Comparison

Awake vs ScreenAutoOn

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

Head to head
About

Awake

This utility app prevents your device's screen from automatically locking, ensuring uninterrupted access. It's particularly useful for time-sensitive online queues and events where you need to maintain your position without interruption.

Highlights
  • Prevents screen auto-lock
  • Uses Picture-in-Picture
  • One-tap start/stop
  • Lightweight floating window
  • Fast and reliable sessions
Features
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Keep your screen on when it matters most. Awake starts a lightweight Picture-in-Picture session that helps prevent Auto-Lock on iPhone and iPad. Tap Start to keep your display awake while you wait, read, cook, monitor, or hold your place in a time-sensitive queue. Useful for: - ticket drops and preorder queues - recipes, instructions, timers, and checklists - reference pages, dashboards, and monitoring screens Important: Awake uses iOS Picture in Picture/media playback. While it is active, other audio or video may pause. Simple one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No account. No data collected.

About

ScreenAutoOn

Features
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ScreenAutoOn helps keep your screen awake at the right time without adding unnecessary complexity. Use ScreenAutoOn to: - keep your screen awake manually when needed - automatically keep your screen awake while selected apps are running or active - check monitored app status and current activity - view desktop status from your phone and request remote sleep when work is done - receive reminders when important apps stop running - manage more monitored apps with Pro ScreenAutoOn is useful for downloads, uploads, syncing, compiling, rendering, meetings, and other workflows where you do not want the display to sleep unexpectedly. Purchases and subscriptions are managed by the App Store and can be canceled at any time.

Screenshots

Awake2 screens
ScreenAutoOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ScreenAutoOn at Free against Awake's $1.99. ScreenAutoOn also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Awake's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

ScreenAutoOn is free to download; Awake costs $1.99 up front. ScreenAutoOn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Awake asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awake ships an update every 2 months, ScreenAutoOn weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Awake versus ScreenAutoOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwakeScreenAutoOn
Price$1.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Kitcoffๆณฝ็ฅฅ ่‹

In-app purchases

None

Awake

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ScreenAutoOn

Subscriptions2
  • ScreenAutoOn Pro Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • ScreenAutoOn Pro Annual$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Awake free?
Awake costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScreenAutoOn free?
ScreenAutoOn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Awake or ScreenAutoOn have ads?
Neither Awake nor ScreenAutoOn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awake or ScreenAutoOn?
Awake ships an update every 2 months, and ScreenAutoOn weekly. Most recently, Awake was updated on October 7, 2026 and ScreenAutoOn on October 16, 2026.

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