Pausean vs PiecePlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Pausean
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Turn your phone over. The time is yours. Pausean is a focus timer that starts when you put your phone down. Set your minutes on the dial, lay your phone face down, and your time begins. Every quiet stretch becomes a stone in your bowl. A GENTLE START - Tap once to get ready, then turn your phone over. Your time starts the moment it lies face down. - In the first seconds you feel three slow breaths as soft vibrations. No need to look. - The dial clicks into place minute by minute and shows which stone you will receive. NO PRESSURE, NO GUILT - Picking your phone up briefly is fine. Your time keeps running for 60 seconds. - Jokers let you pause a session when something comes up. - No streaks, no red days. An empty day simply stays empty. YOUR BOWL - Each duration forms its own kind of stone. - Each month gets its own bowl. With Pro, past bowls stay on your shelf. - Older stones gather dust over time. Rub them with your finger and they shine again. - Press and hold a stone to see what you can do with it. BREATHE - Guided breathing has its own tab. Arriving and Letting go are free for everyone. - Every exercise leaves a piece of sea glass in your bowl. - Feel the breath (Pro): soft vibrations guide you, so you can close your eyes. AUTUMN STONES Until November 29, every session forms one of four autumn stones: chestnut, leaf print, pumpkin stone and honey stone. The pumpkin stone is free for everyone this season. SHARE YOUR CALM Share a session, a single stone, your week or your month as a quiet image. PAUSEAN PRO - Pocket mode: sessions also run while your phone is put away - All breathing exercises and Feel the breath - History as a week and month calendar, plus statistics - Past bowls on your shelf - All seasonal stones and stone sets - More jokers per day Pausean Pro is available as a subscription or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads. Your sessions live only on your phone. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Designed for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass, and built to work with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://calmsides.com/pausean/privacy
PiecePlan
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Plan your day with AI, give your tasks a place on your schedule, and adjust when plans change. Complete tasks to reveal a picture, piece by piece. PiecePlan brings a daily planner, a to-do list, and visual progress together. Capture what you need to do, make time for it, and see what you have finished. DESCRIBE YOUR DAY Type your plans in everyday language: βWork from 9 AM to noon, study for an hour at 2 PM, and exercise at 7 PM.β Let AI organize them into a schedule. MAKE TIME WITH TIME BLOCKING Give work, study, and everyday tasks their own time blocks. Move tasks, resize their duration, or swap their positions directly on your schedule. ADJUST MULTIPLE TASKS TOGETHER Make room for an unexpected task, or move affected tasks earlier or later. Use Insert, Delay, and Advance to adjust your schedule, preview the changes, and apply them when you are ready. FINISH A TASK. REVEAL MORE OF THE PICTURE. Mark tasks as complete to flip their puzzle pieces. As you work through your day, the artwork gradually appears. SEE YOUR PLANS YOUR WAY Switch between year, month, and day views to browse your calendar and daily plans. View your day as a timeline or a chronological list, and copy your daily plan. Choose a classic artwork or use random selection; your choice is saved. CAPTURE NOW, SCHEDULE LATER Save tasks before you know when to do them. When you are ready to plan, add them to your schedule. LEARN FROM YOUR COMPLETED TASKS Use AI to analyze scheduled tasks and compare similar completed tasks. Review the history behind a duration suggestion, exclude a reference, and preview changes before saving your schedule. COMPARE YOUR PLAN AND YOUR DAY Start recording to preserve your original plan. See completed tasks and partial effort together, keep unknown time separate, and correct your daily records. FOCUS ON THE CURRENT TIME BLOCK Start a focus session for the current part of your schedule, pause or resume, and save your result. Follow the countdown on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. Start with one task today and see what you can piece together. FREE FEATURES & PLUS SUBSCRIPTION Recording to-dos is free, and a limited free AI planning allowance is included. PiecePlan Plus unlocks scheduling existing to-dos and all-day tasks, recurring tasks, Apple Calendar import, batch schedule adjustments, manual task colors, task pinning, schedule image export, all 13 color palettes, and additional AI usage. The first 6 color palettes are available without a subscription. Monthly and annual auto-renewable plans are available. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://hayden-chang.github.io/support/privacy-policies/daymosaic/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://hayden-chang.github.io/support/terms-of-service/daymosaic/terms-of-service.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Pausean and PiecePlan are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pausean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PiecePlan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pausean ships an update fortnightly, PiecePlan weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Pausean | PiecePlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calmsides | ζ΅·θΆ εΌ |
In-app purchases
Pausean
- Pausean Pro β Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pausean Pro β Lifetime$22.99
PiecePlan
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