Barrier vs Screen Time Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barrier
This app helps you break free from social media distractions by blocking access to social apps. It encourages healthier digital habits by requiring users to watch an ad or wait before accessing them, promoting mindful usage and digital wellness.
- Block social media apps
- Limit app access
- Promote healthier digital habits
- Incentivize reduced scrolling
- Digital wellness assistant
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Are you tired of wasting precious hours scrolling through social media apps? Do you want to break free from the cycle of constant distractions? Barrier is here to help. Our app acts as a blocker for social media apps, limiting your access and promoting healthier digital habits. With Barrier, you can only open your social media apps if you watch an ad or wait our 30 second load times, creating an incentive to reduce the amount of time you spend scrolling mindlessly. But Barrier is more than just a blocker. It's a digital wellness assistant, helping you take control of your digital life Don't let social media control your life. Take back control with Barrier!
Screen Time Tracker
This app helps you reduce unproductive screen time by blocking distracting apps and websites. It provides visual charts of your usage and allows you to filter out essential productive applications. Keep your data private and track your progress over time.
- Block unproductive apps and websites
- Filter productive apps
- Visualize screen time with charts
- Track usage progress
- See app time consumption
- Private data storage
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Your new screen time companion to stop using unproductive apps and block distracting websites. Completely free with no ads or in-app purchases. KEY FEATURES Some apps are productive! Filter them out to help you decrease your unproductive screen time. Apple’s default app blocker is too easy to override! Choose apps and websites to block completely. Visualise your screen time on beautiful, interactive charts. Review your screen time usage progress over last four weeks. See exactly which apps consume your time. All your screen time data is kept completely private and only visible to you - not even the developer. PERFECT FOR STUDENTS - Allow productive study apps and block entertainment and social media PROFESSIONALS - track your work vs personal device usage ANYONE who wants to decrease the amount of time they spend on their device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barrier at 4.7 against Screen Time Tracker's 3.3. Barrier also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (308 vs 3). Screen Time Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barrier holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barrier has 308 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Barrier's written reviews are positive against 100% of Screen Time Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Barrier ships an update fortnightly, Screen Time Tracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrier | Screen Time Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (308 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 308 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haplo, LLC | Jack Finnis |
Customer experience
Barrier
Screen Time Tracker
In-app purchases
Barrier
No in-app purchases
Screen Time Tracker
No in-app purchases
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