Comparison

Turninn vs CLIMB

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

Head to head
About

Turninn

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You know what time you should go to bed. You also know you won't β€” not because the time is hidden, but because nothing in your day gently reminds you it's coming. Turninn is a bedtime countdown that lives on your Lock Screen, your Home Screen, and your Dynamic Island β€” always in the corner of your eye, never in your face. It treats the hours before bed as something to be quietly handed back to you, not taken from you. Turninn asks two questions, once: when do you want to wake up, and how long do you want to sleep. That's it. From then on, you almost never open the app again. Your countdown takes its place among the widgets you already use β€” the weather, the battery, the calendar β€” so that a glance at your phone during the day is also a small, wordless check-in with yourself. On the Lock Screen, Turninn fits into the circular, rectangular, or inline slots your screen already has. The circular widget shows a soft lunar arc and a number small enough to belong. The rectangular widget is a single line of plain language: hours and minutes until bed, tonight's bedtime beneath it. The inline widget is a whisper at the top of your screen β€” a crescent and a few quiet characters. On the Home Screen, the small widget is a full pane of glass with a slow hourglass that thins through the day. The medium widget adds your wake time and your chosen sleep length, so the whole plan for tonight sits on one square of your screen. Once bedtime passes, the widget stops counting down and simply tells you how long ago it went by. Sixty minutes before bedtime, Turninn starts a Live Activity. Your Dynamic Island shows a bed glyph and a calm countdown. On the Lock Screen, a narrow banner does the same thing. It does not have a snooze button. It does not have a "got it" button. There is nothing on it you can press to make it go away, because the feeling of being able to press the feeling away is the feeling that kept you scrolling in the first place. At bedtime, if you've turned the soft nudge on β€” it's off by default β€” you get one silent, passive notification. No sound, no badge, no red dot. Open it and you land on a full-screen page with a short line written in the tone of someone wishing you well. Tap Goodnight, and the app is done with you until morning. Turninn has no account, no cloud, no streaks, no score, no history graph, no theme store, and no subscription. It does not read your Health data. It does not know if you actually slept on time. It is not here to grade you; it is here to keep the number in view. Your bedtime and your wake time are the only two things it knows, and they never leave your device. Designed for iOS 17 and later. Works entirely offline. Available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Brazilian Portuguese.

About

CLIMB

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Climb a mountain while you focus. Every minute of focus moves your climber up the trail. Camp when you need a break. Plant your flag at the summit. CLIMB turns the time you spend studying, reading, learning, or working deep into a real, illustrated climb. Set a goal, hit start, and watch your climber move up the mountain in real time. The longer you focus, the higher you go. Whether you're prepping for finals, finishing a thesis, learning a language, or just trying to read for an hour without picking up your phone, CLIMB makes the time you put in visible. HOW IT WORKS Set a goal anywhere from 30 minutes to a full afternoon. Start the climb. Your climber moves up the trail in real time as the minutes pass. Need a break? Tap Camp. Your timer pauses, your progress saves, and the climber waits for you at the campsite. When you reach the summit, plant your flag and the mountain joins your history. FEATURES β€’ An illustrated mountain for every climb β€’ Live climber animation that ticks with every minute β€’ Camp anytime. Breaks never count against your study time β€’ Mountain history with summit passport cards β€’ Tasks with sub-tasks, labels, and priorities β€’ Link tasks to climbs so your study sessions are intentional β€’ Streaks that grow the more days you climb in a row β€’ Badges for summits, no-break climbs, time milestones, and rare achievements β€’ Collectible climber avatars β€’ Daily and streak-at-risk reminders β€’ Sign in with Apple, Google, or email CLIMB WITH FRIENDS β€’ Invite friends with a private code or QR. No public discovery, no follower games β€’ See which friends are climbing right now β€’ Leave a stone on a friend's summit to cheer them on β€’ Daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time leaderboards β€’ Ghost Mode for climbing privately whenever you want LIVE ACTIVITIES ON iPHONE Your climb ticks on the lock screen and inside the Dynamic Island. Glance at your progress without unlocking, even when the app is closed. PREMIUM CLIMB is free to use, with no ads and no third-party tracking. Premium unlocks: β€’ Unlimited active climbs (free accounts can have up to 3 going at once) β€’ Full access to your climb archive β€’ Available as yearly, or monthly BUILT FOR β€’ Students prepping for exams β€’ Readers working through long books β€’ Language learners building daily habits β€’ Coders, writers, designers, and anyone who works deep β€’ Anyone trying to stop scrolling and start finishing Stop scrolling. Start climbing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ikidevs.com/climb/privacy/

Screenshots

Turninn4 screens
CLIMB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Turninn at none against CLIMB's 2. Turninn also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CLIMB sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Turninn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Turninn ships an update every 9 days, CLIMB monthly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Turninn versus CLIMB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurninnCLIMB
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.2 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperδΌŸη§€ 吴Emre Aydin

In-app purchases

None

Turninn

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CLIMB

Subscriptions2
  • Climb Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Climb Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Turninn free?
Turninn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CLIMB free?
CLIMB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Turninn or CLIMB have ads?
Neither Turninn nor CLIMB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Turninn or CLIMB?
Turninn ships an update every 9 days, and CLIMB monthly. Most recently, Turninn was updated on October 7, 2026 and CLIMB on October 7, 2026.

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