Comparison

EON vs Adrift

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

Head to head
About

EON

Effortlessly manage all your recurring payments in one place. Get timely reminders before charges hit and visualize your spending across different timeframes. Supports multiple currencies and offers convenient widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Centralized subscription management
  • Spending visualization (monthly, quarterly, yearly)
  • Customizable charge reminders
  • Multi-currency support with daily rates
  • Billing calendar view
  • Automatic app icon fetching
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
Features
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EON keeps every subscription in one place, so you're never blindsided by a trial you forgot to cancel, a membership that quietly raised its price, or a charge you don't recognize. SEE YOUR SPENDING AT A GLANCE The home screen shows exactly what you'll spend this month, quarter, and year. Monthly average and lifetime total, all upfront. REMINDERS BEFORE EVERY CHARGE Set a custom lead time for each subscription. Get notified before a free trial ends or an annual plan renews — you stay in control. MULTI-CURRENCY WITH DAILY RATES USD, JPY, EUR and more are converted to your home currency automatically, with exchange rates refreshed daily. BILLING CALENDAR See which charge lands on which day across the month, each marked with its subscription icon. BEAUTIFUL SUBSCRIPTION CARDS Auto-fetch official app icons by searching the App Store, or pick your own from Photos. Cards tint to each icon's color. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Check your next charge and monthly total without opening the app. ICLOUD SYNC Your data syncs across devices through your own iCloud — no account required. PRIVACY FIRST No account, no servers, no tracking. Your data lives only on your device and in your own iCloud. The developer never sees it. EON is completely free with no paywall. If it saves you a few bucks, you're welcome to buy the developer a coffee — entirely optional, unlocks nothing.

About

Adrift

Features
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See the minutes before they disappear. Open a distracting app and a timer appears in the Dynamic Island — counting your current session, quietly, while you're still inside it. On iPhones without the island, the timer lives on your Lock Screen, and the full reminder ladder lands on every iPhone. Leave, and the session ends with a calm receipt: how long, how many times today, and the number that matters most — your longest stretch off the phone. Adrift states facts, never verdicts. "You've been on Instagram for 15 minutes" — that's the entire intervention. No shame, no streaks to lose, no red numbers. The timer is the nudge, and it turns out that's enough. You set up the parts yourself. Adrift never asks permission to watch you. Instead, parts you add in Apple's Shortcuts app start the timer when you open an app and stop it when you leave. On iOS 27 you add two ready-made parts and turn them on, in three steps; on earlier versions a voiced walkthrough shows you how to build a pair for each app. Then Adrift checks that they work. The parts are yours, in the open, and you can remove them anytime. Adrift works with Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, X, Facebook, Threads, and Snapchat. Gentle reminders, on your terms. A quiet banner at 5, 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes — landing over the feed itself. Choose the Early Nudges, Steady Bells, or Long Watch ladder, or make your own. Pick the voice: the warm Adrift default, Calm (the plain fact, nothing more), Scripture (KJV/WEB/BSB verses on time and stillness), Quotes (a line worth keeping from writers long gone), Perspective ("About enough time to clean up your kitchen."), or Note to Self — your own words, back at you. Adrift Pro — start with 7 days free, then keep everything with a small yearly subscription or a single one-time purchase: unlimited tracked apps, the daylight metric, custom reminder ladders, all the reminder voices, and Note to Self. Private by design. No account. Your sessions, notes, and settings never leave your phone. The one exception is anonymous analytics — counts, not content. Inside the app (Settings → "Privacy — what leaves the phone"), Adrift lists its own events word for word and describes what TelemetryDeck, the library that sends them, adds: its own signals and standard details on every event. The privacy policy at mhs5643.github.io/adrift-site/privacy.html says the same. Doomscrolling is drifting. The timer is what tells you you're adrift. Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EON4 screens
Adrift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: EON at every 4 days against Adrift's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. EON sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Adrift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EON ships an update every 4 days, Adrift monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
EON versus Adrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEONAdrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer磊 郭MAX HENRY SCHNELBACH

In-app purchases

4 purchases

EON

One-time4
  • Instant Coffee$0.99
  • Iced Americano$2.99
  • Cold Brew$4.99
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  • Geisha Pour-Over$9.99
2 purchases

Adrift

Subscriptions1
  • Adrift Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Adrift Pro — Lifetime$16.99

Questions

Is EON free?
EON is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Adrift free?
Adrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EON or Adrift have ads?
Neither EON nor Adrift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EON or Adrift?
EON ships an update every 4 days, and Adrift monthly. Most recently, EON was updated on October 14, 2026 and Adrift on October 21, 2026.

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