Comparison

squat to scroll vs ChessScroll

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

Head to head
About

squat to scroll

This app helps you regain control of your screen time by requiring you to complete squat challenges to unlock access to selected apps. It encourages discipline, reduces addictive scrolling, and incorporates healthy exercise into your daily routine.

Highlights
  • Squat challenges to unlock apps
  • Time-limited app access
  • Builds discipline
  • Incorporates exercise
  • Privacy-focused on-device processing
  • Free mode available
Features
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Tired of wasting endless hours on social media? booty lock helps you take back control of your screen time — while keeping your body active and healthy. Here’s how it works: your selected apps are locked by default. To unlock them, you first need to complete a short squat challenge. Once you finish, you get a time-limited window (by default 30 minutes) to use your apps. When the window ends, the lock returns — and the only way forward is to squat again. Simple, effective, and good for both your mind and your body. Why it’s useful Builds discipline and reduces addictive scrolling. Adds short bursts of healthy exercise into your day. Turns screen time into something you have to “earn.” Helps you spend less time scrolling and more time moving. Privacy First Everything happens on your device only. Your video, movement data, and activity never leave your iPhone. No servers, no tracking, no third-party storage. Free Mode You can always use the free squat mode — just open the app and do your squats for a quick health boost without any timers or restrictions. Some features in this app require a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. These include: Set your own squat count. Adjust the unlock timer length to fit your lifestyle. You can access these features by starting a free trial, subscribing, or purchasing a lifetime plan. With booty lock, less screen time means more strength, more focus, and more balance in your life. Squat first, scroll later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bootylock.app/privacy

About

ChessScroll

This app locks distracting applications behind chess puzzles. Solve a puzzle to earn minutes of screen time for your chosen apps. It aims to reduce screen time by integrating practice into existing habits.

Highlights
  • App locking with chess puzzles
  • Customizable scroll time per puzzle
  • Offline puzzle functionality
  • Personalized puzzle difficulty
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
  • Reduces screen time through habit integration
Features
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Your feed costs a move now. ChessScroll seals the apps that eat your evenings — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, whichever you choose — behind a chess puzzle at your level. Solve it and you earn minutes of scroll. Fail it and the position waits. That's the whole app. That's the whole deal. THE DEAL 1 puzzle = minutes of scroll. You set the exchange rate. HOW IT WORKS 1. Seal your apps. Pick the ones that eat you. 2. Reach for one, and a puzzle appears instead. 3. Solve it. The app opens and your clock starts running. 4. Minutes run out mid-scroll? In chess we call that flagging. Solve another. WHY IT WORKS You already reach for your phone dozens of times a day. ChessScroll doesn't fight that urge — it reroutes it. Every reach becomes one tactic at your level: twenty to forty seconds, and a real fight. It's the training every coach prescribes and nobody actually does, attached to a habit you already have. TWO NUMBERS, FACING EACH OTHER — Your puzzle rating, climbing. — Your daily screen time, falling. Everything else is supporting cast. REAL PUZZLES, AT YOUR LEVEL Nearly fourteen thousand positions from real games, each one rated by the players who tried it before you, and served at your rating rather than under it, so the rating you build is earned. Works fully offline. From 400 to 2700, the puzzle fits. THE CLIMB Fourteen chapters, one for each master: Morphy, Anderssen, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik, Nezhmetdinov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov. Every six puzzles you solve lays a stone on their road, and the one you solved at midnight to get into Instagram counts the same as the one you chose to play. The road stops at twenty-eight of their own games, and every one you solve goes into your album as a card. You never have to open the tab for it to move. NO NEW ADDICTION Training sessions end by design. No infinite puzzle feed, no guilt notifications, no nagging. Paul Morphy said in 1859 that chess should never engross the mind. We're inclined to agree. PRIVACY Your app choices and screen-time data never leave your device — Apple's Screen Time framework enforces that by design. No account needed. MEMBERSHIP ChessScroll requires a membership: yearly with a 7-day free trial, or monthly. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings. Terms: https://chessscroll.com/terms — Privacy: https://chessscroll.com/privacy Earn your scroll.

Screenshots

squat to scroll4 screens
ChessScroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: squat to scroll at free with in-app purchases against ChessScroll's subscription. squat to scroll also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. squat to scroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and ChessScroll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for squat to scroll against 3.0 for ChessScroll. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

squat to scroll ships an update every 4 days, ChessScroll fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
squat to scroll versus ChessScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersquat to scrollChessScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIMUR MEZHETDINOVMICHAŁ ROSTKOWSKI

Customer experience

squat to scroll

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ChessScroll

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

squat to scroll

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Yearly7 Days trial$27.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$34.99
2 purchases

ChessScroll

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$7.991 Month
  • Annual Membership3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is squat to scroll free?
squat to scroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChessScroll free?
ChessScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, squat to scroll or ChessScroll?
squat to scroll and ChessScroll are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do squat to scroll or ChessScroll have ads?
Neither squat to scroll nor ChessScroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, squat to scroll or ChessScroll?
squat to scroll ships an update every 4 days, and ChessScroll fortnightly. Most recently, squat to scroll was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChessScroll on October 21, 2026.

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