Comparison

Redemption Arc vs Onyx Focus

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

Head to head
About

Redemption Arc

This app offers a disciplined approach to habit tracking, allowing users to create daily habits, quantity goals, and timed sessions. Earn experience points, level up, and progress through ranks as you build streaks and stay consistent with your routine.

Highlights
  • Daily habit creation
  • Quantity and timed goals
  • Streak building and XP earning
  • Rank progression system
  • Dark interface
  • Calendar and stats views
  • Sleep tracking
  • Countdown and stopwatch timers
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Redemption Arc is a habit tracker built for people who want a more intense, disciplined way to stay consistent. Create daily habits, quantity goals, and timed sessions. Check in each day, build streaks, earn XP, raise your power level, and progress through rank tiers as you stay on track. The app includes a focused dark interface, calendar and stats views, sleep tracking, and countdown or stopwatch timers for duration-based habits. Sign in with Apple, track your progress over time, and manage your routine in one place. *All of the above features require an active subscription* Whether you're rebuilding discipline or trying to stay consistent one day at a time, Redemption Arc helps turn progress into momentum. An auto-renewing subscription is required to access the full app after onboarding. Available plans include monthly and yearly subscriptions, with pricing shown in-app and varying by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account Settings after purchase. *Note: no features are available without a subscription* Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.redemptionarc.app/privacy Contact: info@alterkon.com

About

Onyx Focus

Features
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Every app blocker lets you cheat. You delete it, or tap "ignore for today", and you're back in the feed. Onyx is the one you can't. Monk mode has no stop button and freezes your app list, so you can't delete your way out until the timer ends. Pick your apps and websites once, then block them right now, on a weekly schedule, or in Pomodoro rounds. When you open a blocked app, a calm shield stands in the way and sends you back to what matters. BLOCK NOW Choose a duration from 15 minutes to 10 hours and start. The apps stay blocked until the timer runs out. Monk mode makes it strict: no stopping early, no deleting apps, until it ends. SCHEDULES Workday, Night, Weekend, or your own days and hours, overnight included. Onyx blocks automatically every week, even when the app is closed. POMODORO Focus in rounds, rest in between. Apps are blocked while you work and free on your breaks, with a notification at every switch. ALWAYS ALLOWED The apps you really need stay usable, even inside a blocked category. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no server, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone through the Screen Time system built into iOS. Onyx cannot even see which apps you chose. FAIR PRICE Try everything free for 7 days. Then one fair yearly price, or pay once and keep it forever. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Onyx needs the Screen Time permission, which iOS asks for on first launch. It blocks apps on this iPhone, for you, not for managing someone else's device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://onyxfocus.app/privacy

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Redemption Arc at 15.1 against Onyx Focus's 17.0. On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Redemption Arc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Onyx Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Redemption Arc versus Onyx Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedemption ArcOnyx Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlterkon Software, LLCRamona Furter

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Redemption Arc

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Redemption Arc Yearly$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Onyx Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Onyx Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Onyx Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Onyx Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Redemption Arc free?
Redemption Arc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onyx Focus free?
Onyx Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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