Unrot vs ScrollBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unrot
This app helps combat digital fatigue and screen addiction by rewarding real-life habits with screen time credits. Build focus and discipline by completing activities like journaling or exercise, then use your earned credits to unlock apps guilt-free.
- Brainrot recovery system
- Earn credits for real-life habits
- Spend credits on app access
- Progress tracking and streaks
- Photo-based habit logging
- Focus tools and soundscapes
- Mood and dopamine check-ins
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Unrot: Earn Your Scroll Do the thing. Then scroll. Unrot makes you earn your screen time. Walk. Read. Lift. Clean your room. Do the dishes you’ve been ignoring since Tuesday. * Real life earns coins. * Coins unlock TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, games, or any apps you choose. No coins? The apps stay locked. You don’t have to delete your favorite apps. You don’t have to pretend you’ll never scroll again. Just one rule: Do something first. Then scroll. Why blocking doesn’t last Other apps say “stop.” But stopping isn’t the whole point. Getting your life back is. And blocking doesn’t last anyway. Your phone is right there. One tap, and you’re back. Unrot gives you a trade instead - A walk for TikTok - A study session for YouTube - A clean room for Instagram - A workout for whatever app keeps stealing your night Now your phone comes after the thing you said you’d do. What changes: - When you’re with friends, you’re with them. - When you work, you work. - When you study, you study. - When you scroll, you scroll. No more half-here, half-in-your-phone. Your buddy A cute little guy that lives in the app. It grows when you do stuff. It loses energy when you scroll too much. How it works 1. Pick a habit 2. Start a timer or snap a photo when you’re done 3. Earn coins 4. Use coins to open your apps What’s inside - Timer habits - Photo habits - Focus sessions - App locking - App unlocking with coins - A cute buddy - Streaks Do the thing. Earn coins. Then scroll. Privacy: unrot.com/privacy Terms: unrot.com/terms Contact: info@unrot.com An active Unrot subscription is required to access the features described above.
ScrollBuddy
This app helps you focus by locking other applications until you complete tasks. Earn credits for finished tasks to unlock apps for a set duration. Track your progress and review your accomplishments.
- Task-based app unlocking
- Credit system for app access
- Configurable task completion strictness
- Progress tracking and history
- Daily and monthly win recaps
- Customizable app themes
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Your agent names wins with you, checks what you can show and marks them done. The apps you lock stay shut until you spend the credits a finished win earns. Name today's three wins with the agent you already run: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP agent. Ship the pricing page, gym after work, call the dentist. Or write them on the phone. Three at a time. Finish one, name the next. Your agent saw the work, so let it be the one who checks. You choose how much a finish needs. Easy. Your word is enough: say it is done and the credits are yours. Normal. Show what you can: one line of what you did, and it has to fit the win. Strict. Show it or wait: a link, a file or SB's proof before the credits come. Work your agent finishes that you never named shows as done for you, and it pays nothing, so your credits stay yours. A finished win earns credits, up to 30 for one win. Credits are not money: one credit opens one minute. Open your apps for any length from 2 to 30 minutes, and when the time is up they close again. Look back on the work. Each finished win can keep a photo, private to you. Star the one that mattered most: it becomes the day's key win. Wins holds your month as a mosaic of days, and the Recap tells your week, your month and your year so far. Share a win or a day as a card. Light by day, Night pine by night, or match this device. Connecting your agent, the dashboard and the phone app that locks your apps are free. SB on WhatsApp is the paid part: your first day with SB is free, and the yearly plan starts with a free week. The app shows the price before you buy. Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time permission. ScrollBuddy never sees which apps you open or what you do inside them. Your day stays on your phone until you sign in with your number; then your wins, credits and goal are kept so your phone, your agents and SB see the same day. Signing in is invite only for now. UK and EU numbers; the code comes on WhatsApp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unrot at 48% against ScrollBuddy's 0%. Unrot also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (57K vs 11). ScrollBuddy's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Unrot sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and ScrollBuddy sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unrot holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unrot has 57K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Unrot's written reviews are positive against 0% of ScrollBuddy's.
Unrot ships an update weekly, ScrollBuddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unrot | ScrollBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (57K ratings) — better | 4.1 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unrot OÜ | Aaron Vinod |
Customer experience
Unrot
ScrollBuddy
Bugs and requests
Unrot
Reported bugs
2 issues- Purchased time not unlocking apps as expected
- Unexpected behavior with math questions
Requested features
2 requests- Free trial option to test the app
- Adjustments to the math question feature
ScrollBuddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Unrot
- Full Access3 variants$9.991 Month
- Full Access$13.991 Month
- Full Access$29.991 Year
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- Access to all premium features3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Full Access2 variants$34.991 Year
- Access to all features3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Full Access$69.991 Year
ScrollBuddy
- ScrollBuddy Monthly$4.991 Month
- ScrollBuddy Yearly$29.991 Year
- Good buddy$4.99
- Great buddy$9.99
- Best buddy$17.99









