The Student Cafe vs ScrollSteps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Student Cafe
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The Student Café is a student engagement and rewards platform designed to help students stay focused, reduce phone distractions, and make study time more productive. Students earn points by locking their phones while studying, completing assignments, or participating in group study sessions. The more focused time they complete, the more points they can earn and redeem for rewards at participating cafés, restaurants, stores, and businesses. Study Together. Earn Together Students can participate individually or as a group. By putting their phones aside, students can improve focus, encourage collaboration, interact more with peers, and create a more productive study environment. The platform promotes meaningful face-to-face interaction while encouraging students to build positive study habits and stronger connections within their campus community. Benefits for Businesses Participating businesses can connect directly with the student community by offering rewards, discounts, and exclusive offers. This creates opportunities to attract new customers, encourage repeat visits, increase brand awareness, and generate word-of-mouth referrals. A Simple Ecosystem Lock Your Phone → Focus → Earn Points → Redeem Rewards The Student Café brings together student productivity, peer engagement, and business opportunities** in one rewarding ecosystem. Focus More. Connect More. Earn More.
ScrollSteps
This app locks distracting applications, requiring users to walk a set number of steps to earn screen time. It encourages users to be more intentional with their phone usage by gamifying physical activity. Turn your phone into a tool for progress by walking more and scrolling less.
- Earn screen time through walking
- Locks distracting apps
- Gamified physical activity
- Promotes intentional phone use
- Reduces doomscrolling
- Subscription-based premium features
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ScrollSteps turns walking into the only way to unlock your most distracting apps. Instead of relying on willpower, you earn screen time by moving: every 100 steps = 1 minute of access. If you haven’t walked enough, your apps stay locked. Take a short walk, earn minutes, and come back with intention instead of falling into a doomscrolling spiral in social media. Walk more, scroll less, and turn your phone into a tool that nudges you toward a better life. Stop doomscrolling. Start doing. All that lost time could’ve been progress—and your future still can be. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION A ScrollSteps SUBSCRIPTION is required to unlock and enjoy all features. ScrollSteps is free to download, and you can choose from the following options inside the app: * Annual subscription with free trial: Try all premium features for a limited time, then continue with an annual subscription if you don’t cancel before the trial ends. * Monthly subscription: Recurring subscription that grants full access to all premium features. * Lifetime access: One‑time purchase that unlocks all current premium features for the lifetime of the ScrollSteps app while it remains available on the App Store and is maintained by us (not your personal lifetime). Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your Apple Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto‑renewal at any time in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you start the annual free trial and subscribe before it ends, any remaining free trial period will be forfeited when your purchase is confirmed. Please review the Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA): Apple Standard EULA Privacy Policy: https://klncemre.github.io/steplocker-web/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://klncemre.github.io/steplocker-web/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Student Cafe at none against ScrollSteps's 5. The Student Cafe also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). ScrollSteps's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. ScrollSteps sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. The Student Cafe asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Student Cafe ships an update every 3 months, ScrollSteps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Student Cafe | ScrollSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mansoor Ahmed Plasterwala | Emre Kilinc |
In-app purchases
The Student Cafe
No in-app purchases
ScrollSteps
- Monthly$17.991 Month
- Monthly Premium$17.991 Month
- StepLocker (Annual Plan)$24.991 Year
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- StepLocker (1 year)$29.991 Year
- Lifetime StepLocker$39.99
Questions
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