TimeCap vs Instarot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeCap
Take control of your social media usage by setting time budgets and browsing distraction-free. This app consolidates multiple social platforms into one interface, allowing you to hide distracting content like Reels and Explore pages.
- Set social media time budgets
- Distraction-free browsing
- Supports Instagram, X, YouTube, Reddit
- Hide Reels, Shorts, For You Page
- Consolidate social media in one app
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TimeCap helps you take control of your social media time with ease. Here is what you will get with TimeCap: - Set up a time budget for social media. - Browse social media distraction-free, currently supporting Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, and Reddit. You can hide Reels, Shorts, For You Page, Explore Page, and much more! - Use all social media in a single app. Note: TimeCap removes Reels and other distractions only when you browse through TimeCap itself, not on the official social media apps. Terms of Use: https://antoniodesigns.notion.site/Terms-of-Services-1bc2d87eddf8807e833af7e47a4a91de?pvs=4
Instarot
This app enhances your social media experience by removing distracting content like Reels and Shorts. It also filters out unwanted videos from YouTube based on keywords, focusing on topics like war, politics, and clickbait.
- Removes Instagram Reels
- Removes YouTube Shorts
- Removes YouTube comments
- Filters YouTube videos by keyword
- Filters negative content
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Instagram and YouTube, minus the parts built to keep you scrolling. Instarot opens both sites in one clean app and removes: • Instagram Reels: the Reels tab, reels in your feed, reels in Explore • YouTube Shorts: the Shorts shelf, the Shorts tab, Shorts in search • YouTube comments and live chat • Any YouTube video whose title matches your keyword list. It ships with a clickbait and rage-bait list you can edit. Everything else works: your feed, stories, messages, posting, search, subscriptions and playback. Big floating play, speed and full-screen buttons sit on every video. Dark mode included. No account. No tracking. Instarot adds no ads of its own; YouTube and Instagram still show theirs. Instarot has no server and collects nothing; it runs entirely on your phone. It is free, with an optional tip jar if it helps you. Why not a Safari extension? Extensions only change Safari, and the Instagram and YouTube apps stay one tap away. Instarot is its own focused app with two tabs, so there is nowhere to drift. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://oosamarketing.com/resources/tools/instarot/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instarot at 4.8 against TimeCap's 3.5. Instarot also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). TimeCap's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 4). 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. TimeCap sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Instarot sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Instarot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of TimeCap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Instarot's.
TimeCap ships an update every 2 weeks, Instarot weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeCap | Instarot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Antonio Ferrara | Michael Simon |
Customer experience
TimeCap
Instarot
In-app purchases
TimeCap
- TimeCap Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- TimeCap Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Pro Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- TimeCap Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Instarot
- Coffee$4.991 Month
- Coffee & Croissant$10.991 Month
- Coffee, Latte & Muffin$19.991 Month
- Coffee$0.99
- Lunch$2.99
- Dinner$4.99
