Comparison

Screen Time Control vs TagingVault

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time Control

This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking distracting applications on a schedule or for a set duration. It features a unique 'Focus Gate' to prevent accidental unlocks and rewards you with 'blocks' to build a virtual world for completed focus sessions.

Highlights
  • Scheduled app blocking
  • On-demand focus sessions
  • Focus Gate for accidental unlocks
  • Virtual world building with earned blocks
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Offline functionality
Features
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You open one app for a moment. An hour disappears. Paused helps you protect the time you meant to keep. Choose the apps that pull you in, decide when to block them, and build a voxel world from completed focus sessions. TRY A REAL BLOCK During first setup, try one real 15-, 30- or 60-minute block before choosing Paused Plus. Apple Screen Time permission is required. The demo ends automatically at the time shown, whether you buy or not. WITH PAUSED PLUS Ongoing blocking requires paid Paused Plus access through a subscription or one-time lifetime purchase from the plans shown in the app. BLOCK APPS NOW Start a 15-, 30-, 60- or 90-minute block when you need to concentrate. Your selected apps unlock when the timer ends, even if Paused is closed. An active block cannot be stopped early from its own screen. SET AUTOMATIC SCHEDULES Protect work, study, mornings or sleep with repeating schedules. Choose apps and categories, start and end times, and weekdays. Overnight schedules are supported. Each schedule keeps its own app selection. SET A DAILY LIMIT Give selected apps and categories a shared daily allowance. Usage already accumulated today counts. Once the allowance is reached, those selections are blocked for the rest of the day; it resets at midnight. USE A BREAK PASS DELIBERATELY Need a blocked app back? Choose 15, 30 or 60 minutes and hold continuously for 10 seconds. Releasing early keeps protection on. A completed hold uses one pass and ends your current streak, not your permanent world progress. Only the requested app, category or website opens temporarily; other protected selections stay blocked. Switch back to the app yourself after access is granted. Turning off or removing an active schedule or enabled daily limit requires a 10-minute cooldown and confirmation within five minutes. Protection stays on while you wait. BUILD FROM FINISHED FOCUS Your first completed Block now or Schedule session each day earns eight permanent bricks and one streak day. Further sessions add focused minutes and session totals. Daily Limits do not earn bricks or complete the daily reward. Unlock world styles through streak milestones, not purchases. PRIVATE APP SELECTION Apple handles the app picker. Paused does not decode or upload the names of your chosen apps or categories. Blocking setup and world progress are stored on your device. No account registration is required. Made for iPhone and iPad, with Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support. Screen Time permission is required for blocking. Restore purchases is available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled; manage them through the app’s subscription controls. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Terms of Use: https://paused.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://paused.app/privacy

About

TagingVault

Features
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TagingVault is an offline workspace for reusable hashtag sets. Save named sets, clean pasted blocks, and copy a tag list into your editor. Version 2.1 adds Echo Cut, a carryover cutter unique to this app. ECHO CUT Rotating the set is not enough if the same tags keep traveling with you. Echo Cut compares a candidate set against the tags inside your recent logged posts — including posts that used a different set — then copies the leftover block. It is not a set score, not a caption-density check, and not a cloned lab worksheet. BUILD AND ROTATE - Create, search, pin, favorite, duplicate, and edit sets - Normalize pasted tag blocks and remove duplicates - Assign sets to days in the weekly planner - Record when a set was used and review outcomes you log yourself INSPECT WHEN YOU NEED IT - Set Audit combines local cautions, reuse history, and cross-set overlap - Compare two sets, blend sets without repeats, and scan library redundancy - Caption density and tag-check tools stay advisory. They do not claim live platform limits or predict reach. OFFLINE REFERENCE Browse a bundled, hand-edited catalog. TagingVault does not connect to social-platform APIs. YOUR DATA STAYS LOCAL No account, ads, analytics SDK, or subscription. Sets, planner notes, and usage history stay on this device unless you export them.

Screenshots

Screen Time Control4 screens
TagingVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Screen Time Control at Free against TagingVault's $0.99. TagingVault's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Screen Time Control is free to download; TagingVault costs $0.99 up front. Screen Time Control sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. TagingVault asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Control ships an update every 3 weeks, TagingVault weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Screen Time Control versus TagingVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time ControlTagingVault
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorth A Try LLCRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions3
  • Paused Plus Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Paused Plus Annual Offer$29.991 Year
  • Paused Plus Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Paused Plus Lifetime Offer$19.99
  • Paused Plus Lifetime$39.99
  • Paused Plus Lifetime$79.99
None

TagingVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TagingVault free?
TagingVault costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screen Time Control or TagingVault have ads?
Neither Screen Time Control nor TagingVault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Control or TagingVault?
Screen Time Control ships an update every 3 weeks, and TagingVault weekly. Most recently, Screen Time Control was updated on November 5, 2026 and TagingVault on October 31, 2026.

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