Tether vs Origami
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tether
This visual planner helps individuals with ADHD manage their day using time blocks instead of endless lists. It breaks down tasks, tracks energy levels, and offers a focus timer to improve concentration. Premium features include voice capture, schedule suggestions, and calendar synchronization.
- Visual time blocks for daily planning
- Task breakdown into smaller steps
- Energy level tracking for tasks
- Full-screen focus timer with background sound
- Apple Calendar synchronization
- Voice task capture
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Feel overwhelmed by everything you need to do? Tether is a visual planner built for ADHD and easily overwhelmed minds. Instead of endless to-do lists, you see your day as simple blocks of time — and make progress one step at a time. SEE YOUR DAY • Visual time blocks — your whole day at a glance, not a bottomless list • Drag to reschedule — move things around without friction or guilt • Energy tracking — learn which tasks drain you and which recharge you • Apple Calendar sync — meetings and tasks on one timeline GET UNSTUCK • Turn overwhelming tasks into tiny, doable steps • Add tasks just by speaking, in your own words • Get gentle schedule suggestions when you don't know where to start (Optional — only when you need extra help.) FOCUS BETTER • A full-screen focus timer with calming background sound • A gentle nudge when you've lost track of time • A lock-screen Live Activity so you always know what's next • 7 themes to make it feel like yours Every task has an energy level, from draining to recharging. Tether shows your weekly and monthly balance so you understand why some days feel impossible — and plan the hard things for when you actually have energy. TETHER PREMIUM Unlock voice capture, task breakdown, schedule suggestions, themes, advanced energy insights, and calendar sync. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Download Tether free. Start where you are. Build momentum one block at a time. Tether offers monthly and yearly subscriptions, plus a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tether-web-cyan.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tether-web-cyan.vercel.app/privacy.html
Origami
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Origami is a calm focus timer that folds a paper figure while you work. Plan how many sessions you want today and how long each one is, then set your phone down. The apps you chose to avoid are shielded on your device using Apple's Screen Time API - you can't open them until the session ends. Meanwhile, on a lamp-lit desk, a sheet of paper folds itself into an origami figure, one crease at a time. Finish the sessions you planned for the day, and the figure joins your collection for good. - Choose which apps are shielded during a session - the list never leaves your device - A calm desk instead of a countdown: lamp light that follows the time of day, seasons at the window (automatic, or pick your own), and soft desk sounds - rain, room tone, night crickets - that respect silent mode - Tap the desk to see the time left and the clock, take a break or leave the session; the corner button opens the same reading - Change the number of sessions, their length or the paper between sessions; add your own reward for when you finish, and every figure in your collection shows how many sessions it took - 15 figures across 3 sets, folded in five plain papers: ivory, mint, sky blue, pink and yellow - Pick any figure for the day, give it a name of your own, and keep every paper color you earn it in; sessions from 3 minutes to any length you choose - Finish a figure in a single day and it gets a gold corner; once today's figure is earned, you can keep going with extra sessions - Every figure you earn can become your app icon - Add an optional tag for what you're working on, name a study term, and look back each week; a monthly sheet shows your focused days and your best hour - Fold together: invite friends and see each other's desk for today - no chat, no leaderboard, nothing else shared - Draw your desk: on devices that support Image Playground, turn photos of your desk and room into a hand-drawn scene, and switch back to the default desk any time without losing it - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island session, optional mindful minutes in Health - Your progress lives on your device and in your own iCloud - we run no servers and never see it - Free at launch with every feature, no ads and no purchases. If you download it now, it stays that way for you. - Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. iPhone works upright or sideways; iPad and the Duo cover screen are landscape Origami doesn't track your screen time, doesn't read what you do in other apps, and doesn't teach origami folding technique - it's a focus companion, not a class. Privacy Policy: https://burakdeniz01.github.io/nocontact-support/origamiduo/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Origami at none against Tether's 6. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tether sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Origami asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tether ships an update weekly, Origami every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tether | Origami |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sanket Ray | Burak Deniz |
In-app purchases
Tether
- Tether Plus$2.991 Month
- Tether Premium$7.991 Month
- Tether Plus$29.991 Year
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- Tether Premium$44.991 Year
- Tether Plus$49.99
- Tether Premium$124.99
Origami
No in-app purchases









