Comparison

Unhook vs Inkstone Notes Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Unhook

This app helps you regain control of your phone by blocking distracting applications and websites. It offers customizable limits, schedules, and location-based blocking to promote focus and reduce screen time.

Highlights
  • Automatic app and website blocking
  • Customizable limits and schedules
  • Location-based blocking
  • Full lockout and distraction shield modes
  • Usage reports and alerts
  • Restrict app installation/deletion
Features
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Your phone is built to keep you hooked. Unhook helps you take it back — it blocks distracting apps and websites automatically, so focus becomes your default instead of a daily battle. Set smart limits, schedules, and even location-based blocking, then let Unhook handle the rest. Group your apps, categories, and websites, and decide exactly how strict you want to be. TWO WAYS TO BLOCK - Full Lockout — completely block a group until you choose to unlock it - Distraction Shield — add friction that makes you pause before you open LIMITS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE - One daily limit, or a different limit for each day of the week - Breaks with custom timing and duration, plus early resume when you need it - Resume a single app before your daily limit is reached - Lock and unlock groups automatically on repeating schedules - Trigger rules when you enter or leave a saved place — home, work, gym, school STAY AWARE - Hourly and weekly usage reports - Alerts at 80% of your limit, plus breaks, schedules, and zone changes EXTRA CONTROL - Optionally restrict app installation, deletion, and in-app purchases Made for deep work, studying, better sleep, screen-time balance, and anyone trying to break the doomscrolling habit. Whether you want hard boundaries or a flexible system that adapts to your day, Unhook helps you spend less time on autopilot and more on what matters. Download Unhook and take back your attention. Privacy Policy: https://shaffans.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://shaffans.com/terms-conditions

About

Inkstone Notes Markdown

A Markdown writing app that stores notes as plain .md files in iCloud Drive. It offers a native editor with syntax highlighting, live preview, and supports linking between notes. Notes can be exported to PDF or HTML.

Highlights
  • Plain .md file storage in iCloud Drive
  • Native Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Live preview with KaTeX and Mermaid support
  • Bi-directional note linking
  • Export to PDF and HTML
  • Task lists and image attachments
Features
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Inkstone is a Markdown writing app that keeps your notes as ordinary .md files in a folder you can open from anywhere. Your notes are files Every note is a plain Markdown file in iCloud Drive. Open the same folder from a Mac, edit it in another app, or move it somewhere else entirely — nothing is locked in a database, and nothing needs exporting. Writing, not formatting A native editor with syntax highlighting and live preview that hides the markup outside the paragraph you are working in. Formulas render with KaTeX and diagrams with Mermaid, both bundled, so neither needs a network. Notes that link to each other Write [[a note's title]] to link to it. Backlinks show what points at the note you are reading, unwritten links can be created in a tap, and renaming a note carries its links with it. Publishing Eight typesetting styles, each with its own heading treatment, for pasting into a publishing composer as rich text with the formatting intact. Export to PDF or HTML, with images carried inside the document. Also Callouts, task lists you can tick from the preview, a note for each day, outlines, inline tags, full-text search, and image attachments. Subscription: the free version keeps one note. Inkstone Pro (monthly or yearly, renewing automatically) lets you create as many as you like, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Unhook4 screens
Inkstone Notes Markdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Inkstone Notes Markdown at none against Unhook's shown. Unhook's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and monetization model (freemium vs paid). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Unhook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and Inkstone Notes Markdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Unhook against 5.0 for Inkstone Notes Markdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unhook has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unhook ships an update weekly, Inkstone Notes Markdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Unhook versus Inkstone Notes Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnhookInkstone Notes Markdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShaffans Studiosbo chen

Customer experience

Unhook

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inkstone Notes Markdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Unhook

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • One‑Time: Lifetime Access$14.99
2 purchases

Inkstone Notes Markdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$1.991 Year

Questions

Is Unhook free?
Unhook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkstone Notes Markdown free?
Inkstone Notes Markdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Unhook or Inkstone Notes Markdown?
Inkstone Notes Markdown is rated higher. Unhook averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Inkstone Notes Markdown averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Unhook or Inkstone Notes Markdown have ads?
Unhook shows ads; Inkstone Notes Markdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Unhook or Inkstone Notes Markdown?
Unhook ships an update weekly, and Inkstone Notes Markdown every 4 days. Most recently, Unhook was updated on October 24, 2026 and Inkstone Notes Markdown on October 25, 2026.

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