Comparison

REACH Together vs Takeback

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

Head to head
About

REACH Together

This app helps you achieve your goals through social accountability. Create challenges, post daily proof, and get verified by friends to stay on track. Track your progress with visual streaks and build momentum towards your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Create daily or weekly challenges
  • Post photo/video proof of progress
  • Peer verification system
  • Streak tracking with calendar view
  • Join challenges from others
  • Follow friends and build your circle
Features
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Reach helps you achieve your goals with the power of social accountability. Create challenges, post daily proof, and get verified by friends who keep you honest. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Set personal challenges for fitness, studying, diet, hobbies, or any goal. Post photo or video proof of your progress and let your community verify you're staying on track. TRACK YOUR STREAK Build momentum with streak tracking. See your progress on a visual calendar and watch your consistency grow day by day. CHALLENGE TOGETHER Join challenges from friends or invite others to join yours. When you're accountable to real people, you're more likely to follow through. PEER VERIFICATION No more lying to yourself. Your friends review your proof and give it a thumbs up—or call you out. Real accountability from real people. KEY FEATURES: • Create daily or weekly challenges • Post photo/video proof of progress • Peer verification system • Streak tracking with calendar view • Join challenges from others • Follow friends and build your circle Whether you're hitting the gym, learning a new skill, or building better habits. Reach gives you the accountability system you need to actually follow through. Download Reach and start achieving your goals today.

About

Takeback

This app uses a drill sergeant persona to help you break free from excessive phone use. It negotiates your access to distracting apps and implements a progressive 60-day bootcamp to retrain your habits.

Highlights
  • Drill sergeant accountability
  • Negotiated app access
  • Progressive 60-day bootcamp
  • Customizable difficulty (Chill/Savage)
  • Habit retraining
  • Time and attention recovery
Features
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Takeback is Sarge, an AI coach who lets you into your social apps when you have a real reason and cuts off the doomscrolling. Not another app blocker. Other blockers lock everything, so you delete them by Friday. Or they're easy to skip. Sarge is tougher, but fair. A REAL REASON GETS YOU IN DMing a friend? Work? You get in. Doomscrolling? He cuts you off. He knows how long you've already scrolled today. 5 MODES. FIND YOURS. Some days your apps stay open, and the second you start doomscrolling, they lock. Some days every open costs a short wait while he tries to talk you out of it. On Blackout days, only a strong reason or a real emergency gets you in. Sarge picks your first modes, then you choose the one that works. HARDCORE WHEN YOU NEED IT On Hardcore days you say it out loud. Hold to talk, tell him why you need your apps, and he talks back. HE LEARNS YOU How you scroll. When you slip up. Then he adjusts your plan, and your daily limit steps down to your goal. YOUR ANTI-ALGORITHM Thousands of engineers. Billions of dollars. One job: keep you scrolling. Willpower can't beat that. It was never your fault. Sarge is an AI on your side against a billion-dollar feed. WANT MORE TIME? EARN IT. Go for a walk, work out, touch real grass, or hold a focus block. He checks the proof: your steps, a fresh photo, or 45 minutes with no unlocks. Pictures of pictures don't work on him. WHAT CHANGES Evenings that end in sleep, not a 2am feed. An attention span you can feel coming back. Hours that used to vanish with nothing to show for them. A phone you finally trust yourself with. WHO'S BEHIND IT Takeback is run by Stan Tatarnykov. He built games played by 80M+ people, so he knows how apps keep you hooked. Now he's on your side. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trytakeback.com/privacy

Screenshots

REACH Together4 screens
Takeback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: REACH Together at none against Takeback's 9. REACH Together also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating and update cadence 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. Takeback sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. REACH Together asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for REACH Together against 5.0 for Takeback. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: REACH Together has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of REACH Together's written reviews are positive against 75% of Takeback's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

REACH Together ships an update every 11 days, Takeback every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
REACH Together versus Takeback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREACH TogetherTakeback
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB82 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNIKHILSHAN GUNAS MARUDAIGatarn Games Ltd.

Customer experience

REACH Together

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Takeback

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

REACH Together

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Takeback

Subscriptions9
  • Takeback Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
  • Takeback Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Takeback Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
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  • Takeback Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Takeback Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Takeback Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Takeback Annual$44.991 Year
  • Takeback Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Takeback Pro Annual$69.991 Year

Questions

Is REACH Together free?
REACH Together is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Takeback free?
Takeback is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, REACH Together or Takeback?
REACH Together and Takeback are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do REACH Together or Takeback have ads?
Takeback shows ads; REACH Together does not.
Which is updated more often, REACH Together or Takeback?
REACH Together ships an update every 11 days, and Takeback every 10 days. Most recently, REACH Together was updated on October 11, 2026 and Takeback on October 25, 2026.

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