Comparison

Reset vs Ruach

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

Head to head
About

Reset

This app helps you regain control of your digital life by earning screen time through healthy behaviors. It acts as a behavioral operating system, rewarding effort with access to your device and providing insights into your reward system.

Highlights
  • Earn screen time through effort
  • Track daily dopamine balance
  • Measure behavior's impact on reward system
  • Dopamine Age comparison
  • Recovery-based performance insights
  • Real-time feedback on dopamine and unlocked minutes
  • Pattern insights for focus drops
Features
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Modern apps are engineered to hijack your dopamine. Reset helps you take it back. Reset is a subscription service. The features described below require an active Reset Premium subscription. Track your daily dopamine balance, earn your screen time through effort, and measure how your behavior shapes your reward system over time. Core Mechanic Start every day at zero. Healthy behaviors build dopamine. Dopamine unlocks intentional screen time. No restrictions. No guilt. Just a system. What Makes Reset Different Reset isn't a habit tracker. It's a behavioral operating system. You don't quit your phone. You earn it. Key Features (Reset Premium) Earn Your Screen Time Turn effort into access. Exercise, deep work, and recovery unlock intentional screen time. Dopamine Age See how balanced your reward system is compared to your actual age. Updated weekly based on real behavior. Recovery-Based Performance Sleep, consistency, and late-night usage affect how efficiently you earn. Real-Time Feedback Track your dopamine score and unlocked minutes throughout the day. Pattern Insights Understand when your focus drops and why. Who It's For Built for people who want to: • Improve focus • Reduce reactive scrolling • Build discipline without burnout • Operate at a higher level Closing Your brain adapts to what you reward. Reset it. — — — Subscription Details Reset Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Pricing and available plans are shown in-app before purchase and may vary by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ruach

This app helps you create dedicated time for spiritual reflection by temporarily locking distracting applications on your phone. It uses an NFC-enabled bookmark to initiate and end these focused sessions, allowing for uninterrupted time with God.

Highlights
  • Digital fasting to block distracting apps
  • NFC bookmark integration for session control
  • Intentional time with God
  • Supports morning devotion and quiet time
  • Ideal for services, small groups, and studies
  • Institutional tools for camps and ministries
Features
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A bookmark for time with God. We live in the most distracted time in human history due to mainly one thing: our phones. Constant notifications, scrolling, and digital noise make it harder than ever to actually be present with God and hear His voice, but Ruach helps create space for Him. Ruach is an iOS app paired with a physical bookmark containing an NFC chip that helps you create intentional time with God through a digital fast by blocking distracting apps. When you're ready to be in the Word, tap your bookmark. Your selected apps lock until you tap your bookmark again. The bookmark lives in your Bible, like any other bookmark. Opening Scripture and starting your time with God become one action. Your phone goes quiet, creating space for the Lord's voice to be heard. Use Ruach for whatever the moment is for: - Morning devotion. Tap before bed, put the bookmark in your Bible, and your Bible becomes the key to your phone the next morning. - Quiet time while in the Word. Tap when you open your Bible and spend time with God without your phone pulling you away. - Sunday services, small groups, and Bible studies. Be present where you are, not where your phone wants to take you. - Lent, Advent, Sabbath. Use Ruach for whole seasons of slowing down with God. FOR CAMPS AND MINISTRIES Ruach gives institutions a tool to support their students' formation, during camp and after. Students pair to a leader's card for the week, keeping phones locked and focus on God. On the last day, they re-pair to their own personal bookmark and take the practice home. The transformation camp creates doesn't have to fade when students leave. The bookmark in their Bible keeps it alive. Whether it's twenty minutes or a whole week, it's the same digital fast. Tap to begin. Tap to end. WHAT RUACH IS NOT Ruach is not a habit tracker. There are no streaks, no points, no shame for missing a day. Ruach collects no data. No accounts. No analytics. No third parties. Everything stays on your device. REQUIREMENTS - An iPhone running iOS 17 or later - A standard NFC bookmark, card, or tag - Permission to use Screen Time.

Screenshots

Reset4 screens
Ruach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruach at none against Reset's 14. Ruach also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Reset's advantage is ratings volume (209 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Reset sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Ruach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ruach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reset has 209 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reset versus Ruach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResetRuach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (209 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings209 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLife Development LLCHAYDEN MITCHELL FRERICHS

Customer experience

Reset

All ratings177 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.3%

Ruach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Reset

Subscriptions13
  • Premium Access$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Premium Access2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access$39.991 Year
  • Premium Access$49.991 Year
  • Premium Access$59.991 Year
  • Premium Access$69.991 Year
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Premium Access$99.991 Year
None

Ruach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reset free?
Reset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruach free?
Ruach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reset or Ruach?
Ruach is rated higher. Reset averages 4.6 out of 5 from 209 ratings, while Ruach averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Reset or Ruach have ads?
Neither Reset nor Ruach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reset or Ruach?
Reset ships an update every 3 days, and Ruach every 3 days. Most recently, Reset was updated on October 28, 2026 and Ruach on October 24, 2026.

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