Comparison

ScreenZen vs SplitterUp

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

ScreenZen4 screens
SplitterUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScreenZen ships an update every 3 weeks, SplitterUp every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
ScreenZen versus SplitterUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenZenSplitterUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (52K ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52K — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#161 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScreenZen LLCAll Day Software LLC

Customer experience

ScreenZen

All ratings50,446 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews6,789 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.9%

SplitterUp

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

4 purchases

ScreenZen

One-time4
  • Kind Tip$5.00
  • Generous Tip$10.00
  • Amazing Tip$20.00
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  • Fantastic Tip$40.00
3 purchases

SplitterUp

Subscriptions2
  • Bank Import$0.991 Month
  • Bank Import Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is ScreenZen free?
ScreenZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SplitterUp free?
SplitterUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScreenZen or SplitterUp?
SplitterUp is rated higher. ScreenZen averages 4.9 out of 5 from 52K ratings, while SplitterUp averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do ScreenZen or SplitterUp have ads?
Neither ScreenZen nor SplitterUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScreenZen or SplitterUp?
ScreenZen ships an update every 3 weeks, and SplitterUp every 3 days. Most recently, ScreenZen was updated on October 22, 2026 and SplitterUp on October 22, 2026.

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