Comparison

Takeback vs HMONG X

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

Head to head
About

Takeback

This app uses a drill sergeant persona to help you break free from excessive phone use. It negotiates your access to distracting apps and implements a progressive 60-day bootcamp to retrain your habits.

Highlights
  • Drill sergeant accountability
  • Negotiated app access
  • Progressive 60-day bootcamp
  • Customizable difficulty (Chill/Savage)
  • Habit retraining
  • Time and attention recovery
Features
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Takeback is Sarge, an AI coach who lets you into your social apps when you have a real reason and cuts off the doomscrolling. Not another app blocker. Other blockers lock everything, so you delete them by Friday. Or they're easy to skip. Sarge is tougher, but fair. A REAL REASON GETS YOU IN DMing a friend? Work? You get in. Doomscrolling? He cuts you off. He knows how long you've already scrolled today. 5 MODES. FIND YOURS. Some days your apps stay open, and the second you start doomscrolling, they lock. Some days every open costs a short wait while he tries to talk you out of it. On Blackout days, only a strong reason or a real emergency gets you in. Sarge picks your first modes, then you choose the one that works. HARDCORE WHEN YOU NEED IT On Hardcore days you say it out loud. Hold to talk, tell him why you need your apps, and he talks back. HE LEARNS YOU How you scroll. When you slip up. Then he adjusts your plan, and your daily limit steps down to your goal. YOUR ANTI-ALGORITHM Thousands of engineers. Billions of dollars. One job: keep you scrolling. Willpower can't beat that. It was never your fault. Sarge is an AI on your side against a billion-dollar feed. WANT MORE TIME? EARN IT. Go for a walk, work out, touch real grass, or hold a focus block. He checks the proof: your steps, a fresh photo, or 45 minutes with no unlocks. Pictures of pictures don't work on him. WHAT CHANGES Evenings that end in sleep, not a 2am feed. An attention span you can feel coming back. Hours that used to vanish with nothing to show for them. A phone you finally trust yourself with. WHO'S BEHIND IT Takeback is run by Stan Tatarnykov. He built games played by 80M+ people, so he knows how apps keep you hooked. Now he's on your side. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trytakeback.com/privacy

About

HMONG X

Features
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HMONG X is the first AI built for the Hmong language. Ask in Hmong, get answers in Hmong. No more translating your own language just to be understood. WHAT YOU CAN DO Chat in Hmong - ask about business, health, school and daily life, and get answers in your own language. Write Hmong folk tales - the AI narrates them aloud and you can download the audio. Choose a female voice, a male voice, or two voices telling the story together. Create images - turn a single line of text into a picture. Write song lyrics in Hmong and hear them sung. Translate between Hmong and Vietnamese, Lao, Thai, English and Chinese. Speak and have it written down, or have text read back to you out loud. Chat and voice are free and unlimited. --- HMONG X - Hnov lus Hmoob, Nkag siab Hmoob, Ua haujlwm rau Hmoob. Thawj lub AI tsim los rau cov Hmoob thoob ntiaj teb. Koj nug ua lus Hmoob, nws teb rov ua lus Hmoob - tsis tas txhais ua lwm yam lus lawm. Koj ua tau dab tsi: Sib tham ua lus Hmoob - nug txog kev ua lag luam, kev noj qab haus huv, kev kawm ntawv. Sau dab neeg Hmoob - AI hais ua suab, rub tau coj mus mloog. Muaj suab poj niam, suab txiv neej, thiab khub hais ua ke. Tsim duab - sau ib kab lus xwb, duab tawm los. Sau nkauj thiab hu ua lus Hmoob. Txhais lus - Hmoob rau Nyab Laj, Nplog, Thaib, Askiv, Suav. Hais rau nws mloog, nws sau ua ntawv rau koj. Sib tham thiab suab siv DAWB tsis txwv. HMONG X yog ib lub cuab yeej rau txhua tus Hmoob - tus ua lag luam, tus kawm ntawv, tus niam tsev, thiab tus xav khaws cov dab neeg Hmoob cia rau cov me nyuam.

Screenshots

Takeback4 screens
HMONG X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HMONG X at none against Takeback's shown. HMONG X also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Takeback sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and HMONG X sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Takeback versus HMONG X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTakebackHMONG X
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGatarn Games Ltd.A Cu Lao

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Takeback

Subscriptions3
  • Takeback Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Takeback Annual$24.991 Year
  • Takeback Annual$29.991 Year
4 purchases

HMONG X

One-time4
  • 50 Tokens$6.99
  • 120 Tokens$16.99
  • 400 Tokens$39.99
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  • 900 Tokens$99.99

Questions

Is Takeback free?
Takeback is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HMONG X free?
HMONG X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Takeback or HMONG X have ads?
Takeback shows ads; HMONG X does not.

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