CapySleep vs Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CapySleep
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Sleep better and understand your nights with CapySleep—a calm, privacy-first sleep companion for iPhone. Explore sleep tracking, snore recording, alarms, relaxing sounds, personalized coaching, and journaling, alongside a friendly capybara that reflects how you rested. No CapySleep account is required. Your data stays on your device by default. UNDERSTAND YOUR SLEEP Bring together Apple Health sleep data, sleep-stage charts, and your Capy Score. Review Awake, REM, Light, and Deep sleep, plus heart rate, HRV, and blood oxygen when available. Discover weekly progress, sleep stories, and night-by-night insights through clearer sleep reviews. BETTER SLEEP, TOGETHER Meet Herd: Invite friends and family, share sleep goal progress, and build a shared streak through private iCloud sharing. See your herd on Home and encourage consistent routines together. Choose whether to share additional details, including sleep duration and schedule. MEET CAPYSLEEP COACH Explore personalized insights based on your sleep history. Reflect on your nights, recognize patterns, and build a more consistent routine. CELEBRATE YOUR STREAKS Meet your sleep goal to grow your streak. Track your current streak and personal best, browse completed nights, and celebrate with new 3D badges and animations. Streak freezes and optional reminders help you keep going when routines change. TRACK SLEEP AND NAPS Start an overnight session, power nap, or recovery nap. Optional motion tracking uses your iPhone’s sensors to estimate sleep stages. Enable nighttime sound recording to explore snoring summaries and listen to clips at up to 3× speed. Motion and audio processing happen on your device. WIND DOWN WITH SOUNDS Relax with sleep sounds, nap tracks, colored noise, soundscapes, guided calm, breathing exercises, and CapySleep signature tracks. Set a sleep timer or choose music from Apple Music and your personal library. MAKE SPACE FOR REST Use Bedtime App Lock to shield selected apps from bedtime until your scheduled wake time, helping you reduce distractions. ALARMS AND SCHEDULES Create bedtime and wake schedules, set sleep and nap alarms, and snooze when you need more rest. Preview your alarm volume before settling down. Time-sensitive notifications are available when enabled. JOURNAL AND REFLECT Record your mood, write reflections, and connect entries with sleep and nap reviews. Revisit your thoughts alongside your sleep history. Name your capybara, enjoy its gentle animations, and personalize your sleep goal color. SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND WIDGETS Use Siri and Shortcuts to control sessions, sleep aids, and alarms, view your latest sleep, and add journal entries. Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and follow active sleep and power nap sessions through Live Activities. PRIVACY FIRST No CapySleep account or sign-in is required. Optional iCloud sync supports CapySleep-generated sessions, recordings, journal data, and preferences. Apple Health data is not uploaded through CapySleep’s iCloud sync. Herd uses separate sharing controls so you can choose what your group sees. FREE AND CAPYSLEEP PRO CapySleep is free to download, with core tracking and limits on sleep-aid sounds, journal entries, and saved sessions. Optional annual CapySleep Pro unlocks the full sleep-aid library, Apple Music for alarms and sleep aids, full Sleep Details, unlimited history and journal entries, and recurring schedules. Eligible users can try annual CapySleep Pro free for 7 days. The subscription automatically renews unless canceled. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Family Sharing is supported. Available in English, Filipino, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. CapySleep supports general wellness. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Privacy Policy: https://capysleep.github.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://capysleep.github.io/terms.html
Forge
This app helps you manage screen time by requiring physical exercise to unlock app usage. Earn minutes by doing push-ups or squats, with your phone's camera counting reps. Once your earned time expires, apps are blocked again.
- Exercise-based screen time
- Camera rep counting
- App blocking
- Gamified progress and leaderboards
- Customizable time allowances
- Privacy-focused on-device processing
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Forge is an app blocker that makes you earn your screen time with exercise. Do push-ups or squats, the camera counts every rep on your iPhone, and your apps unlock for the time you earned. Pick the apps that eat your day: social media, video, games. When your daily free allowance runs out, Forge blocks them. Want more time? Do the reps. Effort first, screen after. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that steal your time. 2. Choose how many minutes you want. 3. Do your reps. The camera counts every one on device. 4. Your apps unlock. When time runs out, the shield comes back. WHY FORGE - Exercise-based: your body is the key, not a pause screen you can tap through - Free to start, no subscription - One-time Pro purchase, family sharing included - No account required EARN IT LIKE A GAME Forge Ranks: climb from Spark to Titan of the Forge as your lifetime score grows. Daily streaks keep you honest. A worldwide leaderboard by country. A FORGED stamp every time you finish a set. YOU SET THE RULES Free minutes per day if you want them: strict, balanced, or generous. Everything beyond that is earned. A three stage friction gate stops rage quitting. PRO, ONCE, FOREVER Squats are free forever. Forge Lifetime adds push-up mode, walking mode (100 steps = 1 minute), full statistics, encrypted backup, and removes every ad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The camera never records: pose detection runs entirely on your iPhone. No video is stored or uploaded. Forge yourself stronger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CapySleep at none against Forge's shown. Forge's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. CapySleep sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CapySleep ships an update every 3 weeks, Forge every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | CapySleep | Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 406 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Allen Lopez | Taoufik Jabbari |
In-app purchases
CapySleep
- CapySleep Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Forge
- Forge Lifetime$39.99









