Comparison

Take a Stack vs Pawwall

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

Head to head
About

Take a Stack

Features
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Save an immutable script and selection manifest, then compare the current project against it. See changed copy, reordered lines, different takes, gap changes and unavailable audio before you deliver again. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open a script and choose Delivery checkpoints. 2. Name and save a checkpoint of the current script, selected takes and gaps. 3. Edit a line or continue recording through the normal project workflow. 4. Return to the checkpoint, filter changed lines and share a detailed change report. Keep line-by-line recording, take selection, Alt Take Rescue, recording tools, stitching, mastering and audio exports. Checkpoints do not alter your selections. WHAT TO KNOW Checkpoints are manifests, not audio backups. They do not copy or restore recordings, measure listening quality or export a mix. Audio contents and export or processing settings are not compared. File presence does not verify playback. Keep separate exported-audio backups. iPhone and iPad.

About

Pawwall

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Stuck in the scroll again? Meet Mau, the cat who gets you out. The feed never ends. Your time does. Pawwall puts a warm, stubborn cat between you and your doomscroll: pick the apps that eat your evenings once, and Mau pauses them with Apple's Screen Time, on a schedule or right now. GET YOUR TIME BACK Every hour Mau guards is an hour you keep. Home shows your day in real numbers: the time guarded today, how often you reached for a paused app and backed off, a seven-day strip, and your goal (under the hours a day you told Mau). Nothing is invented; everything is counted on your device. SEE YOUR LIFE IN SCREEN YEARS Setup asks a few short questions: your name, your hours a day, the habits you want to change, your age. Then Pawwall shows 90 dots, one for each year of a life, and how many would go to screens at your pace. Every figure is an estimate computed on your device from your own answers, and Mau sets up your first plan to win some of those years back. YOUR WORST APPS, PAUSED BY A CAT Choose your apps or whole categories once. Set a plan (Night focus, a work block, or Focus now for 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes) and Mau keeps watch. Open a paused app and Apple's system shield appears: "Mau's paw is on this one." with your plan and the time your apps come back. "Stay focused" closes it. SLIPPED? NO SHAME. "Pause with Mau" opens Court: a breathing Mau, one breath ring, and one simple question about what pulled you in: boredom, stress, habit or FOMO. Then it's your call: "I'm good," or open the app for five minutes. No shame spiral, no guilt mechanics. PROOF IT'S WORKING Open "Your week with Mau" from the Home menu: the hours Mau guarded, the times you backed off, your best day, and how each plan kept its word. Real numbers from your own device, shareable as a night card. Your Quiet Score keeps the long count alongside. MAU'S ON DUTY FROM MINUTE ONE Mau greets you by name with your first plan armed. One tap, "Protect the next 25 minutes", guards the apps you already chose. Mau breathes, blinks, twitches an ear and reacts to your day; soft sounds respect your silent switch, gentle haptics mark every kept session. Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island keep your focus status one glance away. QUIET BY DEFAULT Every reminder is opt-in. Plan-start alerts are off until you turn them on, per plan. "Check-ins from Mau", an occasional nudge back sent by push, is off by default and sends nothing unless you switch it on. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No account. Pawwall never reads what you do inside your apps; your app choices and focus history stay on your device. Usage analytics (coarse events, never which apps, no account needed) help us improve. In Europe you choose first and can switch them off anytime in Settings. Terms (EULA): https://pawwall.app/terms/ ยท Privacy: https://pawwall.app/privacy/ REQUIREMENTS Pausing apps requires Apple's Family Controls authorization. Pawwall is made for adults managing their own device and attention; it is not a parental-control product. If Screen Time authorization is unavailable or denied, Pawwall tells you plainly and shows how to turn it on; it never pretends your apps are paused.

Screenshots

Take a Stack3 screens
Pawwall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pawwall at Free against Take a Stack's $0.99. Pawwall also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Take a Stack's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Pawwall is free to download; Take a Stack costs $0.99 up front. Pawwall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Take a Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take a Stack ships an update weekly, Pawwall daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Take a Stack versus Pawwall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake a StackPawwall
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinZentropi LLC

In-app purchases

None

Take a Stack

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pawwall

Subscriptions3
  • Mau's Circle Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Mau's circle Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Mau's circle Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mau's circle Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Take a Stack free?
Take a Stack costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pawwall free?
Pawwall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Take a Stack or Pawwall have ads?
Neither Take a Stack nor Pawwall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take a Stack or Pawwall?
Take a Stack ships an update weekly, and Pawwall daily. Most recently, Take a Stack was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pawwall on October 24, 2026.

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