Comparison

ScreenFast vs Calm Message

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and websites
  • Focus timer with duration tracking
  • Timed breaks with automatic resume
  • Screen time history and progress tracking
  • Customizable blocking sessions
Features
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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/

About

Calm Message

This app helps you refine your messages before sending. It analyzes your text for tension and offers a steadier version in seconds, ensuring your message reflects your true intent. You maintain full control over the final output.

Highlights
  • AI-powered message analysis
  • Tension detection
  • One-tap rewriting
  • User control over edits
  • Tone and strength checking
  • Flagged phrase identification
Features
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There's a pause between typing and sending. That's where most damage happens, and where most people have no help at all. CalmMessage sits in that pause. It reads what you wrote, spots where tension is hiding, and gives you a steadier version. One tap. Around three seconds. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula You stay in control. The rewrite is advisory, not authoritative. Edit it, ignore it, or toggle back to your original. Nothing gets sent without your say. One week free. Then decide. CalmMessage turns the message you'd regret into the one you meant: de-escalate, set a boundary, or just make it shorter. Every rewrite is checked against your original intent, tone, and strength before you see it, and flagged phrases show you exactly what changed. And unlike other AI tools, the message you send is still unmistakably you.

Screenshots

ScreenFast4 screens
Calm Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: ScreenFast at 31 against Calm Message's 3. Calm Message's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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. ScreenFast sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Calm Message sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScreenFast against 5.0 for Calm Message. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenFast has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScreenFast versus Calm Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenFastCalm Message
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (31 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEaslo Pte. Ltd.Struo LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ScreenFast

Subscriptions2
  • ScreenFast Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • ScreenFast Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScreenFast Pro Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Calm Message

Subscriptions2
  • Calm Message7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Calm Message7 Days trial$124.991 Year

Questions

Is ScreenFast free?
ScreenFast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calm Message free?
Calm Message is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScreenFast or Calm Message?
ScreenFast and Calm Message are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 31 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do ScreenFast or Calm Message have ads?
Neither ScreenFast nor Calm Message shows ads.

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