Jolt vs Screen Time Limit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jolt
This app helps you reduce screen time and build healthier phone habits by blocking distracting apps and setting usage limits. It offers personalized insights, focus sessions, and challenges to keep you motivated and in control of your device.
- Block distracting apps and websites
- Set daily duration and open limits for apps
- Focus sessions with optional breaks
- Customizable schedules and prebuilt templates
- Deep Focus Mode with non-bypassable timers
- Personalized habit insights and progress tracking
- Join global challenges and earn rewards
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You know exactly what you should be doing right now. So does your phone - and it's betting you'll check it anyway. Jolt is built for people who are done losing that bet. —— KNOW IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING Attention Forecast - New Before your day starts, Jolt tells you how it's likely to go. One predictive score built from last night's sleep, your 28-day usage trend, your streak, and your blocking discipline. Attention Score: One number. Every day. Your Focus, Sleep, and Discipline combined. It rises when all three do - it won't let one good habit carry the weight of two bad ones. Watch it over 7, 14, 30 days. The direction it moves is the most honest feedback you'll get. Discipline Score: The gap between the limits you set and the limits you actually held. Not whether you blocked Instagram - whether you stayed blocked when it counted. Most people are surprised by this number. That's the point. Focus Score: Most people think they're focused. The Focus Score measures whether they actually were - how much deep work you completed, how many sessions you finished without quitting, how little you touched your phone mid-session. The score doesn't round up. Sleep Score: Your last pickup before bed. Your first reach in the morning. How many times you interrupted your own sleep. Tracked, scored, shown back to you every day. —— SET LIMITS THAT ACTUALLY HOLD Duration Limit: Daily time cap on any app - 30 minutes on Instagram, 20 on YouTube. When it hits, it locks. No snooze, no exceptions. Open Limit: Cap how many times you open an app each day. Three opens on Twitter. Five on Reddit. Once you've hit the number, it's done. Blocking Modes: Easy: a breathing pause before the app opens. Medium: rapid taps or a timed challenge - your brain earns the unlock. Hard: nothing gets through. Hard Mode: Set it once. Can't edit, delete, or override it until the next day. Your morning self makes the rules. Your evening self lives with them. —— FOCUS SESSIONS Focus Flights - New: You don't start a timer anymore. You book a flight. Pick a destination reachable in your focus window. Choose your seat: First Class seals the cabin - no early exit. Business puts a challenge between you and the door. Economy lets you tap out. Board, take off, block your apps. Land and it logs as a completed flight. Quit early and it goes down as a crash - distance credited for how far you got. Every flight lives in your Flight Wallet. Focus Sessions Block every distracting app for a set window - deep work, exam session, meeting hour. 20+ templates or build your own. Everything else disappears until you're done. Quick Sessions: One tap. Immediate block. Zero setup. Focus right now, not after configuring anything. —— CLOSE EVERY LOOPHOLE Sleep Schedule: Set your bedtime and wake-up time. Every distracting app locks automatically. You choose which essentials stay on - everything else is off until morning, with full tracking of every pickup. Accountability Partner: A real person who sees your screen time and must approve every override. Not an algorithm. A human who will actually push back. GPS Blocking: Set your office, library, or gym. The moment you arrive, Jolt activates. The environment does what willpower can't. Good Apps First: Use your journal, reading app, or workout tracker first. Once you do, the distracting apps unlock. Focus becomes the price of entry. Block 18+ One toggle. Every adult site and app - off. Shield Customisation - New: The screen that blocks you now looks how you want it. Choose a persona or build your own: custom text, colors, and icon. Turn on Randomized Experience, and it changes every time a block fires. —— PRIVACY FIRST: All blocking runs locally via Apple's Screen Time API. No personal data leaves your device. Download free. Block your first app in 30 seconds. Support: hello@thejoltapp.com Terms: thejoltapp.com/terms & https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: thejoltapp.com/privacy
Screen Time Limit
This app helps you build a healthier relationship with your phone by setting limits on app usage and tracking your digital habits. It offers flexible blocking modes, streaks, and a visual representation of your progress to encourage focus and reduce distractions.
