Smart vs ScrollGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart
Easily connect and control smart home devices like bulbs, plugs, and candles. Enjoy convenient features such as scheduling, group control, and proximity-based automation directly from your iPhone or iPad.
- Connect smart bulbs, plugs, and candles
- Direct Bluetooth LE connection
- No additional gateway or hub required
- Set weekly schedules
- Control groups of devices
- Proximity-based automation
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With the Smart-Life App, you are able to connect to the smart bulb, smart plug and smart candle provided by TBS GmbH at the same time, and control these smart home products easily. …to be smart A direct connection through Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) Standard without adding additional Gateway or Hub, to the iPhone, iPad or iPod can be established within just a few seconds, and then you can enjoy your smart life with the interesting yet practical functions like setting weekly schedules, controlling a group of bulbs at the same time, using the proximity function to turn on/ off a bulb...
ScrollGuard
This tool helps reduce mindless social media consumption by hiding addictive elements like feeds and short video sections within a browser. It allows users to selectively filter content, keeping essential features while minimizing distractions and the urge to scroll endlessly.
- Hide Reels, Stories, and Explore pages
- Toggle content elements on/off
- Set unlimited custom filters (premium)
- Filters content within Safari browser
- Retains useful social media features
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ScrollGuard helps you cut down on mindless screen time so you can use social media to stay connected, without getting sucked into the endless feed. Instead of blocking entire sites or apps, ScrollGuard uses a Safari browser extension to hide the most addictive parts of social media websites: endless feeds, Reels, Stories, Explore pages and other attention traps. Because it filters content directly in the browser, you don’t have to lock yourself out of your accounts, rely on willpower, or delete anything. You keep the useful parts, without the constant pull to keep scrolling. You choose what to hide, so you can still get value from social media without getting trapped in the scroll. Features: Hide Reels, Stories, Explore and other addictive sections of popular social platforms Toggle each element on or off with simple switches Premium Features: Set unlimited custom filters Terms of Use: https://scrollguard.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScrollGuard at 55% against Smart's 6%. ScrollGuard also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. ScrollGuard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScrollGuard holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Smart's written reviews are positive against 55% of ScrollGuard's.
Smart ships an update every 2 months, ScrollGuard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart | ScrollGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (95 ratings) | 4.2 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | 55.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TBS GmbH | BreakTheScroll |
Customer experience
Smart
ScrollGuard
In-app purchases
Smart
No in-app purchases
ScrollGuard
- ScrollGuard Pro$3.991 Month
- ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- ScrollGuard Pro$59.99
