Comparison

BePresent vs Lumarii

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

Head to head
About

BePresent

This app helps you reclaim your time and improve your life by controlling screen usage. It combines app blocking, gamification, and social challenges with real-life rewards to motivate you to spend less time on your phone.

Highlights
  • App blocking sessions (individual, group, beast mode)
  • Set daily goals and build streaks
  • Monetary stakes for exceeding limits
  • Compete on weekly leaderboards
  • Earn real-life rewards (meditation, workouts, therapy)
  • Scrolling awareness reminders
  • Time tracking and daily reports
Features
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BePresent is the #1 app to control your screen time and supercharge your productivity, mental health, and quality of life. Experience life beyond the screen as you reclaim Your Time and earn rewards that improve your life with BePresent! 25 years. That’s the average time you will spend on your phone. With a combination of app blocking, gamification, social competition with friends, and real-life rewards, you will reclaim YEARS of your life like thousands of BePresent members already have. We know you’ve tried to solve this problem before. But we’re not like other screen time apps. ▶ WHAT USERS ARE CELEBRATING ◀ • “I was able to go from 7+ hours per day to less than 2 hours! 10/10 would recommend” - Andrew M. • “FINALLY an app that actually curbs my screen addiction instead of time limits that I just ignore!” - Gina V. • “I’ve tried everything but nothing has worked. I almost gave up before I used BePresent! Thank god I tried it as I’ve reduced my screen time by over 3 hours a day!” - Jack W. Download now to experience life to the fullest. Instead of annoying app blockers or time limits, BePresent makes it fun and easy to stay off your phone. ▶ FEATURES ◀ [ BePresent App Blocking Sessions - Individual, Group, & BEAST MODE ] • Dive into Present Sessions! Dedicate breaks from screens, whether it's a focused study session or a no-phone night out. Team up with friends for Group Sessions and joint tech time-outs. Share updates, cheer, and keep one another accountable—all from within the app. Need a stringent break? Enter BEAST MODE, ensuring unwavering commitment [ Set Daily Goals and Build Your Streak ] • Choose your digital boundaries. Maintain your streak by sticking to set screen time limits. Back your commitment with a monetary stake — overshoot, and that stake's gone. Customize reminders and design your journey to digital well-being. [ Compete on Weekly Leaderboards and Challenge Your Friends] • Show off your productivity prowess by competing against others on weekly leaderboards. Advance tiers so you’ll feel like a productivity superhero every day. Practicing mindful phone habits has never been so motivating and rewarding! [ Earn Real-Life Rewards ] • The ultimate motivation - earn points you can redeem for real-life rewards by limiting your screen time. Best of all, your rewards will also improve your life. Learn to meditate with a premium Headspace subscription. Redeem free workout classes with ClassPass. Schedule discounted therapy sessions with BetterHelp. Earn these rewards and more all by staying off your phone. [ Never Doomscroll Again ] • Set hourly scrolling awareness reminders so you never lose track of time doomscrolling again [ Time Tracking & Daily Reports ] • Measure the moments you're truly present. Access daily and weekly breakdowns, complemented by a comprehensive day-before report, amplifying your adherence to reality. [ Improve Your Well-Being ] • By reducing screen time, you'll improve your overall well-being and gain access to educational content that explains how reducing screen time can benefit you in multiple ways. Learn how to manage ADHD better, improve your mental health, and be more present with your loved ones, all while improving your sleep and becoming less distracted. [ Complete Privacy and Data Security ] • Data dignity, delivered. All of your data is private and safe with Apple’s Screen Time API. We do not have access to any specific content you access on your iPhone, and none of your personal data ever leaves your device. ▶ WE'RE HERE FOR EVERY QUERY ◀ Questions or feedback? Reach us at https://www.getpresentapp.com/ or shoot an email at contact@getpresentapp.com. Let's journey to mindful tech use together. Note: All rewards are sponsored by BePresent and our partners. Apple does not sponsor any of the in-app rewards. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.getpresentapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Lumarii

