Comparison

Curiosity Quench vs Beffore

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

Beffore

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Beffore puts your tasks before your screen time. Choose the apps you want to keep in check, set a daily limit, and Screen Time keeps them locked until you've finished your tasks. Get the things that matter done first, then enjoy your apps. How it works 1. Add your tasks for the day. 2. Choose the apps to lock and how much time you want each day. 3. Finish your tasks and unlock your screen time. Your time, earned Beffore doesn't ask you to give up the apps you enjoy. It gives you a reason to do what matters first. Beffore keeps you on track without trapping you. When you really need an app, unlock it for 5 minutes right where it's locked, or open the whole limit until midnight. No lectures, no guilt. Build days you're proud of Watch every finished day light up your month, keep a streak going, and see how your habits change week by week. Nothing planned? That's okay. On days with no tasks, your apps stay open. Beffore rewards you for doing what you planned, not for always being productive. Private by design No account required. Your tasks and Screen Time data stay on your iPhone. Anonymous usage stats and crash reports help us improve Beffore, and you can turn them off in the app. Subscription Beffore requires a subscription after setup: yearly, with a 3-day free trial, or weekly, with no trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.beffore.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.beffore.app/privacy

Screenshots

Curiosity Quench4 screens
Beffore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beffore at every 3 days against Curiosity Quench's weekly. Curiosity Quench's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 Beffore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curiosity Quench ships an update weekly, Beffore every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Curiosity Quench versus Beffore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuriosity QuenchBeffore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (210 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings210 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjack ingramMarcel Cruz

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

Beffore

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
2 purchases

Beffore

Subscriptions2
  • Beffore Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Beffore Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Curiosity Quench free?
Curiosity Quench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beffore free?
Beffore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Curiosity Quench or Beffore have ads?
Neither Curiosity Quench nor Beffore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curiosity Quench or Beffore?
Curiosity Quench ships an update weekly, and Beffore every 3 days. Most recently, Curiosity Quench was updated on November 4, 2026 and Beffore on November 6, 2026.

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