Comparison

Lemio vs Swing

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

Head to head
About

Lemio

This app helps you regain control of your attention and reduce screen time. It encourages intentional usage with session limits and provides tools to combat procrastination and build healthy habits. Achieve greater focus, productivity, and well-being by mastering your digital life.

Highlights
  • Session time limits for apps
  • Lock distracting apps after session
  • Neuroscientific breathing exercises
  • Attention Masterclass content
  • Combats phone procrastination
  • Builds healthy habits
Features
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Attention is the most important skill and resource of the 21st century. Lemio helps you master it! Make every minute of your life intentional and let Lemio help you reduce your screen time. More focus, health, productivity, and time. Less procrastination, stress, depression, and anxiety. **Finally a screen time app that is effective without being annoying.** **With Apple's features I used to subconsciously click "one more minute". Lemio solves that with session times!** **My favorite app to embrace being offline and living in the moment!** **Lemio holds me accountable to create more than I consume. The instant feedback I get from the app helps me to be more active and motivated.** **Not only has it helped me to get rid of my phone addiction, it has inspired me to start 3 new daily habits! Thanks Lemio.** OUR FEATURES Focus on: - Saving you time - Being in control of your life - Starting doing what you've been putting off We all struggle with our smartphone addiction. Lemio stops you in the moments of unconscious, impulsive and compulsive phone use and transitions you from mindless doomscrolling to useful & healthy habits. Time limit per session - Each app should be used with intention, but at the same time remain easily accessible. That is why Lemio forces you to choose a session time for each entry. Your brain will learn that this choice has consequences, because Lemio will kick you out of the app when your session time is up. No more doomscrolling - When your session time ends, we will lock the distracting app again and bring you back to reality in case you got distracted and sucked in. Neuroscientific Breathing - There is a way to de-stress and calm your brain in a matter of seconds. It's called the physiological sigh, a breathing exercise based on the science of how crying babies calm down. We introduce it every time we detect abusive behavior. The Attention Masterclass - Attention is both a skill and a mental resource. It allows us to navigate life efficiently, learn, build relationships, and have successful careers. It can be trained, and Lemio teaches you how. WHY LEMIO IS NEEDED There are several reasons for this: Focus and attention span are constantly decreasing: Attention span has dropped from 12 seconds (2000) to 8.25 seconds (2021), below the level of a goldfish. Studies also show that humans need about 20 minutes for deep focus, while the average phone pickup time for GenY and younger is about every 7 minutes. Phone procrastination is real: Research shows that 32% of screen time during work hours and 57% at home is completely unintentional procrastination. Smartphone addiction is a disease: Excessive smartphone use has been linked to impaired cognitive function and mental health issues such as stress, depression, and self-harm. Lemio is on a mission to stop all of this. We increase your productivity, help you overcome phone distractions, and take back control. At the same time, Lemio is a place for inspiration, motivation, accountability, and social interaction with like-minded people. We want to teach you useful and healthy habits and prove that science and biohacking can be fun! Our mission is complete when Lemio becomes your place for personal development, growth, goal setting and goal achievement. Our dream is to change the way people think & live. Our vision is that people will only pick up their phones when they have a good reason to do so. At the same time, we want to help people accelerate in life by building know-how, identity and real-life relationships with the phone as an enabler, not a time parasite. Start today and turn screen time into life time! Available Subscription Options: Lemio Premium (Monthly / Annual / Lifetime) Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.lemioapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Swing

This app helps you break phone addiction by replacing your morning scroll with a positive mantra and blocking distracting apps. It aims to redirect your focus from unproductive phone use to a more intentional and fulfilling life.

Highlights
  • Morning mantra replacement for scrolling
  • App blocker for distracting applications
  • Intentional unblocking feature
  • Data export and deletion options
  • Built on Apple's Screen Time controls
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Your phone pulls you toward junk. Swing redirects you toward better. Swing's flagship feature is Rotblock™ An app blocker designed to ease you off brainrot. How it works: 1. Pick which apps to block 2. When blocked, you can intentionally, yet easily, unblock Be intentional with your apps. Most of the time, a pause is all you need to put the phone down. WHY PEOPLE USE SWING - Stop opening distracting apps - Stop doomscrolling - Reverse brainrot PRIVATE & SIMPLE - Built on Apple's Screen Time controls - Export or delete your data anytime Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@swing.so. Terms of Use: https://swing.so/terms Privacy Policy: https://swing.so/privacy

Screenshots

Lemio4 screens
Swing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swing at none against Lemio's 11. Swing also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Lemio's advantage is ratings volume (86 vs 10). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lemio sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month. Swing asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lemio has 86 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Lemio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Swing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lemio ships an update monthly, Swing every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lemio versus Swing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLemioSwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (86 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86 — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPlatobros, IncAspire Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Lemio

All ratings84 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%

Swing

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Lemio

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly$8.491 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual Lemio Subscription$24.991 Year
  • Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Annual1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime AccessFree
None

Swing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lemio free?
Lemio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swing free?
Swing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lemio or Swing?
Swing is rated higher. Lemio averages 4.8 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Swing averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Lemio or Swing have ads?
Neither Lemio nor Swing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lemio or Swing?
Lemio ships an update monthly, and Swing every 4 days. Most recently, Lemio was updated on October 24, 2026 and Swing on October 24, 2026.

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