Comparison

Promiso vs Tonic

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

Head to head
About

Promiso

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Promiso helps you keep your promises and build trust with the people who matter most. Make a promise, track your commitment, and watch your reliability grow. Whether it's a promise to yourself or someone you love, Promiso keeps you accountable with gentle reminders and progress tracking. KEY FEATURES - Create & Track Promises Set promises with deadlines, categories, and priorities. Never forget a commitment again. - Build Your Trust Score Complete promises to increase your trust score and show others (and yourself) that you're someone who keeps their word. - Gamified Progress Earn XP, level up, and unlock achievements as you fulfill your promises. Stay motivated with streaks and milestones. - Smart Reminders Get timely notifications so you never miss a deadline. - Beautiful Statistics View your promise history, completion rates, and relationship insights with detailed stats. - Privacy First All your data stays on your device. Your promises are yours alone. PREMIUM FEATURES - Unlimited promises - Ad-free experience - Advanced statistics - Priority support Start keeping your promises today. Download Promiso and become someone people can count on. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/gokhanhepsen/promiso/blob/main/PRIVACY_POLICY_EN.md

About

Tonic

This app helps you build good habits by making them unlock your other apps. It allows you to set limits on distracting apps and rewards productive activities, integrating with health data to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Habit-based app unlocking
  • Customizable screen time limits
  • Integration with Apple Health
  • Productive minute banking
  • App redirection to productive apps
  • Flexible rule setting
Features
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Your phone works in the wrong order. Tonic isn't just another app blocker: your good habits unlock your apps, and the ones that only need boundaries get limits that fit. You bought the books. You downloaded Duolingo. You signed up for the meditation app. Tonic puts those things first, and lets your phone cooperate with the life you're already building. HOW IT WORKS Set any app as a reward for your good habits. Tonic tracks what would be too hard to log yourself: your progress in apps like Kindle or Duolingo, workouts and brisk minutes, whether you meditated this morning, even whether you've gotten outside. Require your habits each day, or bank productive minutes to spend later. For apps that only need boundaries, Tonic adapts to the problem: screen time limits by hours or by visits, cooldowns between sessions, or moments of pause that escalate the more you reach for it. You choose what locked looks like: a gentle nudge toward the good thing, a strict wall, or a pause that grows each time you haven't earned it. WORKS WITH THE APPS YOU ALREADY LOVE Reading, workouts, meditation, steps, sunlight, and sleep come straight from Apple Health and your Apple Watch, or from time spent in the productive apps you choose. No logging, no proof photos, no check-ins. And the unlock is real: when your habit counts, the shield lifts on its own. You don't open Tonic to prove anything or unlock anything by hand. Finish your reading, and your apps are simply open when you reach for them. WHAT YOU CAN SET UP Every app is a different problem. Rules can look like: "Don't let me into social media for longer than five minutes at a time until my watch has registered 20 minutes of sunlight." "Make it harder each time I reach for Instagram if I've used it more than Duolingo today." "After 5 visits on the weekend, make me pause when I reach for Slack or Teams." "When I reach for social media in the morning, redirect my phone to my journaling app." "Hard block mobile games until I've worked out three times in the last week, then give me an hour each earned day." YOURS TO CONTROL Tonic is self-directed and built for adults. You pick the apps, you set the rules, and you can change them whenever you want. No account. No parent. No lock you can't open. Your habits stay on your device. Tonic never sees which apps you chose, and your rules never leave your phone. Pick one app that gets in your way and one habit you keep meaning to do. Start there. A tonic for your habits. Break the bad, build the good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tonichabits.com/privacy

Screenshots

Promiso4 screens
Tonic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tonic at none against Promiso's shown. Tonic also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). Promiso's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, 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. Promiso sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tonic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Promiso ships an update every 11 days, Tonic every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Promiso versus Tonic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPromisoTonic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—95.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—44 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGOKHAN HEPSENSets Studio LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Promiso

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99
2 purchases

Tonic

Subscriptions2
  • Tonic Unlimited7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Tonic Unlimited7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Promiso free?
Promiso is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tonic free?
Tonic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Promiso or Tonic have ads?
Promiso shows ads; Tonic does not.
Which is updated more often, Promiso or Tonic?
Promiso ships an update every 11 days, and Tonic every 4 days. Most recently, Promiso was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tonic on November 5, 2026.

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