Comparison

Slow Feeds vs PhonePause

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

Head to head
About

Slow Feeds

This app allows you to subscribe to and manage web feeds, filtering content by posting frequency. You can star favorite articles, mark them as read, and unsubscribe from feeds. It supports integration with popular feed services or can be used as a standalone reader.

Highlights
  • Subscribe to web feeds
  • Filter feeds by posting frequency
  • Star favorite articles
  • Mark articles as read/unread
  • Standalone or integrated use
  • Supports multiple feed services
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Slow Feeds is a feed reader that lets you filter your feeds by posting frequency. Most blogs and many, many websites support feeds and push their newest articles, news and posts out into the world in an easy to use, open feed format (like RSS). Slow Feeds lets you subscribe to any and any number of those feeds, lets you star your favorite articles, mark them as read or unread, or unsubscribe from feeds again. If you have an account on Bazqux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader or Newsblur you can access it with Slow Feeds. Or you can use it as a standalone app.

About

PhonePause

This app helps parents manage their child's screen time with instant phone locking. It offers features like PIN-protected access, app whitelisting, and manual unlocking. Premium options include scheduled locks and blocking specific communication apps.

Highlights
  • Instant phone locking
  • PIN-protected parent access
  • App whitelisting during lock
  • Scheduled school hour locks
  • Timed punishment locks
  • Block messaging apps
Features
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PhonePause - Parent Lock helps parents manage their child's screen time with powerful phone locking features. FREE FEATURES: • Lock your child's phone instantly with one tap • PIN-protected parent access • Choose which apps to allow during lock • Manual unlock when you're ready PREMIUM ($1.99 one-time): • School Hours Lock — automatically lock during class time with weekday scheduling and holiday support • Timed Punishment Lock — set a lock duration (minutes or hours) that auto-unlocks • Messages & FaceTime Blocking — block messaging apps during lock DESIGNED FOR PARENTS: Set up directly on your child's iPhone. No accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions. Everything stays on the device. IMPORTANT: Remember your PIN. If forgotten, the only way to regain access is to erase and restore the iPhone from a backup.

Screenshots

Slow Feeds4 screens
PhonePause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Slow Feeds at free against PhonePause's free with in-app purchases. PhonePause's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Slow Feeds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PhonePause sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Slow Feeds against 5.0 for PhonePause. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, PhonePause every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Slow Feeds versus PhonePause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlow FeedsPhonePause
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZozi AppsAndrew Meyers

Customer experience

Slow Feeds

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PhonePause

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slow Feeds

One-time1
  • Super Slow Feeds$9.99
1 purchases

PhonePause

One-time1
  • PhonePause Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Slow Feeds free?
Slow Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PhonePause free?
PhonePause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slow Feeds or PhonePause?
Slow Feeds and PhonePause are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Slow Feeds or PhonePause have ads?
Neither Slow Feeds nor PhonePause shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slow Feeds or PhonePause?
Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, and PhonePause every 3 weeks. Most recently, Slow Feeds was updated on October 24, 2026 and PhonePause on October 5, 2026.

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