Comparison

Nurture Connections vs Screen Time

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

Head to head
About

Nurture Connections

Manage your personal and professional relationships by setting reminders to connect. Capture key details about people to strengthen bonds and remember important information.

Highlights
  • Set catch-up intervals for contacts
  • Manage close and extended networks
  • Capture personal details and interests
  • Remember important dates and facts
  • Strengthen relationships
Features
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Nurture helps you manage your connections so you don't have to. Set desired catch up intervals with people in your close or extended network to maintain stronger relationships and capture important details such as important dates, interests or small facts about people you care about the most.

About

Screen Time

This app promotes mindful screen time by tracking usage and providing gentle nudges when sessions end, rather than outright blocking. It helps users understand their habits and make conscious choices about their digital engagement.

Highlights
  • Session-based time tracking
  • Automatic start and stop timers
  • Gentle nudges, not hard blocks
  • Guilt-free timer snoozing
  • Detailed usage statistics
  • Customizable session lengths and daily goals
Features
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Blocking apps sound good in theory. In practice, you turn them off the moment they get in the way, and then feel worse about it. Break Check brings your screen time down without blocking a thing. You see how long you have been going, get a nudge when your time is up, and decide what happens next. No locked screens, no workarounds, no shame spiral. TRACK ANY HABIT, NOT JUST SCREEN TIME Doomscrolling, binge watching, gaming, the gym, shopping, reading, a bathroom break that got away from you. If you can start it and stop it, you can put it on a timer. SET A DAILY GOAL Give a habit a daily limit. Stay under it and the day counts as a win. Every day you meet your goal adds to your streak. NO HARD CUTOFFS When your time is up you get a gentle notification and the timer keeps counting, so you always know where you stand. Need longer? Add a few minutes with one tap. OR A REAL ALARM For a habit that needs a firmer stop, end the session with a full alarm instead. It gets through silent mode and Focus. NOTHING TO FORGET Timers can start and stop on their own: when you open an app, when you arrive somewhere, or at a time you pick each night. Your social apps can run their own timer. The gym one starts when you walk in. Setup takes about a minute. CONTROL IT FROM ANYWHERE A running timer sits in your Dynamic Island, Notification Center and Lock Screen, so you can check it or pause it without opening anything. Start one from Control Center, your Action Button, or a Home Screen widget. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES Watch each day add up, spot your patterns, and see how close you are to your goal. Your time is kept as real sessions rather than one daily total, so you can find the hour you did not know you were spending. LIFE HAPPENS Waiting at the doctor? Long train ride? Some phone time should not count. Snooze every timer at once and take a guilt free break. No streak broken, no pressure. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Nothing to sign up for, ever. Break Check never asks for Screen Time access and never sees which apps you open, only the timers you start. Your habits sync through your own iCloud and are never collected or sold. YOUR FIRST TIMER IS ALWAYS FREE Not a trial. Track one habit for as long as you like, at no cost. Unlimited adds the rest: a timer for every habit, full alarm alerts, and the button that snoozes them all. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase that is yours forever. Privacy Policy: https://codewerm.com/breakcheck/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nurture Connections4 screens
Screen Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nurture Connections at 5.0 against Screen Time's 4.3. Nurture Connections also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Screen Time's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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. Screen Time sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Nurture Connections asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nurture Connections holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Time has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nurture Connections ships an update every 11 days, Screen Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nurture Connections versus Screen Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNurture ConnectionsScreen Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick NikoletichCodeWerm LLC

Customer experience

Nurture Connections

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Time

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nurture Connections

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Screen Time

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited Yearly Early Adopter$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$11.901 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Nurture Connections free?
Nurture Connections is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Time free?
Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nurture Connections or Screen Time?
Nurture Connections is rated higher. Nurture Connections averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Screen Time averages 4.3 from 13 ratings.
Do Nurture Connections or Screen Time have ads?
Neither Nurture Connections nor Screen Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nurture Connections or Screen Time?
Nurture Connections ships an update every 11 days, and Screen Time weekly. Most recently, Nurture Connections was updated on November 4, 2026 and Screen Time on October 30, 2026.

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