Curiosity Quench vs SmartScroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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?
SmartScroll
Transform mindless scrolling into a learning experience with curated content. Break free from doomscrolling, strengthen attention, and discover fascinating facts daily. Designed for curious minds seeking better screen time habits.
- Break doomscrolling cycle
- Strengthen attention span
- Discover daily facts
- Curated enriching content
- Distraction-free interface
- Customizable themes
- Share discoveries
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Stop doomscrolling before another hour disappears. Most blockers just lock you out and get bypassed in seconds. SmartScroll is different: when your limit is reached on Tiktok, Reels, Shorts, or any endless feed, it interrupts the loop and replaces it with quick knowledge cards. Something better to do, right at the moment your brain wants "one more video." Why people use SmartScroll: - Interrupt doomscrolling before it spirals - Block TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and more after daily limits are reached - Replace mindless scrolling with bite-sized knowledge you’ll actually remember - Add friction when automatic scrolling takes over - Visualize wasted screen time with Life Grid - Build healthier phone habits without deleting social media Core features: - Automatic app blocking after your limits are reached - Smart interruption flow that breaks scrolling momentum - Bite-sized knowledge cards for quick, useful learning - Custom app limits and schedules - Life Grid to visualize time lost and time reclaimed SmartScroll is for people who: - Open social media without thinking - Lose an hour checking “one thing” - Feel mentally drained after short-form videos - Have tried timers, willpower, or basic blockers without success • Want healthier phone habits without quitting social media Your apps are not the problem. The automatic scrolling loop is. SmartScroll helps you break it. Download SmartScroll for free. Premium features require an in-app purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartScroll at 4.8 against Curiosity Quench's 4.4. Curiosity Quench's advantage is ratings volume (210 vs 6) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Curiosity Quench sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and SmartScroll sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SmartScroll holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Curiosity Quench has 210 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Curiosity Quench's written reviews are positive against 33% of SmartScroll's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Curiosity Quench ships an update weekly, SmartScroll every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curiosity Quench | SmartScroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (210 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jack ingram | Alperen Cerkez |
Customer experience
Curiosity Quench
SmartScroll
Bugs and requests
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
SmartScroll
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Curiosity Quench
- Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
- Monthly Premium 2$2.991 Month
- Premium Access$3.991 Month
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- 3 Month Premium$9.993 Months
- Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
- Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 10 Quench Credits$0.99
- 99 Quench Credits$3.99
- Lifetime Premium$44.99
SmartScroll
- SmartScroll Premium | Weekly$1.997 Days
- SmartScroll Premium | Monthly$4.991 Month
- SmartScroll Weekly Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Weekly Premium$9.997 Days
- Yearly Premium$24.991 Year
- SmartScroll Yearly Premium$24.991 Year
- SmartScroll Premium | Yearly$29.991 Year
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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