Comparison

Screen Time Limit vs Digital Detox

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time Limit

This app helps you improve focus and manage screen time by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers features for self-control and parental monitoring to create a more productive digital environment.

Highlights
  • App blocking
  • Website blocking
  • Focus mode
  • Study timer
  • Parental controls
  • Screen time tracking
Features
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"Screen Time Limit" is a revolutionary app specifically designed to improve your focus, manage your time efficiently, and control your screen time. As the ultimate app blocker, it empowers you to block apps and sites causing distraction, thereby transforming your phone screen into a focus tool. Time management is the cornerstone of productivity, and "Screen Time Limit" understands it all too well. With time blocking capabilities, this app facilitates a disciplined regime where you decide your app time limit. Get rid of all the distractions, stay focused, and use the focus timer to stay on task. Want the limits to stick? Lock the settings with a PIN so they can't be changed without it. Great for kids, too: use it as a parental control by setting it up on your child's iPhone or iPad and locking it with a PIN, so blocked apps, websites, schedules, and daily time limits can't be changed without you. "Screen Time Limit" is not just about blocking apps, but it also offers a robust website blocker, blocking any site that you deem unnecessary. Be it games, shopping, or social media, our site blocker has you covered. The app blocker free feature allows you to establish self-control over your digital life. The screen time control aids in fighting off procrastination, making you more productive. Set daily time limits and schedules for your apps, and maintain a healthy balance between work and relaxation. Our app's social media blocker feature enables you to curb your digital consumption, providing you with time away from your phone that you can utilize for other essential tasks. With "Screen Time Limit," you can beat the addiction to your phone screen and enhance your productivity. "Screen Time Limit" also lets you block distracting or unwanted websites, ensuring a safe and controlled digital environment for all users. Stay in charge, avoid distractions, manage your time, and enjoy a focused life with "Screen Time Limit." Your path to self-control, productivity, and a distraction-free life starts here. Download "Screen Time Limit" today and take the first step towards a more focused and productive life. Privacy Policy: https://www.salixlabs.com/privacy/app-blocker Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Digital Detox

This app helps users break free from mobile dependency by setting tasks, rewards, and usage limits for apps. It offers various modes to foster healthy screen habits, track progress, and establish digital discipline for a balanced lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Task and reward system for healthy habits
  • App usage time limits
  • Focus and limit modes
  • Scheduled daily plans
  • App blacklisting and whitelisting
  • Disable in-app purchases
  • Password protection and anti-cheat
Features
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Your phone should support your life—not pull you away from it. Digital Detox helps you create more space for studying, deep work, rest, and sleep. Set clearer boundaries around the apps and websites that distract you, then build routines that make focus easier to protect. STUDY FIRST, PLAY LATER Set a task before entertainment apps become available. Finish a study goal, reading session, or planned task, then return to the apps you enjoy. Task Mode helps turn intention into a simple routine instead of relying on willpower alone. FOCUS WHEN IT MATTERS Set screen-time limits for selected apps, block distracting apps and websites, and choose Focus or Limit Mode for the moment. Build allow lists for what you need and block lists for what you want to avoid. MAKE HABITS STICK Schedule rules for study sessions, work hours, bedtime, meals, or breaks. Password protection helps keep your settings in place when motivation is low. FOR FAMILIES Set healthier device boundaries together and restrict in-app purchases for children. Digital Detox is not about using your phone less at all costs. It is about using it with more intention—so you have more time for what matters. SUBSCRIPTION Digital Detox offers “Digital Detox Pro” subscriptions: $2.99/week or $19.99/year (U.S. pricing) Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your iTunes account. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in iTunes Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wiEsLW4YOGxSyU_kAUfqdJ_RwieeO-3bgE8tylpH_Z4/edit#heading=h.dz3gkposgr3r Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W3rpOp2RgzDLz_iKIAfcoUR9dnL3JvgdpO28kYVdd0g/edit#heading=h.8kf8hyi7csob

Screenshots

Screen Time Limit4 screens
Digital Detox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Screen Time Limit and Digital Detox are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Screen Time Limit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Digital Detox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Screen Time Limit against 4.5 for Digital Detox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Screen Time Limit's written reviews are positive against 64% of Digital Detox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Limit ships an update fortnightly, Digital Detox every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Screen Time Limit versus Digital Detox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time LimitDigital Detox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (43 ratings)4.5 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better15
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalix Labs LLCSihoooo Network Technology Co Ltd

Customer experience

Screen Time Limit

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%

Digital Detox

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Screen Time Limit

Subscriptions6
  • Parental Control Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Parental Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
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  • 50% Discount$14.991 Year
  • 20% Discount$19.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Digital Detox

Subscriptions2
  • App Nanny Pro$2.997 Days
  • App Nanny Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Screen Time Limit free?
Screen Time Limit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digital Detox free?
Digital Detox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Screen Time Limit or Digital Detox?
Digital Detox is rated higher. Screen Time Limit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Digital Detox averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do Screen Time Limit or Digital Detox have ads?
Neither Screen Time Limit nor Digital Detox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Limit or Digital Detox?
Screen Time Limit ships an update fortnightly, and Digital Detox every 3 weeks. Most recently, Screen Time Limit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Digital Detox on November 4, 2026.

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