Comparison

501 Boylston vs Charge Screen Time

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

Head to head
About

501 Boylston

Features
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An all-in-one tool for your workday, the Nuveen Boston tenant experience platform allows you to book rooms, discover amenities, find your community, and so much more. Bring out the best in your workday, with Nuveen.

About

Charge Screen Time

This app provides a renewable screen time budget, allowing you to set limits on specific apps, websites, and categories. Once your budget is depleted, access is blocked until minutes drip back over a set interval.

Highlights
  • Renewable screen time budget
  • App and website limiting
  • Category-based restrictions
  • Customizable drip intervals
  • Blocks access when budget is zero
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Block distracting apps without the all-or-nothing cutoff. Charge gives any app or website you choose a charge of minutes, like a battery. Once you've used the useful portion of your scrolling, it blocks until you take a break! Most screen time limits are a wall: you hit it, you're locked out until tomorrow, so you switch the limit off. Charge works like a battery instead. Spend your charge when you need it and recharge every time you step away. Run out, and Charge blocks those apps with Apple's own Screen Time shield until you've recharged. HOW IT WORKS • Pick the apps, websites or categories that steal your time • Choose a preset (Lockdown, Limited, Restrained or Relaxed) or set your own • Your charge goes down while you use them; at zero they're blocked • Take a break from them and recharge, up to your max charge FEATURES • App blocker and website blocker built on Apple Screen Time. No VPN, no accessibility tricks • Earned breaks: time away from your apps recharges them • Multiple blocklists, each with its own charge, for social media, games, news, shopping or work email • Schedules: only count time during work hours, school or evenings • Always-block schedules for sleep, study or deep focus • Locked mode: a blocklist that's out of charge can't be edited, paused or deleted, so you can't talk yourself out of your own limits • Lock on low charge: lock your settings when you're running low, not just at zero • Low charge alerts before you run out • Mindful Launcher widget: open apps through a short breathing pause, count your pickups and cap how often you open them • Stats: see how many hours your apps stayed blocked and how much charge you never even needed • Break the Glass: once a day, unblock everything for 3 minutes when you really need it FOR DOOMSCROLLING, NOT FOR LIVING Charge is for the endless feeds, autoplay video and autopilot pickups, not for cutting off your whole phone. Reduce screen time, break the phone addiction loop and stay focused for work and study without deleting apps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Charge never sees the names of the apps you pick • Your blocklists and their charge stay on your iPhone • No account, no sign-up • Anonymous usage analytics only, with no personal information CHARGE PRO Charge is free with up to 3 blocklists, recommended presets, a low charge alert, Locked mode, Lock on low charge, the Mindful Launcher widget and Stats. Charge Pro adds more blocklists, custom charge settings, always-block schedules, up to 5 low charge alerts per blocklist and Break the Glass. Charge Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.chargescreentime.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

501 Boylston4 screens
Charge Screen Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 501 Boylston at none against Charge Screen Time's 1. 501 Boylston also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Charge Screen Time sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. 501 Boylston asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

501 Boylston ships an update fortnightly, Charge Screen Time every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
501 Boylston versus Charge Screen Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter501 BoylstonCharge Screen Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopercoveRoman Pisani

In-app purchases

None

501 Boylston

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Charge Screen Time

Subscriptions1
  • Charge Pro$5.991 Month

Questions

Is 501 Boylston free?
501 Boylston is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Charge Screen Time free?
Charge Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 501 Boylston or Charge Screen Time have ads?
Neither 501 Boylston nor Charge Screen Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 501 Boylston or Charge Screen Time?
501 Boylston ships an update fortnightly, and Charge Screen Time every 2 weeks. Most recently, 501 Boylston was updated on November 7, 2026 and Charge Screen Time on November 10, 2026.

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