Onsen Tamago vs Regain Intention
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onsen Tamago
This app encourages focused work sessions by gamifying phone usage. Users engage in a virtual onsen experience that progresses as they stay off their device for set periods. It aims to improve concentration and well-being through mindful breaks.
- Gamified focus timer
- Virtual onsen experience
- Encourages phone-free time
- Promotes well-being
- Progressive onsen growth
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Put your phone away and bath your mind in this Onsen. It takes 25 minutes to enjoy the full health benefit.
Regain Intention
This productivity app helps you be more deliberate about content creation and consumption. It provides a pause before opening other apps, allowing you to choose your next action with clarity and intention.
- Pause before opening other apps
- Choose to create or scroll
- Write and store post copy/notes locally
- Organize thoughts
- Awareness of sound/distractions
- Local data storage
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Regain Intention is a simple productivity app designed to help you be more deliberate about how you create and consume content. Instead of opening social apps on autopilot, Regain Intention gives you a moment to pause, prepare, and choose your next action with clarity. Before launching other apps, you decide whether you want to create or scroll. Use Regain Intention to write and store post copy or notes locally on your device, organize your thoughts, and approach social media with intention rather than habit. For certain apps, Regain Intention can add a brief pause before opening to help you become aware of sound or distractions before continuing. This moment encourages you to lower volume, mute your device, or proceed intentionally. Regain Intention does not host feeds, profiles, or social interactions, and it does not post content on your behalf. It simply helps you make a conscious choice before handing control to other apps. All data is stored locally on your device. Nothing is shared, sold, or uploaded to external servers. The app does not require accounts, subscriptions, or analytics tracking. Some promotional images were created using Hotpot.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Regain Intention at every 2 days against Onsen Tamago's every 2 months. Onsen Tamago's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Onsen Tamago against 5.0 for Regain Intention. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Onsen Tamago ships an update every 2 months, Regain Intention every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onsen Tamago | Regain Intention |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Troubadour Game Studio LLC | CharlieWorks LLC |
Customer experience
Onsen Tamago
Regain Intention
In-app purchases
Onsen Tamago
No in-app purchases
Regain Intention
No in-app purchases
