ScreenZen vs YourPond
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.
YourPond
Organize and visualize your social connections, locations, and life events. Effortlessly track relationships, map your world, and log important moments. AI-powered entry makes managing your contacts simple.
- Contact management
- Relationship mapping
- Location tracking
- Event logging
- AI-powered data entry
- Customizable lists
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YourPond is a personal CRM and relationship mapping app that helps you organize the people in your life, track how they're all connected, and remember the details that matter. Your people. Your places. Your moments. All in one YourPond. Keep track of the people who matter. Where they live, where they work, how you met, who introduced you. Add their birthdays, set reminders, and map the relationships between them. Over time, YourPond becomes a living picture of your life. Built for personal relationships, not business networking. It's for the people you love, not the leads you're chasing. PEOPLE Rich profiles for everyone. Family, friends, colleagues, neighbors. Track locations, jobs, education, and the relationships between them. See family trees build themselves. PLACES A map of your world. See where your people live, where you've traveled, and who you were with. Zoom out and see the geography of your life. MOMENTS Log the events that matter. Trips, weddings, dinners, game nights. Who was there, where it was, when it happened. LISTS Group your people however your life demands. Holiday cards, book club, wedding guests, neighbors. GIFTS Keep track of gift ideas, gifts you've given, and gifts you've received. Log a gift you got and YourPond nudges you to send a thank-you. DESCRIBE YOUR PEOPLE Describe your people in plain language and YourPond organizes it for you. No forms, no data entry. Just talk about who you know. YOUR DATA IS YOURS We don't sell your data, use it for ads, or train AI on it. The only thing we do with your information is show it back to you. Free: up to 25 contacts. YourPond Pro: unlimited contacts, ripples, and unlimited describe. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.yourpond.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://yourpond.io/privacy Acceptable Use Policy: https://www.yourpond.io/acceptable-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ScreenZen at 53K against YourPond's 31. ScreenZen also leads on chart position (#134 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). YourPond's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). 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 YourPond sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 YourPond. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenZen has 53K ratings behind it against 31, 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 YourPond's.
ScreenZen ships an update every 3 weeks, YourPond every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenZen | YourPond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (53K ratings) | 5.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ScreenZen LLC | EMILY ROSE HYEAMANG |
Customer experience
ScreenZen
YourPond
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
YourPond
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
YourPond
- YourPond Pro$9.991 Month
- YourPond Pro$99.991 Year









