Comparison

Cascade vs Pryvo

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

Head to head
About

Cascade

This app helps you regain focus by blocking chosen applications and offering mindful exercises when you feel the urge to open them. It allows for scheduled routines, social accountability with friends, and provides weekly progress reports. Additional features include meditations and a course on digital habits.

Highlights
  • App blocking
  • Mindful exercises
  • Scheduled routines
  • Social focus sessions
  • Weekly progress reports
  • Meditation library
  • Lock screen widget
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Cascade blocks the apps you pick, for as long as you pick. The rest of the app is about the moment you want to open them anyway. WHEN THE URGE COMES The feeling you name decides what you get: a short breathing exercise, a small thing to do away from the screen, or a question to think about. Each takes a minute or two. None of them lead back to the feed. ROUTINES Set the days and hours once. Sessions start and end on their own, even when the app is closed. ALWAYS ON Always locked keeps the apps you choose closed until you remove them. Check-ins add a short pause before an impulsive open. FRIENDS Add friends with a code. In the Progress tab you see each other's focus time, longest session and streak. You can invite friends into a focus session, or into a shared routine so everyone focuses at the same hours with their own apps. Every finished session also counts as a vote for the person you are becoming, and your friends can see your votes too. THE WEEKLY LETTER At the end of every week Cascade writes you a short letter: which days you focused, why you stopped, what you finished. Past letters stay in an archive. ALSO INSIDE Short meditations for focus, calm and sleep. Rewire, a course on why feeds are so hard to put down. A lock screen widget and Live Activities for your sessions. PRIVACY The list of apps you block stays on your phone. Blocking runs on Apple's Screen Time framework, on your device. We never see your apps. What you type in Ask Cascade goes to our server to be answered. PRICE Free: unlimited Zen sessions, one meditation, one Rewire lesson. Pro unlocks everything else, as a subscription or a one time purchase. The yearly plan starts with a 7 day free trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pryvo

Features
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Pryvo turns your goals into a routine you'll actually stick to. Set a real task. Study, gym, chores, whatever needs doing and submit photo proof, and unlock your screen time as the reward. No more empty motivation talk: it's a timer-based system that locks distracting apps until the task is done, then hands back control. Build the habit, keep the todo list moving, and stop negotiating with yourself over screen time. Pryvo is provided by Veldrose (Alejandro Mendoza, sole proprietor). Full privacy policy: https://pryvoapp.net/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://pryvoapp.net/terms/

Screenshots

Cascade4 screens
Pryvo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pryvo at every 4 days against Cascade's every 3 weeks. Pryvo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cascade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pryvo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cascade ships an update every 3 weeks, Pryvo every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cascade versus Pryvo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCascadePryvo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB40 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIDIL CIVEZAlejandro Mendoza

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cascade

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro14 Days trial$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Pryvo

Subscriptions2
  • Pryvo Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pryvo Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cascade free?
Cascade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pryvo free?
Pryvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cascade or Pryvo have ads?
Neither Cascade nor Pryvo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cascade or Pryvo?
Cascade ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pryvo every 4 days. Most recently, Cascade was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pryvo on October 31, 2026.

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