Vesper vs Kickoff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vesper
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How did today feel? That's the only question Vesper ever asks. No streaks to protect. No scores to chase. No guilt for the days you miss. Vesper doesn’t gamify your feelings or compete for your attention, it asks once each evening, then gets out of your way. What’s left, over time, is an honest, quiet record of your life worth actually looking back on. WHAT VESPER DOES Every evening, Vesper asks how today felt: Good, Meh or Hard. Add a line if you want to remember why. Your answer becomes one colored dot on a simple monthly grid. Miss a day and nothing happens, no penalty, no broken chain to mourn. Vesper never judges your day. It just holds it. Tap any past day to see what you wrote. Once you’ve kept it up for six months, your memory trail unlocks: every note you’ve ever written, in one place, in your own words. VESPER PLUS For anyone who wants to see the bigger picture, Vesper Plus reveals patterns that only show up over time: - Side by Side, comparing recent months at a glance - Shape of Your Weeks, seeing which days tend to feel harder - Quietest & Fullest, the months that stood apart - Yearly Portrait, one full year, at a glance - On This Day, a quiet echo of what today looked like a month or a year ago Plus also includes: - iCloud sync, so your record follows you across every device - An Apple Watch app, for checking in from your wrist - A home screen widget, a glance at your month without opening the app - Curated themes: Chalk, Marigold, and Ink - Anytime check-in, if evenings aren't when your day actually ends Vesper Plus is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Vesper syncs privately through your own iCloud account. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train anything. Some days are good. Some are hard. Most are somewhere in between. Vesper is a quiet place to keep track of all of them. For details on subscriptions and purchases, see Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Kickoff
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Kickoff is for the hardest part: Starting. One tap and you're in a focus session. No projects, no setup, no backlog. If naming the thing helps, name it. If not, just start. A timer you can feel Twist the glowing ring like a real kitchen timer to set your minutes. Time stays visible as a shrinking shape everywhere: on your phone, the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, your home screen widget, StandBy, and your wrist. The last seconds can tick out loud, in a voice you pick. Just 2 minutes The smallest possible start, and you can make it 1, 3, 5, or 10. When the tiny timer ends, Kickoff asks if you want to keep going. Stopping counts too. Interruptions are normal "I got pulled away" holds your place with a note to future you. When you come back, the note is waiting: pick up where you left off, call it done, or let it go. No judgment either way. The end is kind When time is up, nothing resets and nothing scolds. Add a little more, or call it done. Take a five minute rest and go again with one tap. Starts, not streaks Your history counts the times you showed up: a day report, your best hours, and a grid you can share. Nothing resets. Nothing guilts you. What's free and what's paid Everything you need to focus is free, forever: unlimited sessions of any length, the tiny start, pause, notes when you step away, rest, widgets, the Live Activity, the full Apple Watch app, and your current week of history. A single one time purchase unlocks the rest: shielding your chosen apps while the timer runs, your complete history with the showed up grid, every dial face, theme, sound pack and tick voice, and private iCloud sync. Pay once and keep it forever. No subscription, no recurring charges, nothing expires. Privacy, plainly Your data stays on your device and in your private iCloud. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Built for ADHD brains. Kind to every brain. Contact: contact@chelodo.com Privacy policy: https://chelodo.com/apps/kickoff/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://chelodo.com/apps/kickoff/terms
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Verdict
Vesper and Kickoff are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kickoff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Vesper | Kickoff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calvin Ng | Chelodo |
In-app purchases
Vesper
- Vesper Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
- Vesper Plus Annual$14.991 Year
- Vesper Plus Lifetime$49.99
Kickoff
- Unlock everything$8.99









