Comparison

Malang vs Thaw

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

Head to head
About

Malang

This app helps you build consistent habits and study routines by gamifying the process with virtual pets and social accountability. Track your progress, focus with friends, and manage your schedule all in one place.

Highlights
  • Gamified habit tracking with virtual pets
  • Social study sessions with friends
  • Focus timer with Pomodoro technique
  • Integrated timetable and calendar
  • Health app integration for automatic tracking
  • Customizable routines and check-off methods
Features
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Habits don't stick alone. Malangchedule is a free routine app where your Mallang and your real friends keep you going. Your focus time becomes its meal, and the study room shows who studied how much today. ■ Hold 0.6s, done Hold a card to check it off; a tap just opens details. No accidental check-offs in your pocket. Every habit completes its own way: once, counted, timed, or resisted. Steps, exercise, and sleep fill in automatically from the Health app. Log English words and Write a journal open a word list and a journal page when you hold them. ■ You raise both Mallangotchi and Mallang Pet Finishing a routine grows the two of them together, and care and notifications run for each. Mallangotchi — a pixel friend that grows with your routines and study. Mallang Pet — a real pet you feed, play with and dress up. The only thing you pick in settings is who studies with you — which one shows up in the study room and on a friend's home. Switch any time. Outfits show on friends' homes and in the study room too. It never dies when you are away. It grows exactly as much as you care. ■ Study side by side The study room tab shows who studied how much today, in running totals. Friends currently studying light up in color. The best study hall is a seat next to a hardworking friend. ■ A focus timer with friends 10, 15, 25, or 50-minute Pomodoro, with the study room right under the timer and your study buddy sitting next to you. Records stack up in daily, weekly, and monthly stats. ■ Timetable and calendar in one place In the Schedule tab, flip between your timetable and calendar, and see the day's to-dos, events and routines as a list or a timeline. Multi-day stretches like exam weeks stay in view. ■ A routine home friends drop by Connect as couple, friend, or family and visit each other's routine homes. Peek at whichever one a friend studies with, and care for it when a heart runs empty. Send a friend request to someone you met in the study room. You choose which routines each person sees. New routines are visible to friends by default. ■ For exam season D-day countdowns and one quote arriving every morning. Tomorrow, one more small thing. ― - Everything is free, themes and characters included - Health data is read only with your permission, and only to auto-complete routines - Works without an account (guests skip friend features) One small thing today, softly.

About

Thaw

This app visualizes your focus time by melting ice, celebrating effort over results. Collaborate with friends to melt shared ice and track your progress together. Earn cute rewards for your dedication.

Highlights
  • Ice melts as you focus
  • Collaborative ice melting with friends
  • Track focus consistency and immersion
  • Share focus sessions and study records
  • Earn cute in-app rewards
  • Start focusing independently
Features
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The timer's been working hard. But what did I actually do? There's more to studying than a number on a timer. 따 is a study timer that lets you melt ice with friends and capture your study sessions in timelapse. Study appointments, reminders, and motivation features give you a reason to get started when sitting down feels like the hardest part. • Keep a record of the work behind the hours Start the timer and use your camera to capture yourself studying. The problems you worked through. The pages you turned. Another day you showed up at your desk. You don't need to wait for your results to feel proud of the effort. • Study together until the ice melts Your study time melts the ice. Invite friends, and everyone's time contributes to the same block. Join a friend who's studying now, or study at different times and work toward the same finish. • Finish the ice. Share the story. When the ice has fully melted, a recap video brings your shared progress together. If you've captured camera footage, you can also watch a personal video featuring your own study moments. Save the finished videos and share them with friends. Go beyond “How many hours?” and show “Here's what I worked on.” • Make an appointment to start studying Sometimes “just a little longer” turns into another hour. Choose a time to start studying and get a reminder. If you request phone support in advance and miss your study appointment, you may receive a call from someone on the 따 team. Your study appointments are private. They aren't shared with friends. • Start solo. Bring friends along. No study buddy yet? Start melting your own ice. Look back at your study record, then come back for your next session. Invite friends whenever you're ready. Keep more than the hours. Keep the moments you put in. Open 따 and start melting your first ice.

Screenshots

Malang4 screens
Thaw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Malang at none against Thaw's 3. Malang also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and monetization model 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. Thaw sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Malang asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malang ships an update every 4 days, Thaw every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Malang versus Thaw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalangThaw
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPROUTGROWLABSInflab

Customer experience

Malang

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%

Thaw

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Malang

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Thaw

One-time3
  • 개발자에게 커피 한 잔$0.99
  • 개발자에게 커피 세 잔$2.99
  • 개발자에게 커피 열 잔$11.99

Questions

Is Malang free?
Malang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thaw free?
Thaw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Malang or Thaw have ads?
Thaw shows ads; Malang does not.
Which is updated more often, Malang or Thaw?
Malang ships an update every 4 days, and Thaw every 6 days. Most recently, Malang was updated on November 8, 2026 and Thaw on October 31, 2026.

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