- Set daily time limits for apps
- Limit app opens
- Schedule app blocking
- Instant distraction-free sessions
- Track usage insights
- Build streaks for consistency
- Visualize progress with Focus Garden
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OnZen—Screen Time Balance & Digital Wellbeing Break free from endless scrolling and take control of your digital life with OnZen—the app that helps you build a healthier relationship with your phone. Whether you want to spend less time on social media or simply be more intentional with your daily habits, OnZen makes it easy to stay balanced, productive, and focused on what matters most. Just choose which apps to limit, set how long and when you want to use them, and let OnZen handle the rest. Why OnZen Works Traditional app blockers simply lock you out. OnZen helps you understand your habits, reduce screen time naturally, and build lasting awareness. The result is less distraction, deeper focus, and time that feels truly your own. Daily Screen Time Goal Start with a realistic daily goal based on your current habits. If you usually spend 4 hours a day on your phone, OnZen will suggest cutting that by just 30 minutes—a small, achievable step that compounds over time. When you go over your daily screen time limit, your goal card on the home screen changes color, helping you stay aware and accountable without pressure. Smart App Limits Stay in control with flexible blocking modes designed for real life: • Set Time Limits—limit total daily use on individual apps (e.g., 30 minutes on TikTok). • Set Open Limits—limit how many times you can open a particular app. • Create Schedules—block selected apps at certain hours or on specific days. • Block Now—start a distraction-free session instantly anytime you need to focus. All modes are fully customizable, helping you create the perfect balance between focus and freedom. Stay Consistent with Streaks & your Focus Garden Every day you stay within your goals strengthens your streak. If you exceed your limit, the streak resets, motivating you to stay consistent and keep building better habits. Your personal Focus Garden turns your progress into something you can see and grow: each productive hour or balanced day plants a new tree, symbolizing your focus taking root. You’ll collect trees for: • Focus Hours • Days with OnZen • Consecutive streak days Clear Usage Insights See exactly where your time goes. OnZen tracks which apps you use most and divides them into Productive or Distracting categories that you can edit anytime. With simple, clear analytics, you’ll understand your daily patterns so you can take back control of your attention. Privacy and Security Your data remains private and securely stored on your device. We do not save your information and will never share your details with any third party. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION • Subscribe to Premium to get unlimited access to certain app features. • Subscriptions are billed automatically at the rate of your selected plan. All personal data is protected in accordance with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://epicscale.io/onzen_ios/terms https://epicscale.io/onzen_ios/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Jolt at none against Screen Time Limit's shown. Jolt also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 57%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, 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. Jolt sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Screen Time Limit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Jolt holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Jolt's written reviews are positive against 57% of Screen Time Limit's.
Jolt ships an update fortnightly, Screen Time Limit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jolt | Screen Time Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (103 ratings) — better | 4.1 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASAKIRA CONSULTANTS LLP | EpicScale Inc |
Customer experience
Jolt
Screen Time Limit
In-app purchases
Jolt
- Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Plan | Weekly$4.997 Days
- Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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- Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Pro Plan - Weekly$6.997 Days
- Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
- Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
- Pro Plan - Monthly - Discounted3 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Pro Plan - Monthly - T3 D03 Days trial$13.991 Month
- Pro Plan - Monthly$15.001 Month
- Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D23 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D0$45.001 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D13 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - NY503 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - NY253 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - 753 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D0$51.001 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D23 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly$60.001 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T2 D03 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D13 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Hard Mode Sos$3.00
- Pro Plan | Lifetime$39.99
- Pro Plan | Lifetime$79.99
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- Pro Plan | Lifetime$199.99
Screen Time Limit
- Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
- Weekly Premium$6.997 Days
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Monthly premium access2 variants$9.991 Month
- Monthly premium access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly premium access2 variants$39.991 Year









