Comparison

BB vs Curiosity Quench

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

Head to head
About

BB

This app helps users break free from social media addiction and reduce screen time. It offers advanced blocking mechanisms to regain control over digital habits and improve mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Fight social media addiction
  • Reduce screen time
  • Multiple blocking mechanisms
  • Schedule-based blocking
  • Usage-based blocking
  • Strict Mode
  • Customizable blocking
Features
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Apps like social media use powerful psychological tricks to make you unable to stay away from them for too long. Burnout Buddy blocks these apps when you don't want to use them to help you break free and heal their impact on your mental health. * Fight social media addiction * Reduce screen time and improve your focus * Multiple blocking mechanisms * Completely free for most use cases * No account creation or shady VPNs Burnout Buddy is stronger than your iPhone's native Screen Time controls. Designed specifically with social media addiction and unhealthy work habits in mind, it offers a wider variety of blocking mechanisms and allows you to be extremely specific regarding how access to a specific group of apps and websites should be restricted. If you already use Burnout Buddy, keep an eye out for updates that add even more blocking mechanisms and customization points! MAIN FEATURES * Block indefinitely * Schedule-based blocking * Usage-based blocking * Location-based blocking (via Siri) * Focus Mode-based blocking (via Siri) * Siri-based Blocking: Build your own custom blocking conditions by integrating BB with Siri and the Shortcuts app! * Multiple Conditions: Configure multiple blocking conditions for a single group of content for maximum control of your habits. * Multiple Configurations: Want to block a certain group of apps under certain conditions but also another group under other conditions? No problem! * Strict Mode: Have the bad habit of "cheating" app blockers by snoozing them? Strict Mode bans you from updating/deleting schemas when they're active. * Starter Schemas: Plug-and-play configurations that cover the most common reasons people use Burnout Buddy for. * Widgets • Custom App Icons * Block Uninstall * Block Screen Customization • Push Notifications • • • Try Burnout Buddy for free and start taking control of your digital habits today. Want to know more and see what's coming next? Check out BB at https://burnoutbuddy.io! Questions or feedback? You can reach out to us on Twitter at @BurnoutBuddy.

About

Curiosity Quench

This app helps you reduce endless scrolling and reclaim your time. It guides you to discover and act on your interests with personalized plans, curated content, and actionable steps. Spend less time on your phone and more time doing what you love.

Highlights
  • Discover interests
  • Save topics
  • Generate action plans
  • Curated videos and articles
  • Follow through with steps
  • Reduce screen time
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Replace your screen time with life time. Bye bye endless scrolling, hello Curiosity Quench: Built to help you scroll less and do more of the things you actually enjoy. Discover what you love doing and do it using our custom curated, actionable plans for YOUR unique curiosities and interests. - Explore and find what interests you - Save the topic(s) that peak your curiosity - Generate a curated plan to help you take ACTION - Watch videos and read articles that were hand selected for you - Do the thing: follow the steps and watch content curated to help you follow through. - Do more of the things that you actually enjoy and forget about checking your phone 24/7 - Reduce screen time and scroll less in the process. Scroll less, live more. Terms of use and service: https://www.curiosityquench.com/tos READY TO QUENCH?

Screenshots

BB4 screens
Curiosity Quench4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BB at 90% against Curiosity Quench's 49%. BB also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4). Curiosity Quench's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BB sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Curiosity Quench sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 402 and 210 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of BB's written reviews are positive against 49% of Curiosity Quench's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BB ships an update every 3 weeks, Curiosity Quench weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BB versus Curiosity Quench: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBBCuriosity Quench
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (402 ratings) — better4.4 (210 ratings)
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews — better49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings402 — better210
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBruno da Rocha e Silvajack ingram

Customer experience

BB

All ratings391 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative7.5%

Curiosity Quench

All ratings210 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral14.5%
Negative36.2%

User reviews

BB

From 402 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Intuitive and effective
  • 🔒 Strict mode makes it hard to bypass
  • 💰 Reasonable one-time purchase
  • 🕰️ Helpful scheduling and time management features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Difficulty customizing strict mode
  • 🔒 Lack of password protection for settings

Curiosity Quench

From 210 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app, clean UI
  • 👍 Really enjoyed using the app
  • 👍 Beautiful UI
  • 👍 Helps to focus on more meaningful aspects of life
  • 👍 Absolutely love the idea and how it's so encouraging

Room to improve

  • 💰 Cool concept, but requires paid subscription
  • 💰 a good portion of interests are locked behind a paywall
  • 💰 Requires paid subscription
  • 💰 I can't go any further without some payment or use one feature for a day
  • 💰 Constantly brings up the subscription page to try to get you to sign up

Bugs and requests

BB

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Schemas not working as expected
  • Inconsistent app/website blocking behavior
  • Crashes and function-limiting bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to pause schemas for a set time
  • Implement screen time tracking and analytics
  • Provide ability to block Safari and other browsers
  • Add warning before app/website gets blocked
  • Sync schemas across devices

Curiosity Quench

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Honestly really cool app, but the swipe right just doesn't seem to work
  • Mine keeps saying that it'll give me a credit every 20 hours but it isn't
  • The custom video generation doesn't work
  • When setting up the app, I scrolled for so long trying to find anything related to motorsports in general, and anything motorsport related I have to pay for
  • It gets you stuck there and I couldn't tap the button or anything to get past and had to reload the app

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add skateboarding to the list of interests
  • Add filters when generating a plan like a free filter or an at home filter or a filter for activities with friends

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BB

One-time5
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Burnout Buddy Pro$9.99
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  • Super Tip$9.99
  • Supreme Tip$19.99
9 purchases

Curiosity Quench

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Premium 2$2.991 Month
  • Premium Access$3.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • 3 Month Premium$9.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Quench Credits$0.99
  • 99 Quench Credits$3.99
  • Lifetime Premium$44.99

Questions

Is BB free?
BB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Curiosity Quench free?
Curiosity Quench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BB or Curiosity Quench?
BB is rated higher. BB averages 4.9 out of 5 from 402 ratings, while Curiosity Quench averages 4.4 from 210 ratings.
Do BB or Curiosity Quench have ads?
Neither BB nor Curiosity Quench shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BB or Curiosity Quench?
BB ships an update every 3 weeks, and Curiosity Quench weekly. Most recently, BB was updated on October 23, 2026 and Curiosity Quench on November 2, 2026.

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