Comparison

Flowstate vs ScreenLocation

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

Head to head
About

Flowstate

This app enforces focus by strictly blocking selected distracting applications for a set duration. It offers customizable difficulty levels, including a cheat-proof 'Deep Focus' mode, and helps users reclaim wasted time and improve sleep by scheduling automatic blocks.

Highlights
  • Strict app blocking
  • Customizable focus modes
  • Cheat-proof 'Deep Focus'
  • Scheduled automatic blocks
  • Progress tracking
  • Reclaim wasted time
Features
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Most focus apps are easy to ignore. Flowstate is different. It is a strict app blocker that physically stops you from cheating. HOW IT WORKS: - Select the apps that steal your time. - Choose your difficulty from Easy to Deep Focus mode. - Start your timer. You are locked out until the work is done. WHY FLOWSTATE? - Reclaim wasted time from distracting apps. - Cheat-proof: In Deep Focus mode, there is no bypass and no excuses. - Sleep Better: Schedule automatic blocks to end late-night scrolling. - Track Progress: See exactly how much life you have saved from your screen. Stop watching your life happen on a screen. Lock in with Flowstate today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ScreenLocation

Features
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Block the apps you lose time to, at the places you lose it. ScreenLocation notices the places you go, names them using Apple's own map data, and lets you shut distracting apps off while you are there. Block social media at your desk. Block games at the gym. They come back on their own the moment you leave. You never tag a location, name a place, or confirm anything. SET A LIMIT - Pick a place, pick the apps, done - Those apps are blocked while you are there and released when you leave - Turn a limit off for an afternoon without deleting it - Limits follow the place, not a schedule you have to maintain SEE WHERE IT GOES - Screen time attributed to each place you visit - Ranked, so you can see which places actually cost you - Every day charted by place, over any date range - Every place gets a street address, whether or not a business was identified HOW THE NAMING WORKS Home and Work are worked out purely from your own pattern - where your phone spends its nights, and where it spends weekday working hours. Anywhere else, the app asks Apple's map data what business sits at that spot. If nothing is listed, it uses the street name. It will not guess. If two shops sit side by side and a visit cannot tell them apart, it shows the address and offers you the choice. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no sync, no analytics, no ads, no third parties. The only network use is a single map lookup when a brand-new place is first detected, so that it can be given a name. FREE TRIAL, THEN ONE PAYMENT Everything is unlocked for 7 days. After that, tracking and the limits you have already set keep working. Adding new limits and the Trends tab need a one-time $1.99 purchase - kept for good, on every device signed in to your Apple Account. No subscription. WHAT IT NEEDS - "Always" location access, so places can be detected while the app is closed. It uses Apple's low-power visit monitoring, not continuous GPS tracking. - Screen Time access, Apple's own permission for setting app limits and reading usage. A NOTE ON ACCURACY iOS does not give third-party apps a live running total of usage, so per-place minutes are estimated from usage thresholds and will not add up exactly to the figure in Settings. Time spent travelling between places is deliberately left out rather than assigned to whichever place happened to be nearest. Apple's own exact daily total is shown inside the app so you can always compare.

Screenshots

Flowstate4 screens
ScreenLocation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ScreenLocation at none against Flowstate's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flowstate sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and ScreenLocation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Flowstate versus ScreenLocation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowstateScreenLocation
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrish ThiruAndrew Meyers

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Flowstate

Subscriptions10
  • Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Pro 30 day trial1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly1 Year trial$99.991 Year
1 purchases

ScreenLocation

One-time1
  • Trends$1.99

Questions

Is Flowstate free?
Flowstate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScreenLocation free?
ScreenLocation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flowstate or ScreenLocation have ads?
Flowstate shows ads; ScreenLocation does not.

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