Comparison

OfflineDay vs Dopamine Detox

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

Head to head
About

OfflineDay

This app guides users through monthly 24-hour digital detox retreats to foster presence and resilience. It offers tools like a countdown timer and community challenges to help users intentionally disconnect and build healthier technology habits.

Highlights
  • Monthly 24-hour offline retreats
  • Live countdown and reminders
  • Comprehensive offline guides
  • Custom offline timer for accountability
  • 30+ community offline challenges
  • Visual progress tracking
Features
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Once a month, join the 24-hour OfflineDay retreat at sunset. Step back fully, return with clarity, and strengthen your resilience in a world of constant distraction. From a few minutes to a full day, OfflineDay supports your practice of living with more time, more presence, and more freedom. Turn on, tune in, step away. OfflineDay helps you put your phone away with intention and create space for what matters. Core features of the app: • Live countdown to every official OfflineDay, with reminders and a comprehensive guide • Reminders and guides to help you prepare for and join the global OfflineDay each month • Our custom-made Offline-Timer that keeps you accountable • Practice going offline with intention through 30+ community offline challenges • Create a visual record of your progress and growth OfflineDay is not an app limiter. It helps you create an intentional and active boundary, not a passive one. When the Offline-Timer is on, the phone is away. This simple act builds awareness of your relationship with technology and helps create healthier habits. Enjoy!

About

Dopamine Detox

Features
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Dopamine Detox — Beat brain rot with one tap a day. Every other dopamine detox app demands accessibility permissions, blocks your apps, or hides core features behind a subscription. This one doesn't. Simply open the app, tap All Clean, or mark the specific dopamine traps you fell into. You're done. HOW IT WORKS • Pick categories: Short Form, Social Media, Gaming, Late-Night Eating, and more • Pick a plan: 7, 30, 75, 100, or 365 days • Each evening, tap once: All Clean or Brain Rot • Watch your dopamine reset streak grow and your reclaimed time pile up FEATURES • Multi-category dopamine detox: Track Reels, Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, Games, Late Night, Booze, Smoking, Caffeine, Impulse Shopping, or Custom habits • Clean streak counter: Don't break the chain • Time Reclaimed: See your saved hours translated into avoided reels or full-length movies • Calendar view: Watch your month fill with a satisfying indigo blue • Category-level stats: Discover your patterns, like which trap breaks you on which weekday • Evening reminders: Check in directly from the notification without opening the app • Shareable streak cards: Export your progress to Instagram or TikTok with #brainrot and #dopaminedetox • 75 Hard Dopamine mode: A strict Day-1 reset for the hardcore challenge (v1.1) • 100% offline: Your data never leaves your phone • No account, no permissions, no ads before check-in MULTIPLE PLANS • 7-Day Kickstart: Break the loop • 30-Day Dopamine Detox: Build the habit • 75 Hard Dopamine: For the hardcore • 100-Day Challenge: Reset your baseline • 365-Day Year: Go all the way • Weekdays Only: Keep your weekends free • Custom Plan: Your own rules WHAT THIS APP WILL NEVER DO • No app blocking (no accessibility permissions required) • No screen time tracking (no system permissions required) • No "AI-powered" generic advice — you set your own rules Tag your Brain Rot Days to uncover your patterns. Most people break on Mondays with Short Form content. Once you know your weakness, you can plan around it. Beat brain rot. Reclaim your dopamine. Start your streak today.

Screenshots

OfflineDay4 screens
Dopamine Detox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OfflineDay at none against Dopamine Detox's shown. Dopamine Detox's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OfflineDay versus Dopamine Detox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOfflineDayDopamine Detox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size409 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe OriginSeulki Eom

In-app purchases

None

OfflineDay

No in-app purchases

None

Dopamine Detox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OfflineDay free?
OfflineDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dopamine Detox free?
Dopamine Detox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OfflineDay or Dopamine Detox have ads?
Dopamine Detox shows ads; OfflineDay does not.

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