StepBloc vs Strawbie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepBloc
This app helps you reduce screen time by requiring physical activity to unlock distracting apps. Earn your app access by completing workouts like push-ups, squats, or reaching step goals. Take control of your digital habits and improve your health simultaneously.
- Earn app access through push-ups, squats, or steps
- Block distracting apps until goals are met
- App blocking scheduler
- Set daily usage limits
- Track focus minutes
- Digital habit insights and reports
- HealthKit integration for step tracking
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StepBloc lets you earn your screen time by doing Push-ups, Squats and other workouts. For example, you need to do 10 push-ups to use instagram for 10 mins. Just follow 3 simple steps: +Choose the distracting apps. +Set your goal (Push-ups, Squats, or Steps). +Move! Apps stay blocked until your goal is hit. Why should you download StepBloc? + Control how much time you spend on distracting apps. + Reduce your screen time. + Stay healthy by staying active. + Reclaim your focus. Key Features: + Steps to unblock: Distracted apps are blocked unless you completed required number of steps. + Push-Ups to unblock: Distracted apps are blocked unless you completed required number of Push-Ups. + Squats to unblock: Distracted apps are blocked unless you completed required number of Squats. + App Blocking Scheduler: Set specific times to block distracting apps, ensuring uninterrupted focus during work, study, or leisure time. + Usage Limits: Define daily usage limits for your distracted apps. + Focus Tracker: Measure your daily focus minutes and block distracting apps until you complete your focus minute target. + Insights: Gain valuable insights into your digital habits with detailed analytics and reports. + Secure and Private: Rest assured that your data is safe with StepBloc. All of your data stays in the device. Take control of your digital distractions, reclaim your focus, and unlock your full potential with StepBloc. Download now and experience the transformative power of mindful device management! The Monthly Pass Subscribe to monthly pass to get unlimited access to blocks. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - When you cancel a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. - While cancelling, Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded By using the app, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: Terms: https://hamsters.tech/stepbloc-t-c Privacy: https://hamsters.tech/stepbloc-privacy-policy HealthKit Integration: StepBloc accesses your step count data from HealthKit to incentivize healthy habits. By linking your daily step count with app usage, StepBloc rewards you with app access based on your physical activity level. This integration encourages movement and ensures that you strike a balance between screen time and physical wellness. Note: HealthKit data is used only if user decides to use Step Block as the blocking method in app.
Strawbie
This app is a cozy focus companion designed to make studying and productivity enjoyable. It combines a customizable Pomodoro timer, task management, ambient music, and AI-powered chat support to help users find their flow and achieve their goals. Earn rewards and unlock collectibles as you progress.
- Customizable Pomodoro timer
- Daily task list
- Ambient study music (Strawbie Radio)
- AI voice and text chat
- Streaks and rewards system
- Collectible items and customization
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Strawbie Strawbie is a focus companion designed to help you study, find your flow, and make getting things done feel fun and rewarding. Strawbie brings together personalized guidance, a customizable Pomodoro timer, a daily task list, chill music, voice and text chat, streaks, rewards, and collectibles in one cozy study space, on iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Macs. FREE AFTER YOUR FIRST SUBSCRIPTION Getting started requires a subscription. If you later cancel, Strawbie Radio (with ad breaks) and the focus timer stay free. Strawbie Radio Strawbie's original ambient music to study, focus, chill, or wind down to. Free listeners hear a short ad break every few songs. Focus Timer + Today's Flow Create a daily task list and use a customizable Pomodoro-style focus timer to move through focused sessions and breaks at your own pace. WITH A SUBSCRIPTION Strawbie offers an auto-renewable subscription with a 3-day free trial, followed by the selected monthly or yearly plan. Talk to Strawbie Have real-time voice conversations or text chat with Strawbie while you study. Ask for homework help, upload photos, organize what you need to do, or talk hands-free while you work. On iPhone, an active voice conversation can appear in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. A companion who remembers Strawbie can remember useful context between conversations, including things you're working on and preferences you've shared. Everything Strawbie remembers is viewable and deletable in Settings. Strawbie Rewards Earn Strawberries by finishing tasks, completing focus sessions, and keeping your daily streak, up to the daily maximum, plus a bonus at streak milestones. Spend them on charms, collectibles, rooms, and Featured Drops. On iPhone, eligible charms appear in the Dynamic Island, and everything you own lives in your Inventory. Ad-free Strawbie Radio Subscribers can listen to Strawbie Radio without ad breaks. GETTING IN An account is required. Users can sign in with Apple, Google, or email and password. Sign in with Apple is the fastest path and is automatically verified. A brand-new email/password account must confirm its email address before AI features unlock during the trial. SAFETY Strawbie has a minimum age of 13, enforced through an age gate at signup. Strawbie is an AI character, not a real person. Every conversation, text or voice, carries Strawbie's safety rules: no sexual content, and never any encouragement of self-harm. Crisis detection runs in the app, for both voice and text, and does not depend on the AI. When it triggers, Strawbie shows crisis resources for your region with one-tap call and text. Every Strawbie message can also be reported in-app. Strawbie is an AI focus companion, not a therapist, doctor, or crisis service, and companion chatbots may not be suitable for some minors. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Strawbie Premium — $12.99/month or $79.99/year 3-day free trial, then your selected plan. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://strawbie.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://strawbie.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Strawbie at 100% against StepBloc's 65%. Strawbie also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). StepBloc's advantage is ratings volume (493 vs 3). 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. StepBloc sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Strawbie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Strawbie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepBloc has 493 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of StepBloc's written reviews are positive against 100% of Strawbie's.
StepBloc ships an update weekly, Strawbie every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepBloc | Strawbie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (493 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 493 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hamsters Technology | Strawbie Inc |
Customer experience
StepBloc
Strawbie
Bugs and requests
StepBloc
Reported bugs
12 issues- Push-up counter can be cheated
- Squat counter can be cheated
- App keeps blocks after deletion
- Push-up system is faulty
- Squats not registered correctly
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- Screen time rate incorrect
- Analytics tab blank
- Freezes phone
- Push-up tracking measures face distance
- App still blocks after exercise
- Screen time shown is incorrect
- Lifetime unlock price high
Requested features
14 requests- Accumulate screen time
- Start day with screen time
- Reset banked steps daily
- Widget for progress tracking
- Macbook app
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- Nose detection mode
- More exercise options (sit-ups, pull-ups)
- Edit workouts for specific days
- Bank minutes/time
- Face-on push-up tracking
- Camera tracking for exercises
- Set multiple rules for exercise/time
- See time left until next exercise
- More free features
Strawbie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StepBloc
- Monthly Pass$3.991 Month
- Premium Pass7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
Strawbie
- Strawbie Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Strawbie Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year









