Comparison

4get. vs Make Time for Yourself

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

Head to head
About

4get.

Transform your smartphone into a 2003-style green LCD phone for a set duration. Focus on the countdown and signal, and grow a forget-me-not flower in your field for each successful session. Lock distracting apps during your focus time.

Highlights
  • 2003-style LCD phone interface
  • Focus timer with countdown
  • Grow virtual forget-me-nots
  • App locking for distractions
  • Minimalist design
  • Offline functionality
Features
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FORGET THE FEED. PLANT THE SEED. 4get. turns your smartphone into a 2003 green-LCD phone for a set amount of time. No feed, no scroll, no red badges. Just a countdown, a signal needle, and the quiet hum of an era before the attention economy. HOW IT WORKS — TUNE a session (15–120 minutes) and put the phone down. — The screen becomes a 2003 dashboard: a seven-segment countdown, a trembling signal needle, static noise on a green LCD. — Pick up the phone or wander off, and the SIGNAL drifts toward LOST. Hold the line, and something grows. — When the timer ends, a forget-me-not is planted in your FIELD — one flower per day you came back to the real world. FIELD Your field is a calendar of days you stayed away. No streaks, no scores, no badges — just flowers on the days you looked up. Miss a day and nothing punishes you; the soil simply waits. LOCK Seal the apps that pull you back. During a session, 4get. uses Apple's Screen Time technology to shield the apps you choose. They come back when the timer ends — not before. ALSO IN THE BOX — NOISE: lo-fi static loops to leave on while you're gone. — MEMO: one small notepad, 2003-style. — CAMERA: take a before/after memory — one photo, dithered like an old cameraphone. — CALL: your favorite people, one tap away, even mid-session. Real calls were never the problem. WHAT 4get. IS NOT No account. No server. No analytics. No feed to check. Your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. The app is designed to be left alone — the less you touch it, the better it works. LOOK UP. THE WORLD IS STILL THERE.

About

Make Time for Yourself

Enhance your focus sessions with a calming fishing experience. Set timers for deep work, study, or reading, and discover unique fish as you complete your tasks. Personalize your environment with different scenes and sounds.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus timer (10-120 minutes)
  • Integrated fishing mini-game
  • Collectible fish with detailed information
  • Optional app restrictions during focus sessions
  • Multiple environments and nature sounds
  • Seasonal and regional content packs
  • Widgets and Live Activities for time tracking
Features
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Turn your focus time into a collection of little discoveries. Open a book, choose one task, and cast a line beside quiet water. While the river flows, stay with what matters. When your session ends, meet a fish and keep the moment in your collection. Precious Time combines a focus timer with the gentle pleasure of fishing and collecting. Find your pace • Set a session from 10 to 120 minutes for studying, reading, or deep work. • Choose river or sea, daylight or sunset, and calming nature sounds. • Return to a waterside from your history. Check time remaining with widgets and Live Activities. • Optionally restrict selected apps and categories while you focus. You choose the permissions and targets. A discovery worth keeping • The base collection includes 56 real fish and 16 fantasy fish. • Optional regional content adds 56 species, bringing the complete collection to 128. • Explore silhouettes and hints before discovery, then revisit the fish, place, and focus time you remember. • Keep today's totals, completed sessions, and your past records. Travel through the seasons Optional packs for Korea, Japan, Finland, and Italy offer two places each: eight watersides in all. Discover Reed Riffle, Cedar Ravine, Archipelago Pier, and Foothill Lake. • Enjoy 64 seasonal daylight and sunset scenes. • Download only the new scenes you want. The 32 new videos are optional downloads; downloaded scenes work offline. • Seasonal angler outfits and ambient sounds complete each setting. • Existing regional pack owners and All Waterside Pass members can access the new places covered by their purchase. A little company The optional Waterside Guardians purchase brings Noeul, Olive, and Mongdol to your side, with quiet gestures to notice while you focus. It also includes Focus Sets, weekly and monthly reports, share cards, and Strict Lock. Choose what suits you The core timer, base watersides and sounds, base collection, today's summary, session history, and standard Focus Lock require no additional purchase. Regional packs and Waterside Guardians are separate one-time purchases. All Waterside Pass includes all current features and content, plus everything released in this app in the future. • Monthly or annual subscription: access while your subscription is active • Lifetime purchase: permanent access to current and future features and content Existing individual purchases remain yours. Your discovered fish and focus records stay when a subscription ends. Prices and billing periods appear on the purchase screen. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage subscriptions through your Apple Account. Restore Purchases and subscription management are available in the app. Available on iPhone and iPad in Korean and English. Some system features depend on your device and OS. Support: https://timer.snapworkslab.com/precioustime/support/ Privacy Policy: https://timer.snapworkslab.com/precioustime/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

4get.4 screens
Make Time for Yourself4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 4get. at none against Make Time for Yourself's 8. On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Make Time for Yourself sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 4get. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

4get. ships an update every 3 weeks, Make Time for Yourself every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
4get. versus Make Time for Yourself: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter4get.Make Time for Yourself
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB682 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer연우 정SnapWorks Lab

Customer experience

4get.

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Make Time for Yourself

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

4get.

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Make Time for Yourself

Subscriptions2
  • All Waterside Pass Monthly$0.991 Month
  • All Waterside Pass Annual$5.991 Year
One-time6
  • Finnish Waterside$1.99
  • Korean Waterside$1.99
  • Italian Waterside$1.99
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  • Japanese Waterside$1.99
  • Waterside Guardians$1.99
  • All Waterside Pass Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is 4get. free?
4get. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Make Time for Yourself free?
Make Time for Yourself is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 4get. or Make Time for Yourself have ads?
Neither 4get. nor Make Time for Yourself shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 4get. or Make Time for Yourself?
4get. ships an update every 3 weeks, and Make Time for Yourself every 2 weeks. Most recently, 4get. was updated on October 31, 2026 and Make Time for Yourself on November 6, 2026.

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