OffScreen vs Scroll Stopper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OffScreen
This app helps you monitor your phone usage and improve focus. It offers tools to track screen time, set goals, and block distracting apps. Utilize various focus modes and digital detox challenges to break unhealthy habits and enhance productivity.
- Screen time tracking and goal setting
- App blocking for social media
- Multiple focus modes (Pomodoro, countdown)
- Digital detox challenges
- HealthKit integration for sleep data
- Customizable watch face data display
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OffScreen helps you track phone usage and keeps you stay focused. With OffScreen, you can: - Track screen time • Set up your screen time goal, and get daily insight. • See screen time activities: Pickups, Average Usage, While Walking, Stationary Life, Last Pickup, First Pickup, Best Break, and Sleep Time • Read sleep data from the Health app • Show data on your favorite watch face - OFF Time • Set disable time for social apps and enjoy OFF time - Focus Mode • Supports three modes: Pomodoro, countdown, and time accumulation • Support lock screen and flip screen focus • Supports live activity and StandBy • If you need to use your phone to look up a dictionary or use other applications during the concentration process, you can set a concentration app whitelist • Categories your focus sessions by tag • Pause at any time when you need the phone to help you study or search while you're in focus mode • Focus on the watch - Visualize and share your data. • View data in week/month/year view. • Well-designed share card is ready for you. - Breaking digital detox challenges • Screen time challenge • Pick up challenge • Sleep challenge - Sync sleep time and focus mindfulness time on Apple HealthKit. --------- To collect the walking time data, this app tracks your location in the background and can affect battery life. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current Privacy Policy: https://miidii.super.site/miidii-tech/privacy-policy Terms Of Use: https://miidii.super.site/miidii-tech/terms-of-use
Scroll Stopper
This app helps you regain control over your phone usage by setting time limits for individual applications. It allows you to define how long you need to wait before resuming use of a restricted app, promoting better digital well-being.
- Set time limits for apps
- Define app usage pause durations
- Reduce overall phone screen time
- Improve digital well-being
- Manage app usage individually
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Scroll Stopper helps you stop endlessly scrolling and lets you manage how much time you spend using different apps on your phone. You can set a time limit for each app and decide how long to pause before you can use the app again. The goal is to help you reduce the time spent on your phone and improve your digital well being.
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Verdict
OffScreen and Scroll Stopper both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Scroll Stopper's written reviews are positive against 41% of OffScreen's. Scroll Stopper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). OffScreen's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 8) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. OffScreen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Scroll Stopper asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for OffScreen against 4.5 for Scroll Stopper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OffScreen has 2.5K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of OffScreen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scroll Stopper's.
OffScreen ships an update every 3 weeks, Scroll Stopper monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OffScreen | Scroll Stopper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.5K ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MD Studio | Donate To Play Inc. |
Customer experience
OffScreen
Scroll Stopper
Bugs and requests
OffScreen
Reported bugs
4 issues- Off-time schedules randomly deleting
- App crashing or not opening
- Inconsistent screen time data
- Inability to select apps to block
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to exclude certain apps from tracking
- More customization options for off-time schedules
- Integration with Apple's built-in Screen Time
- Option to pause tracking during specific activities
- Weekly/monthly goal setting and reporting
Scroll Stopper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OffScreen
- OffScreen Pro$0.991 Month
- OffScreen Pro7 Days trial$4.491 Year
- OffScreen Pro1 Year trial$4.491 Year
- OffScreen Pro$5.99
- OffScreen Pro2 variants$9.99
Scroll Stopper
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OffScreen free?
Is Scroll Stopper free?
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Do OffScreen or Scroll Stopper have ads?
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