phone before the gym and never leave the couch Doom scroll before bed and lose the whole wind-down You're not trying to quit. You're trying to stop losing your day by accident. Download Uncooked. Stop the spiral. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rewind4 screens
Uncooked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rewind at 3 against Uncooked's 1. Uncooked's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Rewind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Uncooked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rewind against 5.0 for Uncooked. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rewind ships an update every 5 days, Uncooked every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rewind versus Uncooked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRewindUncooked
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYip Hong NganDenesh Raymond

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rewind

Subscriptions2
  • All Access14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • All Access14 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$24.99
2 purchases

Uncooked

Subscriptions2
  • Uncooked Pro - Weekly$8.997 Days
  • Uncooked Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Rewind free?
Rewind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Uncooked free?
Uncooked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rewind or Uncooked?
Rewind and Uncooked are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Rewind or Uncooked have ads?
Neither Rewind nor Uncooked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rewind or Uncooked?
Rewind ships an update every 5 days, and Uncooked every 2 days. Most recently, Rewind was updated on September 7, 2026 and Uncooked on September 21, 2026.

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