Comparison

Curiosity Quench vs dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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?

About

dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"

Features
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DHUMB sends brutally honest push notifications to interrupt your doom scroll habit. Your thumb is having a crisis. It opened Instagram again. It knows about the TikTok rabbit hole from last night. It’s tired, it’s judgmental, and it now has a face. DHUMB is a screen time intervention app for people who already know they scroll too much — and don’t need another polite wellness coach pretending a breathing exercise will fix it. Instead of locking you out, DHUMB watches the distracting apps you choose, tracks your screen time patterns, and sends brutally honest reminders when your scrolling crosses the line. What DHUMB does: — Tracks selected distracting apps and scroll habits — Sends optional intervention notifications after you pass your screen time limits — Shows your screen time stats through the lens of one deeply disappointed thumb — Turns wasted attention into reports, receipts, and uncomfortable little reality checks DHUMB is subscription-based. App monitoring, screen time stats, intervention notifications, and reports require an active subscription or lifetime purchase. Who it’s for: You’ve tried Apple’s built-in Screen Time settings. You turned them off within a week. You’ve downloaded blockers, timers, and app locks, then found a way around them because apparently that’s who we are now. DHUMB doesn’t block you. It doesn’t lock your apps. It doesn’t pretend shame is a productivity system. It shows up after your scrolling has already gone too far — right when the pattern is hardest to ignore. Subscription options: DHUMB offers weekly, annual, and lifetime access options. Payment gives you access to the app’s screen time monitoring, stats, reports, and optional intervention notifications. Why it works: Blockers try to stop you before you scroll. Then you bypass them, disable them, or convince yourself this one time doesn’t count. DHUMB works differently. It creates awareness while the habit is happening. When you cross your own screen time limits, DHUMB interrupts the autopilot with a small, uncomfortable reality check — enough to make you notice what you’re doing, without locking you out of your phone. No locks. No timers. No streaks. Just your screen time, unfortunately observed. Get dhumb or stay dhumb. Privacy policy: https://www.getdhumb.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://www.getdhumb.com/terms-of-use/ Support: Contact us on hey@getdhumb.com

Screenshots

Curiosity Quench4 screens
dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Curiosity Quench at none against dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"'s shown. Curiosity Quench also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Curiosity Quench sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK" sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Curiosity Quench versus dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK": the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuriosity Quenchdhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (210 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings210 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB25 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerjack ingramBrainmedia

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

dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Curiosity Quench

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time3
  • 10 Quench Credits$0.99
  • 99 Quench Credits$3.99
  • Lifetime Premium$44.99
5 purchases

dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK"

Subscriptions4
  • DHUMB Weekly$5.997 Days
  • DHUMB 3 Months$19.993 Months
  • DHUMB Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • DHUMB Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • DHUMB Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Curiosity Quench free?
Curiosity Quench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK" free?
dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK" is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Curiosity Quench or dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK" have ads?
dhumb "scReen TiME & App LoCK" shows ads; Curiosity Quench does not.

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