Comparison

Cucumber Timer vs Scroll Doctor

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

Head to head
About

Cucumber Timer

This app helps users focus on tasks and manage breaks effectively using a visual timer. It offers customizable intervals, intuitive time displays, and battery-saving features to enhance productivity and prevent burnout.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus and break intervals
  • Intuitive visual time display
  • Adjustable intervals on the go
  • Customizable display themes and brightness
  • Minimal battery consumption
  • Choice of notification sounds or vibration
Features
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-- Is this app for me? -- Students, software developers, writers, artists — anyone with a todo list. Cucumber Timer is for those who want to achieve their daily goals regularly. Set a rhythm of focused work and regular breaks so you get more done while saving your energy. With a non-distracting overview of elapsed and remaining time, Cucumber Timer helps you stay motivated, avoid distractions, and avoid sitting too long without a break. -- No ads -- Cucumber Timer helps you concentrate on what's important to you. Feature-rich for free: you can adjust focus and break intervals to reflect your preferences. Extra customization can be unlocked with a one-time payment: beautiful themes, specially recorded sounds, and a fixed brightness setting that helps the battery last longer. -- Adjust on the go -- Adjust remaining interval with 2 taps any time without affecting your usual settings. Sometimes you might have less time than usual, say you prefer to work for 25 minutes but now have just 10 before an appointment. Or perhaps you're feeling especially focused and would like to sit undisturbed for a longer time than usual. You can either select a new duration of the current interval (e.g., 20 minutes) or end time (finish at 15:30). -- Intuitive visual time -- The interval rings make the current time immediately recognizable. You already have an intuitive feel for how many minutes a portion of a watch face represents — a quarter of an hour is a quarter of the circle, no counting needed. -- Customize display -- 8 beautiful dark color themes that are non-distracting, visually balanced, and readable. Choose to keep the screen always on as a reminder that you're focusing. Lower the brightness to make the battery last longer — or to stay discreet on your desk in an office or library. The in-app brightness slider holds your chosen level whenever Cucumber Timer is in the foreground, so you don't have to adjust it by hand each time. -- Save battery -- Minimal battery use in the foreground; none in the background. When you start an interval, Cucumber Timer schedules notifications for upcoming focus and break intervals — no code running in the background to drain your battery. -- Choose sounds -- Choose whether the app plays a sound, vibrates, or stays silent when an interval starts. 19 unique sounds recorded specifically for Cucumber Timer.

About

Scroll Doctor

This app helps you reduce distracting app and website usage by setting daily limits, schedules, or permanent blocks. It features adaptive blocking that makes it harder to ignore limits over time. Usage insights and an adult website filter are also included.

Highlights
  • Daily time limits per app/website
  • Customizable blocking schedules
  • Permanent app/website blocks
  • Adaptive blocking for harder-to-ignore limits
  • Quick access for limited extra time
  • Usage insights and trends
  • Adult website filtering
Features
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Set screen limits you'll actually notice. Scroll Doctor helps you step back from distracting apps and websites. Set a daily limit, create a blocking schedule, or block selected distractions permanently. When you reach a daily limit, the screen time shield appears. If you keep choosing to ignore it, Scroll Doctor brings the interruption back sooner, making it harder to fall back into endless scrolling. FEATURES • DAILY LIMITS: Give each selected app or website its own daily time allowance • SCHEDULES: Block distractions during work, study, bedtime, or whenever necessary • PERMANENT BLOCKS: Keep selected apps and websites blocked at all times • ADAPTIVE BLOCKING: After repeated ignores, the screen limit shield returns sooner to make scrolling harder to ignore • QUICK RELIEF: Get limited extra time when a daily limit or active schedule blocks an app or website • USAGE INSIGHTS: See recent usage and trends for apps and websites • ADULT WEBSITE FILTER: Block 18+ websites using Apple's built-in content filter YOUR DATA IS SAFE • Your Screen Time usage and browsing data stays on your device • Apple's Screen Time API manages the apps and sites you choose to limit Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cucumber Timer4 screens
Scroll Doctor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cucumber Timer at 15.0 against Scroll Doctor's 17.4. On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cucumber Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scroll Doctor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cucumber Timer ships an update every 9 days, Scroll Doctor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cucumber Timer versus Scroll Doctor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCucumber TimerScroll Doctor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro SerdiukMatthew Gallo

Customer experience

Cucumber Timer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scroll Doctor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cucumber Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
1 purchases

Scroll Doctor

Subscriptions1
  • Scroll Doctor Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Cucumber Timer free?
Cucumber Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scroll Doctor free?
Scroll Doctor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cucumber Timer or Scroll Doctor have ads?
Neither Cucumber Timer nor Scroll Doctor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cucumber Timer or Scroll Doctor?
Cucumber Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Scroll Doctor weekly. Most recently, Cucumber Timer was updated on October 7, 2026 and Scroll Doctor on October 9, 2026.

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