ScreenZen vs SplitterUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenZen
This app offers multiple strategies to help you reduce screen time and control app usage. Features include delayed app opening, timed scrolling interruptions, and customizable app limits. It also provides options for strict blocking, settings protection, and encourages mindful breaks.
- Delayed app opening
- Scrolling interruption
- Set app goals and limits
- Configurable daily schedules
- Strict app blocking
- Screen time tracking for distracting apps
- Settings protection locks
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Multiple strategies to reduce your screentime 1. Delay before opening your app: A bit of time before choosing if you need to open your distracting app. You can have the wait time increase each time you open your app. 2. Interrupt your scrolling: Check your distracting apps for short periods of time so you don't get sucked in. 3. Set an app goal and optionally block when you reach your limit. 4. Configurable for different days of the week and time by app. 5. Messages like "Is this important" before opening your app. 6. See your screen time for only your distracting apps. Don't worry about Google Maps bloating up your time. 7. Strict block your apps: Either for time ranges, after a certain number of opens or ScreenTime. 8. Locks on Settings to prevent you from changing your settings when you want to open an app. 9. Breathing and other activities to encourage you not to need to open the app while waiting for it to unlock. 10. Streaks to encourage you not to exceed your limits or override your settings.
SplitterUp
Effortlessly track shared expenses and settle debts with friends and groups. This app simplifies splitting bills for trips, households, or one-off purchases, ensuring fair financial management. Features include direct splitting, receipt scanning, and bank transaction import.
- Create groups for trips or households
- Split directly between friends
- Quick Split for one-off expenses
- Divide costs equally, by amount, or percentage
- Import transactions from bank accounts
- Scan receipts and assign items
- Track balances and record payments
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SplitterUp is the expense splitting app that doesn't charge a monthly fee. Split with friends, roommates, partners and travel groups — then see exactly who owes what. Split Any Way You Want • Create groups for trips, households, or shared bills • Split directly with a friend, no group needed • Quick Split for one-off expenses — just type names, no sign-up needed • Divide costs equally, by exact amounts, or by percentage • Save the split you use most and reuse it in one tap • Set up repeating expenses for rent, utilities and subscriptions Households • Add a couple or a whole home as one member of a group • The household pays a share its own size, then splits it internally • Household balances roll up on your dashboard Scan Receipts, Assign Items • Snap a photo — it's straightened and enhanced automatically • Line items, tax, tip and totals are extracted for you • Assign items to the people who ordered them, or let everyone claim their own • Split a receipt together, live, with the people next to you Every Currency, Handled Properly • Search any world currency and use it anywhere • Exchange rates are locked to the expense, so a balance doesn't drift • Set a currency per group, or override the rate on one expense • Always see the original amount next to the converted one Stay on Top of Balances • See exactly who owes you and who you owe • Open any balance to see how it was worked out • Record a payment in full or in part, in any currency, on any date • Add your Venmo, PayPal, Cash App or Zelle details so people can pay you back Spending Insights • See where your money actually went, by category and by group • Pick any date range, or drill into a single group • Export a group's expenses to Excel or CSV Works Anywhere, Even Offline • Add and edit expenses with no signal — it all syncs when you're back • Stays in sync across iPhone, iPad and the web • Ask Siri to start an expense, or add a Home Screen shortcut Keep Everyone in the Loop • Invite people by email, or share a link anyone can join from • Split with people who don't have the app — invite them later and their share comes with them • Get notified when an expense is added or a payment is recorded Find It Again Later • Search a group by description, person, amount, category or place • Favorite the people and groups you use most • Archive what you're done with, without losing the history Tag Where You Spent • Add a location to any expense, and see the group's expenses on a map Designed for iPhone and iPad • iPad layouts built for the screen, not stretched from a phone • Face ID and Touch ID for quick, secure access Privacy First • Export or delete your data anytime • No ads, no data selling Perfect for roommates, couples, travel groups and anyone who shares expenses. Download SplitterUp and stop the awkward "who owes what" conversations. Terms of Use: https://splitterup.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://splitterup.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: SplitterUp at free against ScreenZen's free with in-app purchases. SplitterUp also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). ScreenZen's advantage is ratings volume (52K vs 17) and chart position (#161 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. ScreenZen sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and SplitterUp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ScreenZen against 5.0 for SplitterUp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenZen has 52K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of ScreenZen's written reviews are positive against 100% of SplitterUp's.
ScreenZen ships an update every 3 weeks, SplitterUp every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | ScreenZen | SplitterUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #161 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ScreenZen LLC | All Day Software LLC |
Customer experience
ScreenZen
SplitterUp
Bugs and requests
ScreenZen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unlock button not working as expected
- App stops working after some time
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16 update
Requested features
4 requests- Add more customization options
- Integrate with productivity/to-do apps
- Add more pause/break options
- Improve website blocking functionality
SplitterUp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScreenZen
- Kind Tip$5.00
- Generous Tip$10.00
- Amazing Tip$20.00
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- Fantastic Tip$40.00
SplitterUp
- Bank Import$0.991 Month
- Bank Import Annual$9.991 Year
- Premium Unlock$4.99









