# Ascent: Screen Time Control — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Ascent by Ascent Apps TOO, rated 4.62/5 from 42 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ascent-screen-time-control/id6670786673/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ascent-screen-time-control/id6670786673.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (11 of 36) ### 5/5 — Maitriser son temps passée sur les RS *2025-09-04, version 1.4.2* J’utilise cette application depuis 2 mois. J’adore son utilisation. Elle me permet de prendre conscience de l’utilisation de mon temps sur mes réseaux sociaux. Top ### 5/5 — Good *2025-09-02, version 1.4.2* Great app, great idea, some bugs to fix but nothing which would make it unusable ### 5/5 — great app *2025-08-20, version 1.4.2* this app has just what I’ve been looking for to cut down my screen time ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-08-15, version 1.4.1* Really helps me to manage how much time I spend on social media and games, quite an intentional app. I think it does need some tweaking here and there: when I open an app sometimes it doesn’t let me in, even if I have waited the allocated time and I still have time left on it. For the most part a great creation. ### 5/5 — Great app but i found a bug *2025-08-11, version 1.4.1* I wanted to try the "journal" feature, but when the timer reaches 60 and I click on "journal," the timer is up, and I can use the app. ### 5/5 — Free and effective *2025-07-11, version 1.4.1* Lovin’ it, thanks !! ### 5/5 — имба *2025-06-23, version 1.4.0* это просто имба ### 5/5 — Good *2025-06-22, version 1.4.0* The App has realy helped me. I now think before i go to my phone and I have much more time since I am not on the phone to whole day. I really like that the app has no ads. ( sorry for bad English he I am from Germany.) ### 5/5 — Breathe *2025-06-06* Love the breathing reminder, it has reduced my anxiety **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We are happy to help you block all your distractions, reduce your screen time and focus on what is really important to you! ### 5/5 — Very good! *2025-05-08, version 1.3.1* I want also the function to block Reels separately ### 5/5 — Avis Ascent *2025-03-23, version 1.3.1* L’application est absolument géniale et frustrante en même temps ce qui est plutôt logique étant donné sa fonction. Mon temps d’écran a beaucoup diminué, le seul petit mais très léger bémol est que sur les Iphone on ne peut que sélectionner un temps pour toutes les applications et pas personnaliser ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Timer doesn’t work *2026-07-14, version 1.4.10* The app gives you the option to select how long another app is open for, say 10 minutes, but then it doesn’t actually close again. App seems great but having it just becomes pointless ### 3/5 — Great on Android, terrible on iOS *2026-07-27, version 1.4.11* This is one of the few apps on the App Store that offer great features for free, I was a big fan of this app when I had it on my android phone. It had a feature that blocked YouTube and insta shorts which was really helpful and I never had any issues with it working . However that feature is not available on iPhone and the app randomly stops working f on a daily basis on my I phone which is a bit annoying. ### 3/5 — Не понятно как использовать *2025-07-24, version 1.4.1* Сообщение “you have reached your daily limit” появляется даже если я еще не заходил в приложение сегодня ### 3/5 — Good but lack most important feature *2025-07-15, version 1.4.1* Ascent is a decent app. However it lack a feature implemented by its competitors (ClearSpace for instance). In fact in Ascent you can’t edit block time duration. Unconsciously most brain will create an habit to choose 50 minutes (more or less) and the blocker will be inefficient. Please add the opportunity to choose time block duration by the user. Moreover adding reminders notifications that the time will be over soon is a nice feature. Can’t wait to see those features implemented. Thanks you in advance ### 3/5 — useful but buggy *2025-06-24, version 1.4.0* very useful app, i love the pause screen, the fact u can set intentions and chose how much time you are allowed on each app. i have however had issues with the app thinking i’ve set time limits on apps (i haven’t) and then locking me out of them as i’ve reached said “time limits”, meaning i normally have to turn all features off for that app so i can access it. also has a bug where if you select how much time u want to use an app for, it will say it’s unlocked but when you go to the app it is still locked, meaning you are stuck in a loop unless you shut down both apps. will continue to use regardless as i hope these bugs will be fixed in future :) ### 4/5 — Push up section *2026-07-15, version 1.4.11* This app is amazing but I’m tryna find out where the push up feature is ### 4/5 — Suggestion *2026-02-15, version 1.4.9* Should add a short form content blocking like on Android ### 4/5 — Poco da migliorare *2025-08-03, version 1.4.1* App abbastanza comoda, perfetta se vuoi limitare l‘utilizzo delle app ### 4/5 — Great App *2025-04-02, version 1.3.1* Really useful app, but would be lovely if they had the “block Reels” option on Apple as well. ### 5/5 — Perfect for limiting screen time and preventing distractions *2026-05-15, version 1.4.10* Helps me so much, stops me getting distracted by social media whilst trying to work from my phone. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-03-21, version 1.4.9* Since I started using it I spend so much less time on social media and more time reading books! Yey! 👍🤗👍 ### 5/5 — A really good app *2026-01-11, version 1.4.9* The basic feature is free and it already helps me get away from my phone. ### 5/5 — Breathe *2025-12-31, version 1.4.9* Love the breathing reminder, it has reduced my anxiety ### 5/5 — No more doom scrolling *2025-12-02, version 1.4.8* Has helped me massively to not loose hours through the day when I was taking pacing breaks. Originally I would think oh I’ll just sit down and check socials, then carry on. But an hour would pass instead of 5 mins! Love that I can custom the timer to shut me out based on the time I want to be on there. And as a bonus I have also been more mentally productive too. So don’t delay get the app today to stop doom scrolling. ### 5/5 — Useful *2025-10-26, version 1.4.5* Saves up so much time from not using apps unnecessarily ### 5/5 — Already changing habits! *2025-10-02, version 1.4.4* This has got to be the most cost efficient, realistic way to curb my social media use. It really makes me stop and ask myself how important it is to be sucked in. And I love it so far. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-10-02, version 1.4.4* . ### 5/5 — TROP BIEN *2025-09-26, version 1.4.3* Trop bien ### 5/5 — La migliore *2025-09-10, version 1.4.2* Migliore app in assoluto per evitare distrazioni, l’ho scaricata su tutti i miei dispositivi e vivo almeno 3 ore in più della mia vita ogni giorno --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-16.*