Exist vs PUMPY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exist
This app helps you reduce smartphone usage by rewiring habit loops and providing escape hatches from endless scrolling. It blocks distracting apps during scheduled times and offers an 'Exist Mode' to temporarily disable smartphone functions.
- Blocks distracting apps
- Rewires habit loops
- Escape hatch from doomscrolling
- Protects special time windows
- Go analog with Exist Mode
- Uses behavioral psychology
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The easy way to use your phone less. Exist blocks distracting apps when you want to focus, but it does more than that… It gradually removes your itch to use a smartphone, no willpower required. Based on behavioral psychology, Exist counteracts many of the psychological tricks that tech companies used to make their platforms so addictive in the first place. Specifically… EXIST WORKS BY: 1. Rewiring Habit Loops (AKA, no more compulsive app opening) Part of what makes certain apps and websites so irresistible is that they substitute for real human desires (excitement, belonging, love, etc.). The more you understand what's behind your cravings, the easier it becomes to resist them, and eventually, the less they appear at all. So, just before you open one of the apps that you'd like to use less, Exist will intercept you with a chance to think about why you're opening the app at all. Exist will then give you a chance to bail, plus an alternate idea for a healthier way to scratch your TRUE itch. (Outside your blocking schedules, you won't be hard-locked out of any app until you hit your self-imposed limit for the day.) 2. Providing an "Escape Hatch" from Doomscrolls (AKA, no more randomly losing two hours to the Feed) Ever opened your phone for just a second, then lost two hours to scrolling? This is possible thanks to "bottomless feeds." With Exist, when you open one of your chosen "problem apps," you'll choose a time allotment, and when it's up, you can abandon the doomscroll with one tap. Users have loved this feature so far. 3. Protecting Special Time Windows (AKA, get your nights and mornings back) If there's ONE hack for better health in today's world, it might be simply getting your phone away from your face right before bed and right after waking up. Inside of Exist, you can create schedules in which any combination of apps that you choose will automatically be blocked. Plenty of other apps do this, but Exist offers a feature designed specifically for the hours surrounding sleep. 4. Letting You Go Analog (AKA, pretending like it's 2010 again) Put your phone into "Exist Mode" to block all the phone functions that arrived with smartphones. EXIST IS ALWAYS EVOLVING: We are committed to helping people reclaim their brains from the internet. We are constantly working with our subscribers to make the product as useful as possible. We love talking to fans, and you can submit a request for any feature inside of Settings. MORE INFO: Exist uses Apple's Screen Time system to see and limit app use on your device. Subscriptions are 7 days free, then $59.99/year or $9.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://useexist.com/exist-terms
PUMPY
This app helps you build muscle by providing personalized daily nutrition and training plans. It tracks your progress, offering insights into whether you are growing as efficiently as possible without the need for spreadsheets or diet guilt.
- AI-driven daily nutrition and training plans
- Photo-based protein and calorie logging
- Daily progress tracking and insights
- 12-month muscle growth projection
- Integrated food, training, and recovery tracking
- Private data logging on device
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Log every workout and every meal in one app. Free, with no ads. PUMPY tracks your lifts, sets and reps, then your protein, calories and macros, so your training and nutrition finally pull in the same direction. PUMPY is the gym workout tracker with nutrition built in. Plan your routines, log every set, and watch your strength climb. Then snap a photo of your meal and PUMPY logs protein and macros in seconds. One app for everything that actually builds muscle. TRACK YOUR TRAINING • Log workouts fast: sets, reps, weight and RPE in a couple of taps • Build unlimited routines or follow proven splits like Push/Pull/Legs and 5x5 • 5,000+ exercises with clear instructions for every muscle group • Rest timers, supersets, warm-up and drop sets • Track every lift with clean charts for volume, reps and one-rep max • Apple Watch and Apple Health sync TRACK YOUR NUTRITION • AI food scan: snap a photo and get protein, calories and macros in seconds • Barcode scan: instant nutrition from millions of products • Quick add: log a meal in two taps without scanning • Set a daily protein and calorie goal and see what's remaining at a glance • Whole-day macros: protein, carbs and fat, no spreadsheets WHY PUMPY • Two apps in one: stop juggling a separate gym log and food tracker • A simple daily read on whether your training and eating are moving you toward more muscle • Completely private: your data stays on your device • No ads, no diet guilt, no red numbers, just progress you can see PUMPY PRO Go further with unlimited AI scans, your full history and deeper insights. The free version includes workout logging, daily food logging, limited scans and recent history. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Your data is yours. See https://prtn.ai/privacy and https://prtn.ai/terms. Questions or feedback? hello@prtn.ai
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Exist at 5.0 against PUMPY's 4.8. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Exist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PUMPY sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Exist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 12 respectively.
Exist ships an update every 2 weeks, PUMPY weekly. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Exist | PUMPY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Stringfield | Jonathan Wettcke |
Customer experience
Exist
PUMPY
In-app purchases
Exist
- Exist Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Exist Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
PUMPY
- PRTN Pro$2.997 Days
- PRTN Pro$5.991 Month
- PRTN Pro$9.991 Month
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- PRTN Pro$19.993 Months
- PUMPY PLUS$19.991 Year
- PRTN Pro3 Days trial$22.991 Year
- PRTN Pro$24.991 Year
- PRTN Pro$39.991 Year









