Unscroll vs baseline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unscroll
This app helps you become more mindful of your social media usage without imposing strict restrictions. It provides real-time awareness during scrolling sessions and aggregates feeds to reduce time spent on individual platforms, fostering healthier digital habits.
- Real-time scrolling awareness
- Live Activity timer on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Aggregated social feeds
- Usage pattern tracking
- Digital detox reminders
- Positive habit nudges
- Breathing mode for mindfulness
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Live screen time - for people who outsmart blockers. Targets that time blind feeling while scrolling. You don't hate social media. You hate how it makes you feel after 2 hours of mindless scrolling. You’ve probably tried: a. Screen Time Limits → but ignored them b. App blockers → too restrictive when you need them, inevitably you turn them off c. Deleting apps cold turkey → makes it difficult to keep up with friends, the news and the content you enjoy, so you re-download them after a month Why Unscroll works when app blockers don't: • Social media can be useful, but scrolling apps are designed to keep your attention for as long as possible. • Blockers create friction at the wrong time - when you actually need to check something. • Unscroll keeps you conscious WHILE you scroll, so you can stop when you decide, not when an app forces you. How it works: 1. Before you open Instagram: See how much you've already scrolled today (not after you've wasted 45 minutes and been caught in a comparison spiral) 2. While you're scrolling: A Live Activity shows your real-time scrolling session right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - keeping the rational part of your brain engaged (instead of letting autopilot take over) 3. All feeds in one place: Check what's new across all your social feeds in 5 minutes, not 5 x 20 mins 4. Track your patterns: Watch your usage drop naturally as awareness builds No restrictions: - No need to unplug and replace your iPhone with a dumbphone or brick - Less annoying than One Sec's friction, with sustained awareness instead of momentary interruption - Low-friction alternative to the standard blocking apps like (Opal, Jomo, Freedom, Clearspace) For people who want to: → Stop wasting hours doomscrolling Instagram reels and prevent brain rot → Eliminate TikTok scrolling addiction and reduce screen time → Reduce compulsive phone pickups and protect attention span → Be intentional about keeping up with friends and the news → Improve overall digital wellbeing and build healthier phone habits → Reduce FOMO and the effect of constant comparisons on your mental health and wellbeing → Get help with social media addiction → Replace scrolling with more time wellspent → Work toward some no-scroll streaks and screen-free time Works with all your distracting social feeds: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Discord, Twitch, and any app you want to be more intentional with - including Mail, Messages, or news apps. You can even add screen time reminders to any websites you procrastinate on. More anti-distraction features: • Live Activity timer: Real-time awareness on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island during 'scroll aware sessions' • Morning and bedtime digital detox: the ideal times for less phone usage • Positive habit nudges: replace your screen time habits with something else, build habits of your choosing • Breathing mode: maximum mindfulness before every social session We do not sell your data or run ads. Your attention is precious. Built by someone who needs it: After 10+ years of struggling with my own social media habits, and using every screen time and app blocking tool out there, I built Unscroll. Not to quit social media, but to use it like a tool. Since I've Unscrolled my phone I've cut down my scrolling time 60-70%. Happy to share it with other people too :) —Cameron Terms of Use: https://unscroll.io/terms
baseline
This app offers a distraction-free journaling experience to help you understand your emotions and improve mental well-being. Track your mood, reflect on your feelings, and gain insights through weekly surveys and visualizations. Your data is encrypted and secured with a passphrase.
- Distraction-free journaling
- Mood tracking with two scales
- Upload pictures and screenshots
- Journaling and mood log reminders
- Weekly mental health surveys
- Mood change visualizations
- Passphrase data lock
- Financial support fund
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Understanding what you’re feeling and why is often way harder than it should be. baseline is here to help. By giving you a distraction-free, easy way to journal and track your mood, baseline gives you easy opportunities to write and reflect on what you’re feeling throughout the day. With time, you’ll start to understand yourself and your brain better. baseline is designed not just to help you write and reflect more often, but also to help you understand more about yourself and your mood over time. You’ll get mental health surveys and reviews each week, and we have beautiful visualizations across our app that are designed to help you better see what you’re going through and when you’re struggling. We know we’re dealing with really sensitive information here, so we’re committed to keeping your personal information 100% secure. Everything you write and upload to baseline is encrypted, so we can’t even see what you’ve written. You can also protect your data in-app against people who might have access to your device. Start journaling and mood tracking today with baseline. Features: - Write about how you’re feeling whenever you want, and rate your mood with two different scales - Upload pictures and screenshots to remember important moments - Set reminders to keep yourself accountable to your journaling and mental health goals - View all of your mood logs at a glance, and see how your mood changes over time - Take mental health surveys to track things like anxiety, depression, and stress over time - Lock your data with a passphrase to stop people who might have access to your device from reading it - Find mental health support, including financially with the baseline Gap Fund, which can help users cover “gaps” in their finances - 100% free, forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: baseline at none against Unscroll's 1. baseline also leads on ratings volume (115 vs 30) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Unscroll's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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. Unscroll sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. baseline asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Unscroll against 4.7 for baseline. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 115 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Unscroll's written reviews are positive against 86% of baseline's.
Unscroll ships an update fortnightly, baseline every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unscroll | baseline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better | 4.7 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cameron Bogatez | baseline health |
Customer experience
Unscroll
baseline
Bugs and requests
Unscroll
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
baseline
Reported bugs
5 issues- Hourly logging reminders delete old ones after the 11th
- App tells user they are not connected to the internet when they are
- Audio recordings are erased instead of saved when internet connection fails
- Blank white screen after opening app through notification and writing an entry
- Entries deleted without warning
Requested features
9 requests- AI short summary of rants with generalized headlines
- Sort notes by topic/category and tags
- Aesthetic themes for personalization
- Ability to edit recent logs
- More interactive features like emoticons or affirmations
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- Randomize notification time
- Option to go back and log a skipped day
- Allow Apple Silicon Macs to download the app
- More advanced weekly recap features for healthcare team reporting
In-app purchases
Unscroll
- Unscroll$4.991 Month
baseline
No in-app purchases









