Mobile Less vs unscroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Less
This app helps you manage your smartphone usage by setting app time limits, receiving attention reminders, and implementing location-based restrictions. It aims to reduce distractions and foster a more focused digital life.
- Set daily app usage limits
- Receive attention reminders
- Smart location-based restrictions
- Opening delay for impulse breaking
- Effortless app blocking
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Blocks that actually hold. No "Ignore Limit." No "15 more minutes." You open Instagram "for a second" and half the evening is gone. With Apple's Screen Time, one tap skips the limit. With Mobile Less, when an app is blocked, it doesn't open. Period. Try everything free for 14 days. No card, no automatic charges. "The only app that really blocks apps. You can't snooze it or change it." — App Store review (translated from Spanish) HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that steal your day. 2. Decide how and when they're limited. 3. When it's time, they don't open. No negotiating. CHOOSE HOW TO LIMIT EACH APP — Instant block — Lock an app right now for as long as you choose. There's no way to undo it early — that's the point. — Scheduled blocks — Group apps into profiles (Work, Study, Night…) and schedule them by time and day. They switch on by themselves. — Daily time limit — 30 minutes of TikTok a day, not one more. When it's up, it's blocked until tomorrow. — Intervals — Use it for 15 minutes, then it locks for 30. On repeat, all day. Great for studying without going fully offline. — Pause before opening — A 5 to 60 second wait before the app opens. Usually that's all it takes to change your mind. — Time reminder — A nudge every so often while you're inside an app. It doesn't block — it just keeps scrolling from quietly eating your evening. INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE, WITHOUT THE ADDICTIVE PART Open them in distraction-free mode inside Mobile Less: no Reels, no Shorts, no Explore, no endless feed. Messages and search still work. A MINIMALIST HOME SCREEN A widget with your essential apps as a plain text list. No colorful icons, no red badges calling you. WHO IT'S FOR • Students who need three hours in a row without their phone. • People who work from their phone and can't just delete Instagram. • Anyone who has tried other blockers and skipped them in two taps. Made by an independent developer, built on Apple's Screen Time. Available in 12 languages. Less screen. More life. After the trial, keep using the basic version for free, or unlock everything with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Cancel anytime from your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
unscroll
This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking distracting applications and replacing them with curated articles, video essays, and podcasts. It allows you to set custom blocking schedules and provides an offline reader with no ads or popups. You can also listen to articles as audio and track your progress in taking back your scrolling time.
- Block distracting apps
- Focus sessions with timers
- Custom blocking schedules
- Curated articles, videos, podcasts
- Offline reader with no ads
- Article to audio playback
- Track reclaimed time
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unscroll blocks the apps that steal your time and replaces them with curated articles, video essays, and podcasts. Same impulse, better outcome. How it works 1. Pick the apps you want to block 2. Open a blocked app — a shield appears 3. Tap "Send me something to read" — get a curated article instantly What you get • Block distracting apps with iOS Screen Time • Focus sessions with timers and intentions • Custom blocking schedules (work hours, evenings, always-on) • Curated articles, videos, and podcasts • Clean offline reader — no ads, no popups • Listen to any article as audio • Read YouTube videos as text transcripts • Translate articles into 30+ languages • Create and share collections with a code • Track your progress and reclaimed time Why unscroll is different Other apps just block your phone and leave you staring at a wall. unscroll gives you something better to do. You still pick up your phone — but now you read, learn, and grow instead of scrolling. The numbers don't lie The average person scrolls 3+ hours a day. That's over 1,000 hours a year. Enough to read 170 books. Learn a new skill. Finish 25 online courses. unscroll helps you take that time back. Subscription unscroll requires an active subscription. Plans start with a free trial so you can explore everything risk-free. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://unscrollread.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://unscrollread.com/privacy Support: support@unscrollread.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mobile Less at 50% against unscroll's 0%. Mobile Less also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). unscroll's advantage is ratings volume (133 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Mobile Less sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and unscroll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mobile Less holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: unscroll has 133 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Mobile Less's written reviews are positive against 0% of unscroll's.
Mobile Less ships an update every 2 weeks, unscroll every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Less | unscroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (133 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 133 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Carlos Pumar Jimenez | Titun LLC |
Customer experience
Mobile Less
unscroll
In-app purchases
Mobile Less
- 1 Month subscriptions$2.991 Month
- 1 Month subscriptions$4.991 Month
- 12 Month subscriptions$17.991 Year
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- 12 Month subscriptions$24.491 Year
- Lifetime purchase$22.99
- Lifetime purchase$38.99
unscroll
- unscroll+ (weekly)$4.997 Days
- unscroll+ (monthly)$9.991 Month
- unscroll+ (yearly)$34.991 Year
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- unscroll+ (yearly)3 Days trial$59.991 Year









