Comparison

breakfree vs Quiet Almanac

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

Head to head
About

breakfree

This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by blocking distracting apps and feeds. It allows you to stay connected through messages without endless scrolling, build focus streaks, and even engage in group focus sessions with friends. A virtual pet grows with your consistency, making habit building more visible and rewarding.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and feeds
  • Access messages in a feed-free interface
  • Schedule focus sessions
  • Track focus streaks and progress
  • Group focus sessions with friends
  • Focus Pet companion for habit building
Features
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In today’s world, our relationships live on our phones. Messages, plans, and moments of connection all happen inside apps built to keep us scrolling. To stay connected, we’re forced to fight algorithms designed to steal our attention. BreakFree exists to change that. Block the noise. Remove distracting feeds and short-form content when you need to focus. Start a session instantly or schedule focus time ahead. Keep the connection. Access your messages in a clean, feed-free interface. Stay reachable through social media without getting pulled back into endless scrolling. Build momentum. Every focused session turns into streaks, momentum, and time saved. Progress you can see adds up faster than you think. Lock in together. Focus with friends, stay accountable, and create an environment that pushes everyone forward. Friendly competition. Shared wins. Turn focus into something social through group sessions and leaderboards. Focus Pet A small companion that grows with your consistency, because good habits feel better when they’re visible. BreakFree helps you stay present with the people that matter, without being consumed by the feed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://breakfree.app/privacy

About

Quiet Almanac

This app helps you record your daily habits, important dates, and one-time appointments in a peaceful, distraction-free environment. Track your progress, get timely reminders, and review past events in an organized archive.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Important date reminders
  • One-time appointment logging
  • Event archiving
  • Lock screen widget
  • Progress statistics
Features
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Quiet Almanac is a personal life recorder — for the rhythms you keep and the moments that matter. Track your daily habits, mark important dates, and log one-time appointments. Everything in one calm, distraction-free space. Daily habits — Check off the things you do every day, every week, every two weeks, or on the last day of every month. Quiet Almanac handles the irregular months automatically. See your progress in Stats. Important dates — Never forget a birthday or anniversary. Quiet Almanac reminds you every year, automatically. Appointments & one-time tasks — Add a reminder, complete it, and it moves to your Archive — with a record of whether it happened. Archive — Every one-time task lives here after it's done. Add notes, look back, remember. Lock screen widget — See today's tasks without unlocking your phone. No ads. No subscriptions. No noise.

Screenshots

breakfree4 screens
Quiet Almanac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quiet Almanac at 5.0 against breakfree's 4.5. Quiet Almanac also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). breakfree's advantage is ratings volume (117 vs 1). 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. breakfree sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Quiet Almanac sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quiet Almanac holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: breakfree has 117 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

breakfree ships an update weekly, Quiet Almanac fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
breakfree versus Quiet Almanac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbreakfreeQuiet Almanac
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (117 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings117 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRoshan Kattilxuan liu

Customer experience

breakfree

All ratings114 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%

Quiet Almanac

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

breakfree

Subscriptions2
  • Breakfree Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Ad Free7 Days trial$37.991 Year
1 purchases

Quiet Almanac

One-time1
  • Unlock Stats$0.99

Questions

Is breakfree free?
breakfree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quiet Almanac free?
Quiet Almanac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, breakfree or Quiet Almanac?
Quiet Almanac is rated higher. breakfree averages 4.5 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Quiet Almanac averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do breakfree or Quiet Almanac have ads?
breakfree shows ads; Quiet Almanac does not.
Which is updated more often, breakfree or Quiet Almanac?
breakfree ships an update weekly, and Quiet Almanac fortnightly. Most recently, breakfree was updated on October 30, 2026 and Quiet Almanac on October 31, 2026.

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