Screen Time vs Purifyt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Time
Reduce nighttime screen time and build a healthier evening routine. Block distracting apps before bed with customizable commitment levels and track your progress with quick check-ins. Connect with friends for motivation and enjoy a calmer relationship with your phone at night.
- Block distracting apps before bed
- Customizable commitment levels (Lenient/Strict)
- Build evening routines
- Daily check-ins and personal insights
- Track consistency and progress
- Connect with friends for motivation
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Sleep better by putting your phone down at night. Better Nights helps you reduce nighttime screen time, block distracting apps before bed, and build an evening routine you can actually maintain. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS BEFORE BED Choose the apps that keep you scrolling and decide when your nightly protection begins. Better Nights helps create a clear boundary between screen time and sleep time. CHOOSE YOUR COMMITMENT LEVEL • Lenient Mode – Adds a quick typing task that gives you time to reconsider opening a blocked app • Strict Mode – Adds stronger barriers when you need extra help staying off your phone BUILD YOUR NIGHT ROUTINE Create a simple bedtime routine using manageable activities such as preparing a warm drink, tidying your bedroom, reading, or listening to an audiobook. QUICK CHECK-INS AND PERSONAL INSIGHTS • Complete your daily check-in in around 15 seconds • See how your habits relate to your sleep • Recognise patterns in your nightly routine • Track your consistency and progress over time • Receive supportive reminders without guilt STAY MOTIVATED TOGETHER Connect with friends, compare progress, and encourage each other to build healthier nighttime habits. BETTER NIGHTS IS MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO: • Stop doomscrolling before bed • Reduce nighttime screen time • Block distracting apps automatically • Build a consistent bedtime routine • Understand their sleep habits • Wake up feeling more prepared for the day • Replace late-night scrolling with healthier habits Start your free 7-day trial and build a calmer relationship with your phone at night. Continue afterwards with a flexible monthly or yearly subscription. Less screen time at night. More time for better sleep. Free 7-day trial • Monthly and yearly subscriptions available Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Purifyt
This app integrates faith, fitness, and nutrition tracking for Muslims. Monitor prayers, log workouts from an extensive library, and analyze meal nutrition. Connect with a community for accountability and motivation.
- Prayer tracking with streaks
- 6,000+ exercise workout logging
- Meal scanning for calorie/macro breakdown
- Recipe browsing
- Community groups and leaderboards
- Spiritual habit growth
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Purifyt brings together your deen, fitness, and nutrition into one beautifully designed app built for Muslims. Faith: Track your daily prayers and build streaks to stay consistent. Never miss a salah and watch your spiritual habits grow over time. Fitness: Log workouts from a library of 6,000+ exercises. Track every session, measure your runs, and stay on top of your fitness goals. Nutrition: Scan your meals and get instant calorie and macro breakdowns. Browse recipes and take control of your diet with ease. Community: Join groups, compete with friends on leaderboards, and keep each other accountable — weekly. Purifyt is designed to help you become the best version of yourself, inside and out. Purifyt Pro Subscription: A subscription is required to access all features. Two plans are available — monthly and yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://purifyt.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://purifyt.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Screen Time at free with in-app purchases against Purifyt's subscription. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Screen Time sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Purifyt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Screen Time against 5.0 for Purifyt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Screen Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Purifyt every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Time | Purifyt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | COLNIGHTD LTD | Zakaria Musa |
Customer experience
Screen Time
Purifyt
In-app purchases
Screen Time
- Better Nights Weekly$3.997 Days
- Better Nights Week$3.997 Days
- Better Nights Monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
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- Better Nights2 variants$4.991 Month
- Better Nights Monthly$7.991 Month
- Better Nights Yearly2 variants$39.991 Year
- Better Nights2 variants$39.991 Year
- Better Nights Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Purifyt
- Purifyt Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Purifyt Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year







