Comparison

Screen Time vs Metricum

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time

This app promotes mindful screen time by tracking usage and providing gentle nudges when sessions end, rather than outright blocking. It helps users understand their habits and make conscious choices about their digital engagement.

Highlights
  • Session-based time tracking
  • Automatic start and stop timers
  • Gentle nudges, not hard blocks
  • Guilt-free timer snoozing
  • Detailed usage statistics
  • Customizable session lengths and daily goals
Features
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Blocking apps sound good in theory. In practice, you turn them off the moment they get in the way, and then feel worse about it. Break Check brings your screen time down without blocking a thing. You see how long you have been going, get a nudge when your time is up, and decide what happens next. No locked screens, no workarounds, no shame spiral. TRACK ANY HABIT, NOT JUST SCREEN TIME Doomscrolling, binge watching, gaming, the gym, shopping, reading, a bathroom break that got away from you. If you can start it and stop it, you can put it on a timer. SET A DAILY GOAL Give a habit a daily limit. Stay under it and the day counts as a win. Every day you meet your goal adds to your streak. NO HARD CUTOFFS When your time is up you get a gentle notification and the timer keeps counting, so you always know where you stand. Need longer? Add a few minutes with one tap. OR A REAL ALARM For a habit that needs a firmer stop, end the session with a full alarm instead. It gets through silent mode and Focus. NOTHING TO FORGET Timers can start and stop on their own: when you open an app, when you arrive somewhere, or at a time you pick each night. Your social apps can run their own timer. The gym one starts when you walk in. Setup takes about a minute. CONTROL IT FROM ANYWHERE A running timer sits in your Dynamic Island, Notification Center and Lock Screen, so you can check it or pause it without opening anything. Start one from Control Center, your Action Button, or a Home Screen widget. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES Watch each day add up, spot your patterns, and see how close you are to your goal. Your time is kept as real sessions rather than one daily total, so you can find the hour you did not know you were spending. LIFE HAPPENS Waiting at the doctor? Long train ride? Some phone time should not count. Snooze every timer at once and take a guilt free break. No streak broken, no pressure. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Nothing to sign up for, ever. Break Check never asks for Screen Time access and never sees which apps you open, only the timers you start. Your habits sync through your own iCloud and are never collected or sold. YOUR FIRST TIMER IS ALWAYS FREE Not a trial. Track one habit for as long as you like, at no cost. Unlimited adds the rest: a timer for every habit, full alarm alerts, and the button that snoozes them all. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase that is yours forever. Privacy Policy: https://codewerm.com/breakcheck/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Metricum

Features
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Metricum turns your scholarly footprint into a dashboard you'll actually want to open. It pulls your public metrics from Google Scholar and PubMed and brings them together in one clean, fast view: total citations, h-index, and publication counts, plus growth charts that show how your impact builds over time. WHAT YOU GET • Citations, h-index, and publication totals at a glance • Year-by-year growth charts for citations and publications • Trending papers, so you can see which of your works are gaining traction • AI Insights that highlight what's changed and what stands out • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that keep your numbers in view • Push notifications when your citations or publications change FREE & PRO Metricum is free to use, with your core metrics and charts refreshed weekly. Metricum Pro unlocks faster, on-demand refreshes, AI Insights, trending papers, and push notifications. Pro is a monthly or annual subscription with a 7-day free trial. PRIVACY-FRIENDLY Metricum reads only publicly available data from Google Scholar and PubMed. You can delete your account and all associated data anytime from Settings. Whether you're a PhD student, postdoc, professor, or lab lead, Metricum keeps your research impact one tap away. Metricum Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.metricum.app/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Screen Time4 screens
Metricum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Screen Time at 17.0 against Metricum's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Time sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Metricum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time ships an update weekly, Metricum every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Screen Time versus Metricum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen TimeMetricum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB37 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperCodeWerm LLCNatan L Rolnik

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Screen Time

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited Yearly Early Adopter$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$11.901 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Metricum

Subscriptions2
  • Metricum Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Metricum Pro Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Screen Time free?
Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Metricum free?
Metricum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screen Time or Metricum have ads?
Neither Screen Time nor Metricum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time or Metricum?
Screen Time ships an update weekly, and Metricum every 5 days. Most recently, Screen Time was updated on October 30, 2026 and Metricum on November 5, 2026.

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