Comparison

Sendi vs Five

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

Head to head
About

Sendi

Features
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Know that "just one more video" feeling? Us too. Sendi helps you break out of the doomscrolling loop by earning your screen time through movement. Your phone stays in your life. The doomscrolling loop doesn't. Sendi is the move-to-unlock app that puts you back in the driver's seat: you earn screen time by moving, and you spend it intentionally. HOW IT WORKS 1. Move – Your steps sync via Apple Health. 2. Collect minutes – Every 200 steps earns you one minute to redeem during your daily challenge. 3. Redeem – Use your minutes whenever you want. Time's up? Locked again. 4. Hit your daily goal – Reach your daily goal and your apps stay unlocked for the rest of the day. THE NAME Inspired by our Vietnamese roots, we built the name from two Vietnamese words that capture our vision: SEN – lotus, mindfulness ĐI – walking, movement Free for iPhone. Your very first walk already counts. Take your life back.

About

Five

This app helps overcome task paralysis and procrastination by using the five-minute rule. Commit to starting a task for just five minutes, and then you're free to stop. It's designed for individuals with ADHD and anyone who struggles to begin tasks.

Highlights
  • Five-minute timer for task initiation
  • Task dread vs. reality rating
  • Visual progress tracker (growing plant)
  • Private by design, no account needed
  • Written intentions for scheduled starts
  • Counts starts, not finishes
Features
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Is task paralysis or ADHD making starting feel impossible? You are not alone. The five-minute rule removes the barrier that keeps procrastination going. The five-minute rule is a tool from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): commit to working on an avoided task for just five minutes, after which you are completely free to stop. It works because starting is the hardest part of any avoided task. It is not a trick. It is the mechanism. A five-minute commitment is small enough that the dread protecting the task has nothing to push against, and an honest permission to quit is what makes the commitment believable to the part of you that is avoiding. HOW IT WORKS First: when you are avoiding a task, whether it is the email, the dishes or the study session, commit to doing it for just five minutes. Second: when the five minutes are up, you are genuinely free to stop. No guilt, no fine print. Five is a five-minute timer built around that rule. Name the smallest first move, press start, and let the timer hold the rest. It is made for people with ADHD, other neurodivergent people, and anyone who gets stuck at the start. It will not do the task for you. It gets you unstuck. IT COUNTS STARTS, NOT FINISHES The moment the timer begins, the start is recorded. Stop after forty seconds and it still counts, because it was still a start. There are no streaks to break, no missed days marked in red, and no notification asking where you have been. Come back after three months and your record is exactly as you left it. THE GAP BETWEEN DREAD AND REALITY You can rate how bad a task feels before you start and how bad it actually was afterwards. Over time the difference between those two numbers becomes visible, and for most people it points the same direction: things are usually less bad than they look from the outside. That is not encouragement. It is your own record. A PLANT THAT ONLY GROWS A leaf unfurls for every completed five minutes. It never wilts, never shrinks, and never reacts to time away. It is a record of what you did, not a pet that suffers when you are busy. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no account and no sign-in. Your record and everything you type stay on your phone, and Settings can export all of it to a file at any time. Five sends anonymous usage counts so it can be improved, never anything that identifies you, and you can switch them off in Settings. What you type as your first move is shown back to you once and never parsed, categorised, or counted. WRITTEN INTENTIONS You can write a plan in your own words, at your own time: "When it's 9:00 on Tuesdays, I start five minutes on the report." It offers, it does not nag. WHAT FIVE IS NOT Not a to-do list. Not a habit tracker with a score. Not therapy, and not a substitute for it. It does one small thing, which is to make starting easier by making it smaller. SUBSCRIPTION New subscribers get one week free, everything included. After that it is a monthly or yearly subscription, and the app shows the price in your currency before you subscribe. Your record stays on your phone whether you subscribe or not, and can be exported at any time. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings, under your Apple Account, then Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sinky79.github.io/five-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sendi4 screens
Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sendi at none against Five's 2. Sendi also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Five sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sendi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sendi ships an update every 9 days, Five weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sendi versus Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSendiFive
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNgoc Anh DangIikka Salmi

In-app purchases

None

Sendi

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Five

Subscriptions2
  • Five Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Five Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Sendi free?
Sendi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Five free?
Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sendi or Five have ads?
Neither Sendi nor Five shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sendi or Five?
Sendi ships an update every 9 days, and Five weekly. Most recently, Sendi was updated on October 31, 2026 and Five on November 2, 2026.

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