Unhook vs NoteOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unhook
This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers customizable limits, schedules, and location-based blocking to encourage deep work, better sleep, and break doomscrolling habits.
- Full Lockout mode
- Distraction Shield pause screen
- Daily limits and weekly schedules
- Location-based blocking (Zones)
- Usage charts and alerts
- App install/deletion blocking
- Siri & Shortcuts integration
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Your phone is built to keep you hooked. Unhook blocks the apps and websites that steal your time, automatically. Set a daily limit, a schedule or a place, and Unhook locks distractions for you. No willpower needed. TWO WAYS TO BLOCK • Full Lockout: a group stays blocked until you choose to unlock it • Distraction Shield: a pause screen that makes you think twice before opening an app LIMITS THAT FIT YOUR DAY • One daily limit, or a different limit for each day of the week • Schedules: block apps automatically during work, study or bedtime • Zones: block or allow apps when you arrive at a place you choose on the map, like your office, campus or gym • Take a Break: use an app for a set time, then it locks again • Quick Access: unlock one app for a few minutes when you really need it SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • Usage charts for the last 24 hours and the last 7 days • Alerts when you reach 80% of your daily limit, plus break, schedule and zone alerts EXTRA CONTROL • Lock Unhook itself with Face ID or a passcode • Optionally block app installs, app deletion and in-app purchases • Siri & Shortcuts actions to lock or unlock a group Made for deep work, studying, better sleep and anyone trying to break the doomscrolling habit. FREE AND PRO Start free with 1 group (up to 3 apps), 1 schedule and 1 zone. Unhook Pro adds categories and websites, usage reports, reminders and longer breaks. Unhook uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your app usage stays on your device. Privacy Policy: https://shaffans.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://shaffans.com/terms-conditions
NoteOS
Capture thoughts, organize your day, and build routines with an AI-powered productivity app. It unifies note-taking, voice capture, to-dos, and habit tracking into a single, fast workflow, reducing friction between ideas and actions.
- Text and voice note-taking
- AI note processing and summarization
- Task and priority tracking
- Habit building and tracking
- Unified workspace for ideas and plans
- Fast capture for on-the-go thoughts
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Capture your thoughts, organize your day, and build better routines — all in one place. NoteOS is an AI-powered productivity app that brings together note-taking, voice capture, to-dos, and habit tracking in a simple, fast workflow. Instead of jumping between separate apps for notes, tasks, and routines, you can keep everything together and move from idea to action with less friction. Whether you are saving a quick thought, recording a voice note on the go, planning your day, or trying to stay consistent with your habits, NoteOS helps you capture what matters and turn it into something useful. With NoteOS, you can: Take notes with text or voice Use AI to process, organize, and summarize your notes Keep track of tasks and daily priorities Build routines with habit tracking Store ideas, reminders, and plans in one workspace Stay focused with a cleaner system for thinking and doing Built for real life: Ideas do not always come when you are sitting down and ready to type. Sometimes you are walking, driving, working, or in the middle of something else. NoteOS is designed for those moments. Capture a thought quickly, come back later, and let AI help you make sense of it. From note-taking to action: A lot of apps help you collect information. Fewer help you do something with it. NoteOS is built to help you move from messy input to clear output. Save an idea, review it, organize it, and turn it into tasks or routines you can actually follow. One app instead of many: If you are tired of splitting your life between a notes app, a to-do app, a reminders app, and a habit tracker, NoteOS gives you a more unified system. Your thoughts, plans, and daily actions stay connected, so it is easier to stay organized without overcomplicating your workflow. Great for: Personal notes Voice notes on the go Daily planning Task management Habit tracking Brain dumps Idea capture Simple personal organization NoteOS is made for students, professionals, creators, founders, and anyone who wants a faster way to capture ideas and stay on top of daily life. If you think fast, forget things easily, or want a better way to manage notes, tasks, and habits together, NoteOS is built for you. One place to think, plan, and follow through. Developed by Fastemy - Fast and Fun Education Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unhook at 100% against NoteOS's 57%. Unhook also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). NoteOS's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Unhook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and NoteOS sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unhook holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Unhook's written reviews are positive against 57% of NoteOS's.
Unhook ships an update weekly, NoteOS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unhook | NoteOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (22 ratings) — better | 4.5 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shaffans Studios | Abdullah YILMAZ |
Customer experience
Unhook
NoteOS
In-app purchases
Unhook
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Year
- One‑Time: Lifetime Access$14.99
NoteOS
- NoteOS Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- NoteOS Business Monthly$49.991 Month
- NoteOS Business Yearly$399.991 Year
- NoteOS 1 Hour AI Credits$0.99
- NoteOS 500MB AI Credits$0.99
- NoteOS 2GB AI Credits$2.99
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- NoteOS 5 Hour AI Credits$3.99
- NoteOS 10GB AI Credits$9.99
- NoteOS 20 Hour AI Credits$12.99
- NoteOS Plus Lifetime$49.99









