Comparison

Jolt vs Descreened

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

Descreened

Features
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Descreened blocks distracting apps and websites on your terms — unlock with a challenge, or turn on strict mode and wait it out until the next day. No account, no sign-up; everything runs on your device with Apple Screen Time. Start with a 3-day free trial. BLOCK • Apps and websites — individually, or grouped (social media, games, news) • On a schedule and/or with a daily time limit • Switch on strict mode — no unlocking once blocked; forced to wait it out* * You still get 3 emergency unlocks (15 minutes each) every 30 days. UNLOCK METHODS • Breathing • Push-ups • Squats • Steps • Completed to-dos • PIN code • NFC tag • QR code • Apple Health goals SEE YOUR USAGE • Screen time • Pickups • Notifications HEALTH • See how your screen time lines up with your Apple Health data • Spot day-to-day patterns across sleep, activity, heart rate, and steps • Computed privately on your device — your health data is never shared WHY DESCREENED • No lengthy sign-up process • Runs on-device with Apple Screen Time • Anonymous analytics only — your data stays yours Make your phone work for you — not the other way around. SUBSCRIPTION Descreened is an auto-renewing subscription: a 3-day free trial, then $1.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at the end of the free trial and renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://descreened.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://descreened.com/terms

Screenshots

Jolt4 screens
Descreened4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jolt and Descreened are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 27 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Descreened sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jolt ships an update every 2 weeks, Descreened every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jolt versus Descreened: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoltDescreened
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASAKIRA CONSULTANTS LLPHayden Rhodea LLC

In-app purchases

27 purchases

Jolt

Subscriptions23
  • 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 - Monthly3 Days trial2 variants$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 - Yearly3 Days trial$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 - Yearly3 Days trial$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
One-time4
  • Hard Mode Sos$3.00
  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$39.99
  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$79.99
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  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$199.99
1 purchases

Descreened

Subscriptions1
  • Descreened3 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Jolt free?
Jolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Descreened free?
Descreened is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jolt or Descreened have ads?
Neither Jolt nor Descreened shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jolt or Descreened?
Jolt ships an update every 2 weeks, and Descreened every 11 days. Most recently, Jolt was updated on October 30, 2026 and Descreened on October 8, 2026.

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