Brainrot vs GLIN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainrot
This app helps you regain control of your day by blocking distracting apps and websites. It features a focus timer and smart schedules to encourage deep work and better sleep, with a unique visual cue to prompt you to put your phone down.
- Instant app and website blocking
- Focus timer for deep work
- Smart scheduling for specific times
- Mindful break reminders
- Insights into distracting apps
- Visual avatar decay for doom scrolling
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Reclaim your day with Brainrot, a playful screen time control, app blocker, and focus coach. Pick the apps and sites to block, set schedules, and watch your cute brain avatar decay as you doom scroll. The visual nudge helps you put the phone down. Save about 2 hours per day, feel less distracted, sleep better, and get more done. What you get: - Instant blocking for apps and websites - Focus timer for deep work and Pomodoro - Smart schedules for bedtime, mornings, and meetings - Mindful breaks so you reset without the guilt - Clear insights to spot Brainrot apps fast ### PRIVATE & SECURE Brainrot uses Apple’s Screen Time API; all monitoring and blocking run *entirely* on your device. Your browsing data never leaves your phone. *All features described above require a subscription.* Terms of Service: https://thebrainrotapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thebrainrotapp.com/privacy
GLIN
This app helps ambitious individuals complete challenges and build new habits by partnering with a friend. Set custom stakes and log progress together to stay accountable and achieve your goals.
- Partner with a friend for accountability
- Choose pre-made or custom challenges
- Set custom stakes for winning/losing
- Log progress and receive notifications
- Focus on short, intense sprints
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The accountability app for ambitious people done doing challenges alone. Nobody ACTUALLY wants to build a "daily habit" for the rest of their life. But a challenge with a friend on the line, and something real to lose? That, you can finish. Perfect for anyone who's started 75 Hard or 5am Mornings four times and finished it zero. HOW IT WORKS: → You pick a pre-made challenge (75 Hard, Dry January, The 100, No Sugar, 5am Mornings) or you build your own. → Invite one friend to join you. → Set custom stakes with them: you decide together what happens if you win and what happens if you flake. → Log your progress - your friend gets pinged. They log their progress - you get pinged. → See your progress & share it on social media. WHY GLIN IS NOT A HABIT APP Habit apps ask you to slowly become a slightly better version of yourself… forever. GLIN asks you to become someone new in 10, 30, 75, or 100 days. Then walk out as someone you’re proud of. “Forever” is boring. Challenges are hot. Do the thing you didn't think you had in you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GLIN at 100% against Brainrot's 18%. GLIN also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Brainrot's advantage is ratings volume (23K vs 7). 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. Brainrot sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and GLIN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GLIN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brainrot has 23K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Brainrot's written reviews are positive against 100% of GLIN's.
Brainrot ships an update weekly, GLIN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brainrot | GLIN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Smolworks Inc | Nicholas Deloney |
Customer experience
Brainrot
GLIN
Bugs and requests
Brainrot
Reported bugs
2 issues- Stuck on payment screen with no way out
- Requires re-entering info every time
Requested features
2 requests- Free version with limited features
- Free trial period
GLIN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brainrot
- Unlimited (1 Month)$3.991 Month
- Unlimited (1 Week)$4.997 Days
- monthly$8.991 Month
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- Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Unlimited (1 Year)$19.991 Year
- Brainrot (Full Access)$24.991 Year
- Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Brainrot (Full Access)$29.991 Year
- Unlimited$49.991 Year
- Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
GLIN
- Save Your Streak$0.99








