Comparison

Jolt vs PDF Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

PDF Pro

Features
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Stop juggling multiple apps for your PDFs. PDF Pro does everything. Create, edit, sign, and share in one clean, native iPhone app. **** CREATE & IMPORT - Scan documents to PDF with your camera (AI-powered, auto edge detection) - Create PDF from photos — batch select, drag to reorder - Import from Files, iCloud Drive, email attachments **** EDIT & ANNOTATE - Highlight, underline, strikethrough text - Add text boxes, freehand drawing (Apple Pencil supported) - Manage pages — reorder, rotate, delete **** MERGE & ORGANIZE - Merge multiple PDFs into one - Split PDF into separate files - Compress PDF — reduce file size without losing quality - Secure Folder with Face ID / Touch ID **** SIGN & SHARE - E-signature: draw, type, or import your signature - Fill interactive PDF forms - Share via AirDrop, Mail, or save to Files **** SMART FEATURES - OCR — search text inside scanned PDFs - Full-text search across all your documents - iCloud sync across all your devices **** WORKS GREAT WITH OUR OTHER APPS PDF Pro is part of a productivity suite designed to work together: - AI Note — take notes, export to PDF instantly - Scan Pro — scan receipts, documents, business cards - QR Reader — scan QR codes, save as PDF report - Printer Pro — print any PDF directly from iPhone **** [PRO FEATURES] Upgrade to PDF Pro Premium: - Unlimited PDF creation (free: 3/month) - No watermarks - OCR unlimited pages - Secure Folder - iCloud sync - All export formats Weekly $4.99 · Annual $29.99 · Lifetime $39.99 Download free. No account required. Works offline. Privacy Policy: https://little-solutions.site/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://little-solutions.site/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Jolt4 screens
PDF Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jolt at none against PDF Pro's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Jolt sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and PDF Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Jolt versus PDF Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoltPDF Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASAKIRA CONSULTANTS LLPHue Thai Thi

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Jolt

Subscriptions9
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Monthly$15.001 Month
  • Pro Plan - Yearly3 Days trial$45.001 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly3 Days trial$51.001 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly$60.001 Year
One-time1
  • Hard Mode Sos$3.00
3 purchases

PDF Pro

Subscriptions2
  • PDF Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • PDF Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF Pro Lifetime (One-Time)$39.99

Questions

Is Jolt free?
Jolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Pro free?
PDF Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jolt or PDF Pro have ads?
PDF Pro shows ads; Jolt does not.

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