Comparison

Gaveki vs Vana

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

Head to head
About

Gaveki

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You do not need another plan. You need the next thing. GAVEKI takes what is in your head and gives you one clear move to start on. Not a schedule to build. Not a system to maintain. One thing, and then the next one. It is for people who know exactly how much they have to do and still cannot start — the overloaded, the stuck, and anyone whose brain works this way, including people with ADHD. HOW IT WORKS 1. BRAIN DUMP. Type it or say it, in any order, however it comes out. No categories, no priorities, no due dates. Gaveki turns the mess into a plain list you can check before anything lands. 2. CHOOSE TODAY’S THREE. Not everything. Three for today; the rest waits in Later without nagging you. 3. GET ONE NEXT MOVE. Gaveki picks one thing and tells you why. If it is too big, make it smaller. If you are stuck, say so. 4. FOCUS. Start it, with a timer if you want one — five minutes counts. Nothing else on the screen. 5. DONE. Mark it, and the next move is already there. WHAT ELSE IS THERE • RESCUE ME, for the days you cannot even look at the list. Say what is in the way and one thing comes back — never the list again. • Morning and evening routines, kept apart from your tasks, with reminders that arrive on time. • Progress you can look back on: what you finished, streaks, a weekly review. • Come back after a week away and nothing scolds you. A run of days that ends simply stops being shown; you are never told you broke it. • Sign in with an email link. No password to remember. • A calm, quiet design that works in the dark too. GAVEKI PRO Free is enough to see that Gaveki works — the whole loop, every day. Pro is for the rest of the day: every time your head fills up again, Gaveki is still there to decide what you do next. Pro also adds separate workspaces (work, home, that project), custom routines, and a coach that talks in the voice you choose. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID, renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your App Store subscription settings. Restore Purchases is in Settings. GAVEKI is a focus and productivity tool. It does not diagnose, treat or cure any condition. Privacy policy: https://www.gaveki.com/privacy Terms: https://www.gaveki.com/terms

About

Vana

This app provides a shared focus timer experience, creating a virtual library atmosphere to enhance productivity. Users can join sessions with animal companions representing real people, fostering a sense of accountability without direct interaction. Earn in-app rewards for focused time to customize your virtual space.

Highlights
  • Shared focus timer sessions
  • Virtual animal companions
  • Body doubling effect
  • Earnable in-app currency
  • Customizable virtual garden
  • Lock screen Live Activity
Features
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Vana is a focus timer with other people in it, and a gentle app blocker when you want one. It is free, and you can start without making an account. Press Begin and your animal companion settles into a small grove beside everyone else who is focusing right now. Nobody talks. Nobody scrolls. The light drifts from morning to dusk while you work. Think of the last time you got real work done in a library. You stayed in your seat because the people around you were staying in theirs. People with ADHD call this body doubling. Vana is that library, open at whatever hour you need it. HOW A SESSION WORKS Grove sessions run 30 or 60 minutes, and your timer is your own, so you can arrive in the middle of someone else's hour and still finish on yours. A grove holds eight people at most. Tap any companion to see how long that person has been focusing. There is no chat. You can send a wordless bubble, or a heart to someone who sat through the hour with you. Every animal in the ring belongs to a real person. Vana will never pad a quiet room with bots, so on a slow night your grove may be just you and your egg. THE GATE If you like, close the gate when a session begins: the apps you choose wait outside until it ends. If you came looking for an app blocker, this is that, but gentler. You are never locon opens the gate, and every focused minute still counts. The gate never closes on its own. It uses Apple's Screen Time on your device, and Vana never sees which apps you choose. WHAT THE HOURS TURN INTO Your first full grove session always ends with an egge grove session leaves one too. Eggs hold a newcompanion, something to wear or place, or more honey, so no hatch is ever wasted. There are nine species, and every animal comes out one of a kind, with its own coat and temperament. Honey is earned by focusing and cannot be bought. Spend it on cozy things to wear, cushions to meditate on, and decor for a garden of your own. The garden is a golden hilltop above the clouds, and you can focus up there alone, 5 to 90 minutes, whenever the grove feels like too much. The rarest pieces in the shop never come from eggs, so anything unusual on a companion was worked for. THE LANTERN Thirty minutes of focus lights that day's lantern. You get one grace day, your longest run is always remembered, and nothing here will ever tell you that you failed. Leaving a session early still counts every focused minute. No plant dies if you stop. Sign in with Apple whenever you like and your companions come with you to a new phone. A Live Activity keeps your session on the lock screen, and a home-screen widget carries your lantern streak. Vana sits beside your work and asks nothing of you except the time you already meant to spend.

Screenshots

Gaveki4 screens
Vana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vana at none against Gaveki's 1. Vana also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Gaveki's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gaveki sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. Vana asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gaveki ships an update every 3 weeks, Vana every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Gaveki versus Vana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGavekiVana
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAffection Health Care LLCRudra Saha

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gaveki

Subscriptions1
  • Gaveki Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
None

Vana

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gaveki free?
Gaveki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vana free?
Vana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gaveki or Vana have ads?
Neither Gaveki nor Vana shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gaveki or Vana?
Gaveki ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vana every 5 days. Most recently, Gaveki was updated on October 25, 2026 and Vana on October 24, 2026.

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