Comparison

Brainrot vs SelfMastery 30

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

Head to head
About

Brainrot

This app helps you regain control of your digital life by blocking distracting apps and websites. Utilize a focus timer and smart schedules to improve productivity, sleep, and reduce screen time. A visual indicator provides a playful nudge to encourage mindful usage.

Highlights
  • App and website blocking
  • Focus timer
  • Smart scheduling
  • Mindful breaks
  • Usage insights
Features
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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

About

SelfMastery 30

Features
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SelfMastery gives you one meaningful goal and thirty days to move toward it. Not another habit tracker asking what you want to track. SelfMastery asks what you want to change - then works out what you should do today. CHOOSE ONE GOAL Study more consistently. Become more active. Find a better job. Take control of your money. Spend real time with your family. Read again. Finish the thing you keep restarting. Or describe something in your own words. GET A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR ACTUAL LIFE Answer a few questions - how much time you genuinely have, what usually gets in your way, when you're most likely to act - and SelfMastery builds thirty days of small, specific actions. Week one is deliberately easy. The plan grows only once showing up has stopped being a decision. KNOW WHAT TO DO TODAY Open the app and see today's actions. Nothing else competes for attention. Tick them off as you go. MINIMUM DAY Some days fall apart. Instead of skipping, switch to a Minimum Day: the same commitment at its smallest size. A thirty-minute walk becomes five minutes. Reduce the requirement, not the commitment. REFLECT IN SECONDS One tap to say how the day felt. A note if you want one. Nothing longer. ADJUST EVERY WEEK Every seven days you look back for two minutes. If the week was hard, next week gets lighter - SelfMastery never responds to a difficult week by asking for more. Days you've already completed are never rewritten, and every change to your plan comes with the reason for it. SEE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID Your calendar, your consistency, and observations drawn from your own record - never invented. On Day 30, what changed, in your words and in real numbers. BUILT TO BE CALM No streak warnings. No guilt. No badges or confetti. A missed day isn't a failure, and the app never tells you it is. SelfMastery is for anyone with something they've been meaning to change.

Screenshots

Brainrot4 screens
SelfMastery 304 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SelfMastery 30 at none against Brainrot's 16. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Brainrot sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SelfMastery 30 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brainrot ships an update every 6 days, SelfMastery 30 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Brainrot versus SelfMastery 30: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainrotSelfMastery 30
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (22K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings22K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmolworks IncRayhan Chowdhury

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

SelfMastery 30

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Brainrot

Subscriptions15
  • Unlimited (1 Month)$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited (1 Week)$3.997 Days
  • Unlimited (1 Week)$4.997 Days
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  • monthly$8.991 Month
  • Unlimited (1 Year)$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)7 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
  • Unlimited (1 Year)$29.991 Year
  • Brainrot (Full Access)$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Brainrot Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Unlimited$49.991 Year
None

SelfMastery 30

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brainrot free?
Brainrot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SelfMastery 30 free?
SelfMastery 30 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brainrot or SelfMastery 30 have ads?
Neither Brainrot nor SelfMastery 30 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brainrot or SelfMastery 30?
Brainrot ships an update every 6 days, and SelfMastery 30 every 9 days. Most recently, Brainrot was updated on October 15, 2026 and SelfMastery 30 on September 30, 2026.

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