Comparison

Run Your Time vs VerifyHabit

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

Head to head
About

Run Your Time

This app allows you to unlock screen time on distracting applications by completing workouts. It integrates with Apple Health to track your exercise, and the duration of your workout determines how much time you gain back on your chosen apps. Features require a subscription.

Highlights
  • Limit distracting apps
  • Complete workouts
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Earn screen time based on exercise
  • App blocker functionality
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Can't put your phone down? Run Your Time makes screen time something you earn. The app blocks your most distracting apps until you exercise. Work out for ten minutes, and you unlock ten minutes of screen time — one minute of activity for every minute on your phone. Run Your Time is a subscription app and begins with a free trial. If it isn't the right fit, you can cancel anytime in Settings. HOW IT WORKS Choose the apps you want blocked, such as social media or games. Complete a workout using any fitness app that syncs with Apple Health — Strava, Nike Run Club, Peloton, and Apple Watch workouts all count. Open Run Your Time, and your exercise minutes convert into screen time. When your time is up, your apps lock again automatically. WHAT'S INCLUDED Block unlimited apps, enforced by real iOS Screen Time Earn screen time from any workout and any fitness app Bank your earned time throughout the week and redeem it anytime through midnight Saturday Set a custom exchange rate, such as one minute of exercise for two minutes of screen time Pause a session and save the remaining time for later Track a live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen STAY HONEST Ask a friend or partner to set the passcode. Without it, you can't unblock your apps or change the rules — real accountability, not a setting you can quietly switch off. Your health data never leaves your device. The app reads only your workout duration to credit your screen time. Terms of Service: https://garretteledui.wixsite.com/run-your-time-app/eula Privacy Policy: https://garretteledui.wixsite.com/run-your-time-app/privacy

About

VerifyHabit

Features
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VerifyHabit only counts habits it can verify. No checkboxes, no honor system — your iPhone and your health data are the witness. Any tracker that syncs to Apple Health counts: Apple Watch, Garmin, WHOOP, Oura. WHAT COUNTS · Up and moving by your alarm — dismissed by getting up, confirmed by motion · Awake on time — your sleep data is the witness; any alarm counts · Workout, run or ride — duration, distance and heart rate from your tracker · Screen time — stay under your morning limit, verified by iOS itself · Ship code — commits pushed to GitHub, on any branch; private repositories included, and your code is never read · Steps, sleep, mindfulness, weigh-ins, daylight, stand hours, exercise minutes, flights — read from Health If a signal isn't there, the habit honestly shows as unverifiable. VerifyHabit never fakes a green check — a calibrated "can't confirm" beats a false "done". YOUR CONSISTENCY SETS YOUR PRICE The first week is free. After that it's $4.99/month (or your local equivalent), and from month two, your weekly verified consistency earns your rate down the ladder — $2.99, $1.99, or $0.99 for the next month. Nothing to claim, only what you prove. Miss a week, and the price climbs back. It's a membership you re-earn — like a gym that gets cheaper the more you actually show up. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows what's left today and where the week stands — with complications for every face, Smart Stack included. BUILT PAPER-FIRST A calm, ledger-style interface. No confetti, no streak-shaming, no ads, no third-party analytics. Your raw health data never leaves your device — only verified/missed outcomes sync, to score your week. THE DETAILS · Membership: $4.99/month (local pricing applies), auto-renews until canceled · Earned discounts apply as one-cycle offers, re-earned weekly · Up to two rest days a week are excluded from scoring · Cancel anytime in App Store settings · Delete your account (and all server data) directly in the app Terms: https://verifyhabit.com/terms Privacy: https://verifyhabit.com/privacy

Screenshots

Run Your Time4 screens
VerifyHabit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Run Your Time at 17.2 against VerifyHabit's 26.1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Run Your Time sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and VerifyHabit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Run Your Time versus VerifyHabit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun Your TimeVerifyHabit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDining Decider LLCPeter Buchlak

Bugs and requests

Run Your Time

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App stops blocking selected apps randomly
  • Syncing fails with fitness trackers (Garmin, Strava, Fitbit, Apple Health)
  • Date format confusion causing incorrect workout dates
  • Timer glitches and displays wrong remaining time
  • Cannot pause or unpause sessions despite premium subscription
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  • App crashes after premium subscription purchase
  • Minute count resets unexpectedly after new workouts
  • Session already used error when session wasn't started
  • Apps remain accessible despite time limit reached
  • Unblocks apps at same time daily regardless of workouts
  • Doesn't recognize Apple Watch workouts
  • Incompatible with certain fitness trackers (Coros)
  • Doesn't work with YouTube
  • Deleting app causes screen time data corruption

Requested features

12 requests
  • 24-hour redemption window for workout time instead of daily reset
  • Ability to pause screen time without premium subscription
  • Auto-pause when closing social media apps
  • Customizable workout-to-screen-time conversion ratio
  • Widget or live notification for remaining time
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  • Scheduling feature for time-based blocking
  • Support for website blocking
  • Ability to change linked fitness tracking app
  • Starting day with preset screen time instead of zero
  • Lifetime subscription option
  • Custom daily exercise goal thresholds
  • Rounding up time instead of showing seconds

VerifyHabit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Run Your Time

Subscriptions5
  • Run Your Time Premium$4.991 Month
  • RYT Premium: Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Run Your Time Premium: Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Run Your Time Premium: Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Run Your Time Premium: Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
1 purchases

VerifyHabit

Subscriptions1
  • VerifyHabit Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Run Your Time free?
Run Your Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VerifyHabit free?
VerifyHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Run Your Time or VerifyHabit have ads?
Neither Run Your Time nor VerifyHabit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run Your Time or VerifyHabit?
Run Your Time ships an update weekly, and VerifyHabit weekly. Most recently, Run Your Time was updated on October 30, 2026 and VerifyHabit on November 5, 2026.

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