Habi vs Thumb Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Habi
Develop positive habits and daily routines with this straightforward and effective application. It's designed to help you build and reinforce good habits for a better future, with a focus on simplicity and psychological principles.
- Create and reinforce good habits
- Develop daily routines
- Simple and effective design
- Free to use
- No registration or data tracking
- Based on human psychology
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Our mission: "Create a simple and effective habit tracker that everyone can use for free." Habi will help you create, reinforce and develop good habits for a better tomorrow. *** Why Habi? *** • Habi is simple and effective. Even your child can use it. • Habi is free. No registration, ads, or personal data tracking. • Habi grows with you. Build your streak to unlock more habits and weekly skips. • Habi connects. Share your daily status with friends and check progress together. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Thumb Scroll
This app helps you reduce screen time by requiring you to complete real-life tasks before unlocking access to blocked apps. Earn coins for completing actions, which you can then exchange for minutes on your favorite social media or gaming platforms.
- App and website blocking
- AI-verified real-life actions
- Coin-based unlock system
- Object Hunt game mode
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Bedtime and wake schedules
- Daily and weekly usage reports
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Your phone is always right there. One tap and you're back in. Thumb Scroll flips it: do something in real life first, then scroll. Block the apps that steal your time — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, games, any app you pick — and unlock minutes only after you've earned them. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps (and sites) to block 2. Do a real action: make your bed, touch grass, drink water, read a book… 3. Snap a photo: AI verifies it and gives you coins 4. Spend coins to unlock minutes on your blocked apps No coins? Apps stay locked. Simple. You don't have to delete your favorite apps. You just have to do something first. WHY IT WORKS (where blocking alone fails) Other apps just say "stop." But your phone is one tap away and you cave. Thumb Scroll gives you a trade instead: a walk for TikTok, a book for Instagram, a glass of water for two minutes of scroll. Your phone comes after life, not instead of it. WHAT'S INSIDE • App & website blocking via Apple's Screen Time API • Coins earned with real actions, validated by photo + AI (no cheating) • 7 daily actions + Object Hunt: find an object with your camera • Store: turn coins into minutes • 3 difficulty levels (Light, Balanced, Intense) that change the coins→minutes rate • Bedtime & wake schedule + custom time rules (days and time slots) • Daily and weekly reports, a 0–100 score, day streaks • Your thumb mascot: happy when you unplug, worn out when you scroll too much PRIVATE & SECURE Thumb Scroll uses Apple's Screen Time API: all monitoring and blocking run entirely on your device. Your usage data never leaves your phone. EARLY ACCESS Thumb Scroll is in early access: every feature is available for free, no subscription. Jump in and help us make it better. Less scrolling. More living. Terms of Use: https://thumbscroll-7ac7f.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://thumbscroll-7ac7f.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thumb Scroll at 5.0 against Habi's 4.5. Thumb Scroll also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Habi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Thumb Scroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thumb Scroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Habi ships an update every 6 weeks, Thumb Scroll every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Habi | Thumb Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Obertynskyi | VITO BICA |
In-app purchases
Habi
- Supporter Monthly$0.991 Month
- Lifetime unlimited$4.99
Thumb Scroll
- Weekly Pro$3.997 Days
- Annual Pro – Offer$24.991 Year
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$44.991 Year
