Metriso vs Think First

Most countdown apps focus on ticking numbers. Metriso focuses on the joy of anticipation. Watch your moments beautifully unfold, day by day, right on your Home Screen. Instead of a generic timer, Metriso introduces Visual Reveals. Choose a beautiful image for your upcoming vacation, wedding, or personal milestone. As the big day draws closer, your chosen image slowly and beautifully reveals itself. It’s not just a countdown; it’s a living piece of art tracking your most anticipated moments. WHY METRISO IS DIFFERENT We believe that looking forward to an event should feel just as good as the event itself. By focusing on visual progression, Metriso turns your Home Screen into a canvas of calm anticipation. CORE FEATURES - Cinematic Reveals: Watch time pass visually. As your event gets closer, your image comes into focus. Experience standard reveals like Blur and Pixelation, or unlock premium animations like Puzzle, Wave, and Brush Stroke. - Curated Aesthetics: Choose from our hand-picked library of high-quality, minimalist photography, pick a calming solid colour, or let the app surprise you with a random aesthetic image. - Beautiful Widgets: Keep your anticipation front and center. Support for Small, Medium, and Large widgets ensures your Home Screen remains elegant and inspiring. - Flexible Repetitions: Automate your schedule. Set up simple repeats, like yearly for birthdays and anniversaries, or easily configure complex routines (like the 3rd Friday of every 2 months). - iCloud Sync: Create an event on your iPhone and watch it beautifully reveal on your iPad or Mac. Your moments are safely backed up and always in sync. - Smart Notifications: Choose how you want to be reminded. Get a gentle nudge on the day of the event, exactly one week before, or turn them off completely for a quiet experience. - The Memory Vault: When an event reaches zero, it doesn't just disappear. It is safely stored in your personal Memory Vault, allowing you to look back on past achievements, trips, and cherished memories. - Shared Countdowns: Counting down is better together. Send any countdown to friends and family via a simple link so everyone can watch the big day approach together. - Zero Clutter. Zero Ads: Designed strictly for digital wellness. No banner ads, no pop-ups, just pure, uninterrupted anticipation. THE INDIE PROMISE: NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. EVER. Metriso is a labor of love built by an independent developer who was tired of simple utilities charging expensive monthly fees. The core experience of Metriso is completely free to use. If you love the app, you can unlock Metriso Pro with a single, one-time payment. Metriso Pro unlocks: - Unlimited active countdowns - The ability to upload your own custom photos from your Camera Roll - Premium cinematic reveals (Brush Stroke, Puzzle, and Wave) Pay once, keep it forever, and support indie software. Anticipate beautifully with Metriso.

You reach for your phone – and 40 minutes later you no longer know why. Think First puts a short, deliberate moment right before that. No lecturing, no permanent lockout. The app stays closed until you have taken a moment – then the decision is yours. SETUP IN THREE STEPS • Pick your app from the list – around 70 well-known apps are built in • Link it in the system dialog so iOS knows which app you mean • Allow notifications – they take you from the blocked app to your countdown HOW YOUR MOMENT WORKS • You tap the app – it is blocked and shows its name • "Start my moment" sends you a notification • You tap it, the countdown runs, then you decide • Finally you set how long you need: 5, 15 or 30 minutes • The app then opens by itself – and locks again once your time is used HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? After the countdown you set yourself a time budget. Real usage counts, not the clock: if the phone sits on the table in between, your budget doesn't run down. Once it's used up the app locks itself again. YOUR APPS, BY NAME AND ICON Every protected app appears the way you know it: in statistics, in notifications and on the lock screen. So you see which app calls you how often – not just an anonymous total. WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU NEED IT FOR • Before the app opens you type, in one sentence, what you actually intend to do • Apple Intelligence reads along directly on your iPhone and checks that you really answered – not whether your reason is good enough • Later you see which sentence you tell yourself most often • Your text never leaves your device. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with iOS 26 STAYING WITH IT, MADE REWARDING • Levels, XP and streaks for every impulse you win, 12 badges • Streak protection: once a week a day may drop out • Add friends and compare the week – free, up to 50 • Share your wins as an image: your numbers, your streak, your badges AT A GLANCE A home screen widget with your numbers per app – and one for the lock screen, right where you reach for the phone. EMERGENCY? SOS Press and hold the app icon, confirm three times: everything is open for 5 minutes. Then everything locks itself again – even if you never open Think First. PRIVACY • Your statistics stay on your iPhone. No account, no tracking, no ads • Think First never learns which apps you pick – Apple does not reveal that • The friends feature is optional and data-minimal FREE AND PREMIUM Free, no account, no ads: • Three protected apps with the deliberate moment • State your intention (iPhone 15 Pro or newer) • Instant “Focus now” sessions • Your numbers for today • Levels, XP, streaks and badges • Friends and leaderboard, up to 50 With Premium: • Hard Mode – the lock can't be clicked away while it runs • Daily limits: “30 minutes of social”, then it's done • Focus schedules: “Study 8–15, Mon–Fri” • As many apps as you like • Growing wait: every further reach costs more time today • Impulse quota: “Instagram three times a day, no more” • Time profiles, your own wait and question per app • Advanced statistics including CSV export • 11 themes, 10 app icons, widgets Both subscriptions start with 7 days free: €49.99 a year or €6.99 a month. Or €89.99 once, with no subscription at all. Already subscribed to Premium? Your current price stays. Think First Premium is available as a yearly (€49.99) or monthly (€6.99) subscription – both with the first 7 days free – or as a one-time purchase (€89.99, no subscription). Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hbj-solutions.com/thinkfirst/privacy