Comparison

OffScreen vs HipHabit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

HipHabit

This app links screen time restrictions to daily goal completion, helping you build healthier habits. Set goals like waking up, exercising, or meditating, and limit distracting apps until they're met. Earn rewards for achieving your objectives and build accountability with friends.

Highlights
  • Goal setting for sleep, movement, and exercise
  • App limits for distracting activities
  • Rewards for meeting daily goals
  • Accountability buddy feature
  • Anti-cheating measures
  • App-based habit tracking
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HipHabit ties screen time controls to the completion of daily goals. Limit time on distracting apps until you get out of bed, fall asleep, exercise, and more. Start building healthy habits with three simple steps: · Set goals - Everyone will have Sleep and Move goals. If you have an Apple Watch, you'll have an Exercise goal as well. · List bad habits - List discouraged activities so that we can set app limits for them whenever you should be focused on your goals instead. · Earn rewards - Whenever you meet all daily goals, you'll earn a reward that allows you to temporarily skip some goals. Through setting app limits, HipHabit can prompt you to complete a variety of goals: · Get out of bed · Move · Exercise · Go to sleep · Take a break · Meditate · Journal · Study · Track medication · Track your diet HipHabit implements several subtle behaviors that motivate you to stick to your goals: · Getting you out of bed - Do you doomscroll in bed before starting your day? We'll bug you to get off your phone until you literally get out of bed. · Overcoming laziness - Whenever you've been lying down and on your phone for too long, we'll remind you to stop before making you take a short break. · Adding friends - Recruit an accountability buddy to help you stick to your goals. Friends receive emails anytime you share achievements or disable the app. · A gentle strategy - HipHabit can be repeatedly paused, but each pause requires an incrementally longer waiting period (up to 30 minutes). · Anti-cheating measures - Exercise-related goals can't be changed midday. If enabled, HipHabit can prevent itself from being removed. · App-base goals - HipHabit can check if you've opened assigned apps to encourage a variety of habits like meditation and food tracking. We first built HipHabit to help ourselves, and we hope it will help you too. Use the app if you’d like to: · Improve your sleep hygiene - We'll help you stick to a bedtime routine and stay off your phone until you get out of bed in the morning. · Push yourself to exercise - Screen time limits are set based on time of day and how much progress you've made towards completing your Apple Fitness goals. · Reward yourself with breaks - Take a break from daily routine with a reward such as a "cheat day" or a "late morning start". Privacy policy: https://hiphabit.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://hiphabit.com/terms

Screenshots

OffScreen4 screens
HipHabit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HipHabit at 100% against OffScreen's 39%. HipHabit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). OffScreen's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. OffScreen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and HipHabit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HipHabit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OffScreen has 2.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of OffScreen's written reviews are positive against 100% of HipHabit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OffScreen ships an update every 4 weeks, HipHabit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
OffScreen versus HipHabit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffScreenHipHabit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.5K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMD StudioPlaitime Labs LLC

Customer experience

OffScreen

All ratings2,540 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews399 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral22.6%
Negative38.1%

HipHabit

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

HipHabit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

OffScreen

Subscriptions3
  • OffScreen Pro$0.991 Month
  • OffScreen Pro7 Days trial$4.491 Year
  • OffScreen Pro1 Year trial$4.491 Year
One-time2
  • OffScreen Pro$5.99
  • OffScreen Pro2 variants$9.99
1 purchases

HipHabit

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Plan$19.991 Year

Questions

Is OffScreen free?
OffScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HipHabit free?
HipHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OffScreen or HipHabit?
HipHabit is rated higher. OffScreen averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while HipHabit averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do OffScreen or HipHabit have ads?
Neither OffScreen nor HipHabit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OffScreen or HipHabit?
OffScreen ships an update every 4 weeks, and HipHabit every 2 weeks. Most recently, OffScreen was updated on September 24, 2026 and HipHabit on September 9, 2026.

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