Delay vs Screen Time Limit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Challenge-based interventions
- Dopamine delay
- Stops mindless app opening
- Breaks scrolling cycle
- Fun and engaging
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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/
Screen Time Limit
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ScrollToll is completely free... unless you are weak. Standard screen time blockers fail because they rely on gentle mindfulness and passive timers that are easily bypassed by tapping "Ignore Limit for 15 minutes." Willpower alone is mathematically proven to fail when there are zero real-world stakes. The app is 100% free to protect your focus, however, if you break discipline during an active lock block, you must pay a $0.99 emergency bypass fee. We replace guilt with involuntary friction. You will spend 11.4 years of your waking life staring at vertical video feeds at a rate of 5 hours/ day over 55 years of life. Enter ScrollToll. Protect your focus with ScrollToll features: * The Dopamine Tax: Pay a $0.99 consumable micro-transaction via Apple Pay to buy a 15-minute emergency override token to look at blocked apps. * Hardware-Level Interception: Powered by Apple’s native Family Controls, ScrollToll shields apps instantly before they can load. * Daily Limits & Scheduled Blocks: Use exact hour and minute caps to limit apps, or lock them down completely during scheduled hours like bedtime or work. * Toll Receipts: Track your willpower with a monospaced receipt ledger that records every time you paid to give in, along with a visual toll bucket that fills with a gold chip for every $0.99 spent. * High-Contrast OLED Design: A pure pitch-black interface with stark neon red and green accents that acts as a serious system utility, not a pastel wellness coach. What changes: * Your brain evaluates whether opening social media is actually worth the financial cost. * Mindless impulse opens stop instantly because the immediate reward is ruined. * You transition from a passive scroller into a disciplined individual that can better spend the new found time on hobbies/interests/relationships/self improvement. Download now to stop leaking your focus and reclaim your time.
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Verdict
Delay and Screen Time Limit are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Delay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Screen Time Limit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Delay | Screen Time Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (106 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 106 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focus Labs LLC (US) | Jairam Manikandan |
In-app purchases
Delay
- Delay - Weekly$4.997 Days
- Delay - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Delay - Family Monthly$17.991 Month
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- Delay - Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
Screen Time Limit
- Pay to Scroll - 15 minute unlock$0.99









