Indistractable vs ScrollGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Indistractable
This app helps you regain focus by blocking distracting applications and notifications. It aims to combat bad habits and improve concentration, allowing you to be more present. Access to blocked apps requires an accountability partner or a QR code.
- Block distracting apps
- Silence notifications
- Improve concentration
- Accountability partner access
- QR code unlock method
- Take control of time
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Indistractable: App Blocker You don't need more willpower. You need a phone that respects your focus. Indistractable is a commitment device for your attention. Pick the apps that actually matter, lock your phone into a focus session, and unlike Screen Time, you can't just tap "ignore" to get back in. To unlock early, you have to mean it. Try it free: download, pick the apps that pull you away, and run a real blocking session before you pay anything. No account needed. HOW IT WORKS - Build a mode. Save a set of the only apps you want available (just your maps, music, and messages, say), or pick exactly what to block. - Lock in. Start a session and everything else is blocked, phone-wide. - Choose how hard it is to quit: Normal, Strict, or Hardcore. THREE WAYS TO UNLOCK, ALL OF THEM ON PURPOSE - Scan a QR code you've stashed across the room, so quitting means physically getting up. - Ask your accountability partner, who approves the unlock from their own phone. - Spend an emergency unlock, a limited few, for when you truly need out. MORE FOCUS, WHERE IT COUNTS - Schedule focus sessions to start automatically: mornings, work hours, bedtime. - Block whole categories, not just single apps. - Unlock with a tap of an NFC tag. - Watch the time you win back add up. WHO IT'S FOR Deep workers, students, makers, and anyone tired of reaching for their phone and losing an hour. If Screen Time never stuck because it was too easy to bypass, Indistractable is built to actually hold. Focus you can trust. Your first blocking session is free, with no account and no payment. An in-app subscription unlocks everything else: unlimited sessions, multiple modes, Strict and Hardcore locks with QR, NFC and partner unlocks, scheduled sessions, and emergency unlocks. Available yearly with a 7-day free trial, or monthly. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ScrollGuard
This tool helps reduce mindless social media consumption by hiding addictive elements like feeds and short video sections within a browser. It allows users to selectively filter content, keeping essential features while minimizing distractions and the urge to scroll endlessly.
- Hide Reels, Stories, and Explore pages
- Toggle content elements on/off
- Set unlimited custom filters (premium)
- Filters content within Safari browser
- Retains useful social media features
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ScrollGuard helps you cut down on mindless screen time so you can use social media to stay connected, without getting sucked into the endless feed. Instead of blocking entire sites or apps, ScrollGuard uses a Safari browser extension to hide the most addictive parts of social media websites: endless feeds, Reels, Stories, Explore pages and other attention traps. Because it filters content directly in the browser, you don’t have to lock yourself out of your accounts, rely on willpower, or delete anything. You keep the useful parts, without the constant pull to keep scrolling. You choose what to hide, so you can still get value from social media without getting trapped in the scroll. Features: Hide Reels, Stories, Explore and other addictive sections of popular social platforms Toggle each element on or off with simple switches Premium Features: Set unlimited custom filters Terms of Use: https://scrollguard.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScrollGuard at 55% against Indistractable's 0%. ScrollGuard also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription). 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. Indistractable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ScrollGuard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Indistractable ships an update every 10 days, ScrollGuard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Indistractable | ScrollGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (126 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 54.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Red Kite 9 Ltd | BreakTheScroll |
Customer experience
Indistractable
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In-app purchases
Indistractable
- Indistractable Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Indistractable Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
ScrollGuard
- ScrollGuard Pro$3.991 Month
- ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- ScrollGuard Pro$59.99
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