Husk vs BrainSober
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Husk
This app helps you reclaim your time by making you earn back minutes spent on distracting apps. Define real-world tasks to earn time, then spend it on your chosen apps. Track your progress with a stark dashboard and detailed ledger.
- Memento dashboard for time remaining
- Lock distracting apps
- Define custom tasks to earn time
- Stark transaction ledger
- Daily check-in for scrolling habits
- Privacy-focused, on-device data
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You have less time than you think. Husk is a brutally honest screen-time app for people who are tired of being lied to. No green checkmarks. No cheerful streaks. No friendly nudges. Just the truth, in serif type and monospace numbers, on a black screen. THE CONCEPT Pick the apps that waste you. Husk seals them behind a deal you set: how many minutes a day you get, what it costs to reopen, how long it stays open. The cost is paid in Life, minutes earned by doing something real. Run 10km. Read 20 pages. Call your mother. You set what counts and what it is worth. The math is simple: earn minutes by living, spend them by scrolling. THE FEED Instagram and YouTube, inside Husk, stripped down to what you came for. No Reels. No Shorts. No endless anything. A reel a friend sends will play, but it will not scroll onward. Your accounts, your follows, your messages. Just less of the machine. WHAT'S INSIDE • The Memento dashboard: sunsets remaining, weekends remaining, days lost this year, the years you will give to scrolling. Fed by your real Screen Time data. • The House Rules: one deal for every sealed app. Minutes allowed, Life to reopen, how long it stays open. Set a custom deal for any app. A meter on every card shows the minutes already burned. • Earn Your Life Back: define your own tasks and what they are worth. The honor system. Cheating only cheats yourself. • The Ledger: every minute earned, every minute spent, in a stark transaction history. • The Pause: for Pro, five held seconds and the weeks you have left, standing between you and every unlock. PRIVACY Your screen-time data stays on your device. Husk reads it through Apple's Family Controls framework, built so that not even we can see which apps you lock or how long you scroll. The app includes one third-party SDK, Meta's, used only to measure whether our ads bring people here. iOS asks your permission for that first, and saying no changes nothing about how Husk works. SUBSCRIPTION The feed and the clock are free. Sealing apps is Pro: • Weekly: $2.99/week (3-day free trial) • Yearly: $29.99/year (best value, works out to $2.50/month) Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage anytime in iOS Settings, Apple ID, Subscriptions. Memento mori. Remember that life is finite. Live like it. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BrainSober
This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking addictive apps and rewarding real-life activities. Earn screen time back by engaging in offline tasks and watch your virtual companion thrive as you scroll less.
- Block addictive apps and feeds
- Earn screen time with real-life activities
- Virtual companion thrives on reduced scrolling
- Set focus hours for uninterrupted time
- Private by design, no account needed
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Stop doomscrolling. Block Reels, Shorts and endless feeds, and earn your screen time back in real life. BrainSober turns your phone time into Brain Energy. Every scroll drains it. A walk, a book or a workout recharges it. Meet Brio, your little brain buddy, who thrives when you scroll less. Try BrainSober Pro free for 7 days. HOW IT WORKS • Pick the apps that pull you in. Apple's private Screen Time picker means we never see which ones. • Choose your commitment: Light, Committed or Locked in. • Your Brain Energy shows how many free minutes you have left today. When it runs out, your apps pause. • Need an app anyway? Unlock it on purpose for a few minutes for a little energy. • Set focus hours, like your evenings, to keep apps locked when it matters most. EARN YOUR SCREEN TIME BACK Take a walk, read offline, move your body, tidy your space or start a focus session. Snap a photo as proof and Brio checks it right on your iPhone. Every real-life quest restores Brain Energy. MEET BRIO Brio reacts to your Brain Energy: full of life when you're doing well, worn out when you scroll too much. Keep your streak going to open chests and collect new Brios. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account needed • We never see which apps you choose • Proof photos are checked on your iPhone and never uploaded • Your plan and activity history stay on your iPhone SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS BrainSober Pro is required for app protection, unlocks, quests and progress tracking. Choose a weekly, monthly or annual plan. Monthly and annual plans include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Prices are shown in the app before you confirm with Apple. If you don't cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, your subscription starts and payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://brainsober.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BrainSober at every 2 days against Husk's every 2 weeks. BrainSober also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Husk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and BrainSober sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Husk against 5.0 for BrainSober. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Husk ships an update every 2 weeks, BrainSober every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Husk | BrainSober |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARSHALL KARH | Fritz doebel |
Customer experience
Husk
BrainSober
In-app purchases
Husk
- Husk Pro Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Husk Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
BrainSober
- BrainSober Pro$8.997 Days
- BrainSober Pro$9.991 Month
- BrainSober Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- BrainSober Pro$22.991 Year
- BrainSober Pro7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- BrainSober Pro$29.991 Year
- BrainSober Pro$44.991 Year
- BrainSober Pro7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- BrainSober Pro$59.991 Year









