ScreenFast vs Things take time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenFast
This app helps you block distracting applications and websites to improve focus. It features a timer to track blocking duration and timed breaks to help you regain concentration. Review your history to monitor progress in managing screen time.
- Block distracting apps and websites
- Focus timer with duration tracking
- Timed breaks with automatic resume
- Screen time history and progress tracking
- Customizable blocking sessions
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ScreenFast is a simple app to help you block distracting apps and websites. Stay motivated with a timer that counts up on the main screen once you start blocking. Take a timed break that automatically resumes blocking afterward, allowing you to refocus without getting lost in mindless scrolling. View your history of block durations to track your progress and trends in screen time control. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Things take time
This app helps you track habits, routines, and personal metrics to visualize compounding progress over time. It displays multiple trackers simultaneously to reveal patterns and understand your growth. Designed for ease of use, it focuses on making tracking effortless and insightful.
- Track any habit, routine, or metric
- View multiple trackers side-by-side
- Visualize monthly progress at a glance
- Intuitive and effortless tracking design
- Detailed analytics for pattern recognition
- Privacy-focused with on-device data storage
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://github.com/chesterhow/things-take-time/blob/main/terms-privacy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Things take time at weekly against ScreenFast's fortnightly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ScreenFast sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScreenFast against 5.0 for Things take time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ScreenFast ships an update fortnightly, Things take time weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenFast | Things take time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Easlo Pte. Ltd. | Chester How |
Customer experience
ScreenFast
Things take time
In-app purchases
ScreenFast
- ScreenFast Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- ScreenFast Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- ScreenFast Pro Lifetime$49.99
Things take time
- Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
- Things take time + Lifetime$34.99





