BB vs Boost Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Fight social media addiction
- Reduce screen time
- Multiple blocking mechanisms
- Schedule-based blocking
- Usage-based blocking
- Strict Mode
- Customizable blocking
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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.
Boost Focus Timer
Enhance your productivity with a customizable focus timer and habit tracker. Utilize a proactive AI agent to assist with goals and tasks. This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools to help you stay organized and achieve your objectives.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Habit tracking
- Goal setting
- Proactive AI agent assistance
- Fully customizable productivity tools
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Start focus sessions, track habits, goals, and get help from proactive AI -- fully customizable productivity app, just ask the AI agent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BB at none against Boost Focus Timer's shown. BB also leads on ratings volume (391 vs 2). Boost Focus Timer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. BB sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Boost Focus Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BB against 5.0 for Boost Focus Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BB has 391 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of BB's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boost Focus Timer's.
BB ships an update every 3 weeks, Boost Focus Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BB | Boost Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (391 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 391 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruno da Rocha e Silva | Jacob Beauchamp |
Customer experience
BB
Boost Focus Timer
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
Boost Focus Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BB
- 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
Boost Focus Timer
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Rocket Timer Animation$2.99
- Battery Timer Animation$2.99