Features
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Lumarii is a quiet place for slow reflection, gentle awareness and letting go. Created for people who find streaks, scores and rigid routines more demanding than helpful, Lumarii gives you room to notice what is happening without asking you to optimise it. There are no missed-day warnings, productivity targets or judgements about how often you return. Each day begins with a thoughtful question. You can follow it into a longer journal entry, capture a few passing words or simply record how you feel. Add photographs you have chosen, dictate using your voice or leave the page untouched. Nothing becomes incomplete and there is no daily writing limit. Lumarii’s softly illustrated tones offer a simple way to notice how you are feeling. As your journal grows, Patterns helps you look back across your reflections, moods and gentle habits. It is designed to reveal themes without reducing your life to a score. Alongside your journal is a to-do list that understands not everything needs to stay forever. Each item gradually fades over seven days. You can finish it, deliberately keep it for another week or allow it to quietly disappear. Letting something go is treated as a valid choice, never a failure. The app’s atmosphere changes naturally with the time of day. Soft, animated skies move from morning light into evening and night, helping Lumarii feel connected to the moment in which you open it. Members can also choose the sky that feels right for them. Habits are written as kind questions rather than demands. Record what happened when it feels useful, without streaks, penalties or reminders about days you missed. Meaningful pages can be remembered and revisited. Guided collections offer different questions for different kinds of days, while threads and volumes help bring related reflections together over time. Your writing can also be exported as a designed keepsake or kept in a portable archive of your own. Quick Entry, App Shortcuts and the Lumarii widget make it easier to begin without navigating through the app first. Lumarii is private by design. It does not require an account and does not use your writing for advertising. Your journal is stored on your device. Optional member continuity uses your private Apple iCloud container to keep eligible journal data available across your devices. You can protect Lumarii with Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode. When adding photographs, Lumarii receives only the images you explicitly choose and never browses your photo library on its own. Lumarii is free to download and includes unlimited writing, tones, gentle habit tracking, the fading to-do list, recent Patterns and everyday reflection prompts. An optional Lumarii Membership opens complete pattern history, custom periods, guided prompt collections, voice transcription, photo attachments, remembered pages, threads and volumes, designed exports, additional skies, private iCloud continuity, privacy lock, member Quick Entry and widget features. Membership is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, with a one-time Lifetime purchase also available. Prices vary by country and are shown in your local currency before you confirm a purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account after confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your App Store account settings. A Lifetime purchase is charged once and does not renew. Your free writing, tones, habits and fading list remain available if you choose not to subscribe or if your subscription ends. Lumarii is not about keeping up. It is a place to pause, notice what is here and leave a little lighter than you arrived. Privacy Policy: https://www.thecozydev.co.uk/lumarii-privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BePresent4 screens
Lumarii4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lumarii at none against BePresent's shown. BePresent's advantage is chart position (#22 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BePresent sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Lumarii sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
BePresent versus Lumarii: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBePresentLumarii
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (71K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings71K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#22 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScreen Detox IncEmma Skinner

Bugs and requests

BePresent

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inaccurate screen time reporting
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Persistent app blocking even after uninstallation
  • Setup process getting stuck on permissions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow selective app blocking
  • Exclude certain apps from screen time tracking
  • More customization options for notifications
  • Expand to iPad and other devices
  • Improve overall stability and reliability

Lumarii

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

23 purchases

BePresent

Subscriptions23
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Monthly (Mid Tier)$6.991 Month
  • Monthly (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Monthly (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual$24.991 Year
  • Annual (Mid Tier)$24.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • BePresent Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
  • Free Trial for BePresent Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Monthly (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • BePresent Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year
  • BePresent Pro Family$39.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual (High Tier)$44.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • BePresent Family7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (3-Day Free Trial)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (30-day Trial)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (2-week Free Trial)14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • BePresent Pro Family (iCloud)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
4 purchases

Lumarii

Subscriptions3
  • Lumarii Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Lumarii Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Lumarii Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is BePresent free?
BePresent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumarii free?
Lumarii is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BePresent or Lumarii have ads?
BePresent shows ads; Lumarii does not.

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