Comparison

Delay vs Mornel

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

Head to head
About

Delay

This app helps users break phone addiction by interrupting mindless scrolling with challenges. It aims to stop the cycle of addictive app usage through strategic interventions.

Highlights
  • Challenge-based interventions
  • Dopamine delay
  • Stops mindless app opening
  • Breaks scrolling cycle
  • Fun and engaging
Features
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Turn your screen time into study time. Delay makes you answer practice questions on topics you want to learn before you can open distracting apps like Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube. Instead of setting aside more time to study, learning becomes a transparent layer integrated into something you already do every day. EARN YOUR SCREEN TIME Before opening a blocked app, Delay gives you a few quick practice questions. Answer them correctly to earn access. Every time you reach for a distracting app, you get another small repetition of something you actually want to learn. LEARN WHAT YOU WANT Choose exactly what you want to study. Whether you're learning a language, preparing for an exam, memorizing important concepts, or building knowledge in a new subject, Delay turns your material into questions you can practice throughout the day. LEARN THROUGH REPETITION Delay integrates learning into moments that would otherwise be spent scrolling. Instead of relying on long study sessions, you repeatedly encounter your material throughout the day. Over time, those small repetitions add up. END THE DOOMSCROLL Your apps automatically lock again after your earned screen time expires. If you want to keep scrolling, you study again. This creates a simple cycle: learn, unlock, scroll, repeat. IMPORT YOUR STUDY MATERIAL Bring the material you already want to learn into Delay and turn it into practice questions. Keep different subjects organized and choose what you want to practice when unlocking your apps. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See how much you've practiced, how consistently you're answering questions, and how your knowledge improves over time. The screen time you would have spent scrolling becomes measurable learning progress. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION Delay works directly with your apps so studying becomes part of your normal routine. Once it's set up, simply use your phone as usual. When you try to open a blocked app, Delay gives you your questions, you answer them, and you're right back in. MAKE SCREEN TIME USEFUL You’re already going to open your favorite apps throughout the day. Delay simply puts learning in between. Instead of finding more time to study, use the time and habits you already have. DOWNLOAD DELAY Delay requires a subscription to access certain features. Download Delay and start turning everyday screen time into learning time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mornel

Features
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Mornel is a gentle planner for people who find planning itself the hard part. Say everything on your mind — out loud or in a chat — and Mornel turns it into a calm, structured plan you can actually follow. Designed with ADHD and neurodivergent brains in mind, and for anyone whose thoughts move faster than their to-do list. BRAIN DUMP → PLAN Hold the mic and talk. Mornel transcribes your ramble, spreads it across the right days, and shows you a review sheet before anything lands on your plan — nothing is added without your say-so. It never invents times you didn't mention; it just proposes them. PLAN BY CHATTING Ask Mornel is a planner you can talk to. It knows your schedule, your focus history, and your synced calendar events, and it proposes changes as tick-box suggestions — you approve each one, and anything applied can be undone for five minutes. The AI never edits your plan on its own. A CALM DAILY PLANNER • A gentle day timeline with time blocks, colours, and icons • Quick add with date, time, reminders, and subtasks • An inbox for thoughts that don't have a day yet • "Break into steps" — AI splits a daunting task into small, doable sub-steps • Yesterday check-in: tick off what you actually did and keep your streak honest FOCUS, BEAUTIFULLY Start a focus session from one minute to hours, single or multi-round. Sit inside hand-painted scenes that shift from day to golden hour to night, with ambient soundscapes (rain, café, brown noise and more). A lock-screen Live Activity keeps the countdown in view (iOS 16.1+; interactive buttons on iOS 17+). A PRIVATE JOURNAL Notebooks, a clean block editor, moods, and photos — protected by an optional Face ID lock. Export your words any time as PDF or plain Markdown; your writing is never trapped here. MEET YOUR KINDRED A small companion that grows only from real work: focused minutes and genuinely completed tasks earn XP; tapping and buying never do. Levels never decay. Watch it evolve through title bands from Stray to Legend, keep it on a home-screen widget, and bring friends along — share plan tags with people you invite, and cheer each other's streaks in a friends-only feed. FREE, HONESTLY The planner, focus timer, journaling and moods, streaks, cloud sync, and the Live Activity are free forever, with a fresh daily allowance of AI planning, chat, and journal assists. Mornel Pro removes the AI limits and adds Apple & Google Calendar sync, weekly repeats, custom reminder times, every soundscape, more journal photos, and full journal export — with monthly, yearly, and one-time lifetime options. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel any time in your App Store settings. YOUR DATA, YOURS No ads. No selling your data. AI runs server-side and analytics are off until you say otherwise in regions that require consent. Delete your account — and everything with it — from Settings. Mornel is a productivity and wellness app. It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, manage, or prevent any medical or mental-health condition. It does not replace professional care — always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical or mental-health support. Terms: https://mornel.app/terms · Privacy: https://mornel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Delay4 screens
Mornel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Delay at none against Mornel's shown. Mornel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Delay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Mornel sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Delay ships an update every 5 days, Mornel every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Delay versus Mornel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDelayMornel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (97 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaseen HalabiFahim Fardin Abdulla

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Delay

Subscriptions4
  • Delay - Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Delay - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Delay - Family Monthly$17.991 Month
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  • Delay - Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
10 purchases

Mornel

One-time10
  • Zen Chimes (Pro Price)$2.99
  • Crystalline (Pro Price)$2.99
  • Zen Chimes Set$3.99
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  • Crystalline Set$3.99
  • Playful (Pro Price)$3.99
  • Playful Set$4.99
  • Emberfall Forge$7.99
  • Every Sound (Pro Price)$7.99
  • Every Sound (All 17)$9.99
  • Icon Library$14.99

Questions

Is Delay free?
Delay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mornel free?
Mornel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Delay or Mornel have ads?
Mornel shows ads; Delay does not.
Which is updated more often, Delay or Mornel?
Delay ships an update every 5 days, and Mornel every 4 days. Most recently, Delay was updated on September 24, 2026 and Mornel on September 19, 2026.

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