Scroll Control vs Screencat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scroll Control
This productivity app helps you manage app blocking on your device. It creates a deliberate pause when unblocking apps to help you break mindless scrolling habits and reclaim your time.
- App blocking and unblocking
- Habit-breaking interface
- Time management tool
- Clean user interface
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Scroll Control is a productivity management app, that gives you a clean and understandable interface to manage blocking apps on your device. You can block and unblock them, although it takes longer! This is intended to break the habit of mindlessly scrolling, to create enough of a pause to remind you that there are other things you want to do with your time. Its time to break a habit, and let this be a tool to help you do that!
Screencat
This app helps users break phone addiction and stop doomscrolling by "locking" distracting applications. Users earn coins by using the app, which can be spent to unlock apps or customize a virtual pet.
- Lock distracting apps
- Gamified unlocking process
- Earn coins for app usage
- Customize virtual pet
- Stop doomscrolling
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Are you addicted to your phone? Screencat is here to help! Screencat is a fun, simple, and super effective way to tame your phone addiction, and stop doomscrolling. Screencat lets you "lock" distracting apps and will force you to go through an unlocking process before you can use any apps you add. For every app you add to Screencat, you will earn coins. You can spend these coins to unlock apps, or buy stylish accessories for you cat! See our terms of service here - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scroll Control at 5.0 against Screencat's 4.5. Scroll Control also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Screencat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Screencat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Scroll Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scroll Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Scroll Control ships an update every 2 months, Screencat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scroll Control | Screencat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Speller | Screencat |
Customer experience
Scroll Control
Screencat
In-app purchases
Scroll Control
No in-app purchases
Screencat
- Screencat Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- Screencat Pro Lifetime Special$24.99
- Screencat Pro Lifetime$39.99
