Comparison

Pull‑Free vs PauseLee

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

Head to head
About

Pull‑Free

This app uses your iPhone's camera to detect when your hands approach your face or hair, providing real-time alerts to help break habits like hair-pulling, skin-picking, and nail-biting. It focuses on building awareness and tracking progress privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Real-time hand-to-face detection
  • Customizable alerts (haptic, sound, flash)
  • On-device private processing
  • Adjustable sensitivity and cooldown
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Support for trichotillomania, dermatillomania, nail-biting
Features
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You touch your face dozens of times an hour without noticing. FaceFence helps you break the habit. Prop up your iPhone, and its front camera watches for the moment your hand drifts toward your face or hair — then gives you an instant buzz so you can catch yourself in real time. Whether you're working through hair-pulling (trichotillomania), skin-picking (dermatillomania), nail-biting, or any body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB), awareness is the first step to change. REAL-TIME DETECTION Powered by Apple's on-device Vision framework, FaceFence tracks your hands and face and alerts you the instant they get too close — a gentle haptic buzz, a sound, and an on-screen flash. 100% PRIVATE All processing happens on your iPhone. Your camera feed is never recorded, stored, or uploaded. Ever. BUILT FOR REAL USE - Prop your phone up facing you while you work, study, scroll, or relax - Adjustable sensitivity to match how close is "too close" - Cooldown control so you're nudged, not nagged - Pause anytime, plus a quick Test button to feel how it works TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Daily detection counts and trends - Detections-per-hour and total monitoring time - Pull-free streaks and achievements to keep you motivated MADE FOR THE BFRB COMMUNITY - Hair-pulling (trichotillomania) - Skin-picking (dermatillomania) - Nail-biting and cheek-biting - Building awareness of unconscious face-touching and fidgeting A note: FaceFence watches while the app is open with the screen on — prop your phone up facing you and let it keep an eye out. It's a gentle awareness tool, not a medical device. Hands off. Pull-free. FaceFence is your gentle reminder.

About

PauseLee

Features
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PauseLee is a gentle companion for the moment an urge hits. If you bite your nails, pick your skin, or pull your hair, you know the feeling — the pull arrives and you want somewhere to put it. PauseLee gives you Lee, a small companion to pause with while it passes. WHEN THE URGE HITS - Tap one button on the home screen and a short session begins in two taps. - Choose how you want to pause: a 60-second breathing rhythm, a quick hands-busy moment, or a prompt to change your surroundings. - Lee stays with you the whole time, and there is always a visible way out. - When you're done, log how it went in a tap — eased, passed, or still going. There is no wrong answer. The urge tool is free, unlimited, and works offline. It is never behind a paywall. MEET LEE Lee is yours. Every time you show up — noticing the urge, trying a step, logging honestly — Lee grows a little. From Minik to Meraklı to Güçlenen, Lee changes as you keep showing up for yourself. Growth is never bought; it is only earned by being there. NO STREAKS, NO PRESSURE There are no streaks to break, no rankings, and no comparison to anyone else. A hard day is logged the same as any other. PauseLee is a record and a companion, never a scoreboard. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Look back over the last 7 days to notice when urges tend to come and what helped. It is a mirror, not a verdict. PAUSELEE PREMIUM Free gives you the full urge tool, one tracked behavior, all of Lee's growth, a daily reminder, and the last 7 days. Premium adds longer-range insights (30 days, 90 days, all time), filters to spot patterns, extra ways to personalize Lee's space, and more flexible reminders. PauseLee Premium is an auto-renewing subscription offered monthly or annually, with a free trial on the annual plan. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. KEPT PRIVATE No email, no sign-up, no social login — your account is anonymous. Your behavior data is never used to advertise to you and is never sold. Your subscription is handled by the App Store. PauseLee is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you need help beyond a companion, please reach out to a qualified professional.

Screenshots

Pull‑Free4 screens
PauseLee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pull‑Free at none against PauseLee's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PauseLee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pull‑Free asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pull‑Free versus PauseLee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPull‑FreePauseLee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB42 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDerinbogaz VenturesFatih Gursoy

In-app purchases

None

Pull‑Free

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PauseLee

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Pull‑Free free?
Pull‑Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PauseLee free?
PauseLee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pull‑Free or PauseLee have ads?
Neither Pull‑Free nor PauseLee shows ads.

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