Emburse Spend vs Before You Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emburse Spend
Streamline corporate card management and gain control over company expenses. This app allows for pre-approval of spending, automated reconciliation, and efficient management of recurring payments, empowering employees while reducing administrative burdens.
- Pre-approve spending
- Automated card reconciliation
- Virtual card issuance
- Subscription management
- Real-time spend visibility
- Employee spend empowerment
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Optimize spend. Empower People. Maximize the value of your most precious resources with Emburse Spend. Tired of surprise expenses that pop up each month? Sick of chasing employees for receipts? Stop asking employees to engage in frustrating after-the-fact card reconciliation. There is a better way. Emburse Spend is the next evolution in card management. Increase visibility and control by approving spend before it happens. Issue pre-approved virtual cards with built-in controls that auto-reconcile. Manage subscriptions upfront once to create automatic recurring payments on your schedule. Gain control of unmanaged spend and empower employees with Emburse Spend.
Before You Scroll
This app introduces a mindful pause before you open other applications, offering a reflective quote based on your mood. After a brief moment of reflection, your chosen apps become accessible, promoting intentional use of your time and digital habits.
- Mood-based quotes
- Quote of the Day
- App locking via Screen Time
- Streaks and achievements
- Emergency unlock
- Privacy-focused design
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Pause with intention - then unlock your apps Before You Scroll adds a mindful pause between impulse and action. Instead of instantly opening distracting apps, you're invited to reflect for a moment with a short quote tailored to your current mood. Once you've taken that pause, your apps unlock - helping you stay intentional with your time, attention, and habits. How it works: 1. Choose how you're feeling - struggling, down, okay, good, or great 2. Receive a short, thoughtful quote aligned with your mood 3. Reflect briefly, then unlock your selected apps It's a simple moment of awareness before you scroll. Features: - Mood based quotes that adapt to how you're feeling - Quote of the Day featuring timeless sayings and wisdom - App locking & unlocking using Apple's Screen Time tools - Streaks & achievements to encourage consistency - Emergency unlock when you need instant access - Privacy first design with no data being sold and no social feeds Free vs Premium Free: - One mood based quote every 12 hours - Daily quote access - Core app locking experience Premium: - Unlimited mood based quotes - Advanced insights - Premium customization and features (Subscriptions available monthly or yearly) Designed for balance Before You Scroll isn't about restriction or guilt. It's about creating a small, intentional pause - so your time is spent more consciously. Quotes are for reflection only and are not medical, financial, or professional advice. Privacy Your data stays yours. No ads. No social pressure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Before You Scroll at 100% against Emburse Spend's 50%. Before You Scroll also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Emburse Spend's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). 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. Before You Scroll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Emburse Spend asks for nothing beyond the download.
Before You Scroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emburse Spend has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Emburse Spend's written reviews are positive against 100% of Before You Scroll's.
Emburse Spend ships an update every 3 weeks, Before You Scroll every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emburse Spend | Before You Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Emburse, Inc. | EJ Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Emburse Spend
Before You Scroll
In-app purchases
Emburse Spend
No in-app purchases
Before You Scroll
- Before You Scroll Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Before You Scroll (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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