Reshade vs Adapto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reshade
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Reshade helps you stop opening apps on autopilot and build screen time limits that fit real life. Most app blockers only ask: should this app be blocked or not? Reshade goes further. It gives you hard limits, soft pauses, intent checks, and place-based app rules, so your phone can react to your real day instead of treating every moment the same. Your phone should fit your life. Not steal your time. APP LIMITS FOR REAL LIFE Create rules for apps, websites, and app groups that pull you into scrolling, checking, doomscrolling, and repeat-use loops. Use Reshade to protect work, study, workouts, focus sessions, creative projects, real-life commitments, calmer phone habits, and intentional breaks. PLACES: APP RULES BY LOCATION Your phone should not behave the same everywhere. With Places, you can create app rules for real locations like your office, gym, study space, home, commute, or other important places in your life. When location access is enabled, Reshade can recognize saved places in the background and help your rules activate around the places you choose. No need to rebuild your limits every time your context changes. Examples: - keep social media away during work - protect study spaces from entertainment apps - reduce scroll loops around workouts - allow useful apps where they help - change access when you arrive or leave COMMITMENT PLACES Some goals only work when you actually show up. Set a commitment, such as reaching the gym, arriving at your study spot, or getting to work. Reshade can keep distracting apps locked until you reach the place you committed to. If you do not show up, your distractions stay closed. SHIELD: HARD DAILY LIMITS Shield sets a daily time budget for distracting apps. Once your limit is used, selected apps stay blocked until the next day. No endless “just one more minute” loops. SUPPORT: PAUSES FOR DOOMSCROLLING LOOPS Support is for moments when you only wanted to check something quickly, but the app keeps pulling you back in. Instead of fully blocking access, Support interrupts repeat-use loops with a pause. After the wait time you choose, access can unlock again automatically. A softer way to slow doomscrolling and quick-check habits. SIGNAL: OPEN APPS WITH INTENT Signal adds a conscious step before selected apps open. Add a short pause, a reason, a reminder, or daily minute credits before access. Turn opening an app into a small decision instead of an automatic reflex. REDIRECT THE MOMENT When you try to open a protected app, Reshade can guide you toward a better next step instead of leaving you stuck. Open a useful app, start a focused action, reflect for a moment, or choose something that fits what you wanted to do. UNDERSTAND YOUR SCREEN TIME Reshade Lens helps you see your patterns more clearly: protection behavior, pressure moments, redirects, screen time context, and progress signals. BUILT FOR INTENTIONAL PHONE USE Use Reshade as a screen time app, app blocker, focus tool, digital wellbeing companion, productivity system, and a practical way to stop app loops before they take over. Reshade also includes Targets for goals, Journal for writing things down, Telescope for clarity before the next step, and Resona for audio-based resets with binaural beats. Less autopilot. More intention. Download Reshade and build app limits for real life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Reshade Terms of Use: https://reshade.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reshade.app/privacy
Adapto
Take control of your phone usage with customizable time segments and instant focus modes. Block distracting apps, boost productivity, and reduce stress by establishing healthy digital habits for yourself or your family.
- Habit-driven daily time segments
- Instant one-tap focus mode
- Fine-grained control by app/category
- Automation and Shortcuts support
- Family and team collaboration
- Monitor or block specified apps
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Adapto - Adaptive Screen Time You don’t need more screen time rules. You need the right rules at the right time. Not every moment of your day is the same. Morning isn’t bedtime. School isn’t the weekend. Family time isn’t homework. Why should your screen time treat them the same? Yet that’s exactly how most screen time apps work. One set of rules. One schedule. All day long. Real life doesn’t work that way. That’s why we created Adaptive Screen Time. Adapto automatically adapts your screen time rules throughout your day, so your phone works with your life—not against it. -------------- Every moment deserves its own rules. Create routines for the moments that matter most. • Morning • School • Homework • Family Time • Bedtime • Weekends Or create routines that fit your own life. Every routine can have its own: • App Limits • App Blocking • Website Restrictions • Allowed Apps • Protection Settings When one routine ends, the next one begins automatically. No manual switching. No remembering schedules. No repeating the same settings every day. Just the right rules at the right time. -------- Built around your life. Most screen time apps start with one question: “What apps do you want to block?” Adapto starts with a different one: “What does your day look like?” Because screen time isn’t just about apps. It’s about your life. The apps you need during school aren’t the ones you need during family dinner. The rules that help you focus during homework aren’t the same rules you need on a relaxing weekend. Instead of forcing one set of rules to fit every moment, Adapto lets every moment have its own rules. That’s Adaptive Screen Time. ------------- Designed for healthier digital habits. Whether you’re creating healthier habits for yourself, setting better boundaries for your family, or helping your child build a balanced relationship with technology, Adapto adapts with your day—not against it. Because healthier screen time isn’t about blocking more apps. It’s about creating the right environment at the right moment. ------------- Welcome to Adaptive Screen Time. Technology shouldn’t force you to change your life. Technology should adapt to it. Welcome to Adapto. Read on https://apps.newbasoft.com/privacy-sts.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Reshade at every 3 days against Adapto's every 5 weeks. 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. Reshade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Adapto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reshade ships an update every 3 days, Adapto every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reshade | Adapto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OVAS LLC | 集军 孟 |
In-app purchases
Reshade
- Reshade Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Reshade Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.901 Year
Adapto
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Quarterly Premium7 Days trial$2.393 Months
- Lifetime purchase$9.99









