Comparison

Screen Time Control vs Dr Brainrot

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 block distracting applications until you complete your tasks, transforming your phone into a productivity tool. It allows you to track your progress, build better habits, and unlock apps as rewards for finishing your to-do list.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps until tasks are completed
  • Track productivity and streaks
  • Flexible task management
  • Unlock apps as rewards
  • Build better habits
Features
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Make distracting apps wait until your priorities are done. DoUnlock helps you reduce screen time and follow through on tasks by connecting app access to real progress. Choose the apps that pull your attention away, create the tasks or routines you want to finish, and unlock access after you complete them. FOCUS WITH A CLEAR REASON • Block distracting apps during study, work, or personal time • Create tasks and repeatable routines • Schedule focused work in advance • Track focused time and completed activity • Turn app access into a motivating reward USE DOUNLOCK FOR • Studying and exam preparation • Deep work and productive mornings • Exercise, reading, chores, and daily habits • Reducing social media and compulsive scrolling • Building healthier digital routines HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps you want to block 2. Add a task, routine, or focus session 3. Complete your goal to unlock access DoUnlock gives your phone a simple boundary so your attention can stay with what matters. Optional subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2FQZ_HK2I_6ZBJhiaJw_Vii5aKW9D4dYjGfP9C8efU/edit?usp=sharing

About

Dr Brainrot

Features
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Dr Brainrot locks your most distracting apps and asks for a short brain game before you scroll. The reflex that opens a feed before you have decided to meets a round of thinking first, and scrolling becomes a choice again. He is an eccentric inventor, and the app is his laboratory: twelve experiments for your memory, attention and reasoning. They play like games. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that eat your day. They sit behind a real lock. 2. Play a session. Dr Brainrot deals three experiments and you take one: ten quick rounds against the clock. 3. Earn coins. Every right answer banks them, and they never expire. 4. Spend them your way. Buy minutes of feed, or save up for the next experiment in the lab. TWELVE EXPERIMENTS Simon, Grid Memory, Grid Mirror and Digit Span stretch how much you can hold in your head. Symbol Code and Blind Code keep your attention on the task. Pattern Matrix and Mental Math work your reasoning. Anagram and Word Hunt are for word lovers, Countries covers flags and outlines, and the Quiz draws on over 4,500 trivia questions across twelve themes. Four are open from day one and the rest unlock as you climb. Game rounds are generated fresh, so they never repeat. YOU SET THE DIFFICULTY Every experiment starts on its plainest board. Switch on modifiers before a session (a bigger grid, rarer words, less time per question) and it pays more coins and more points. A miss on a harder board costs a little too, so the choice stays a real one. ONE BRAIN LEVEL Every session feeds one level, on a ladder of ten ranks from Lab Rat up to Nobel Brain. The ranks above you stay hidden until you reach them. A bad session can dip your points, but a level you have reached is yours for good. PROVE YOU REMEMBER Get a trivia question right and next time you type the answer from memory instead of picking it. A REAL LOCK A system-level block, not a polite reminder. Built on Apple Screen Time, it holds when Dr Brainrot is closed, and when your minutes run out the apps lock again on their own. Stop early and the unused coins come back. JUST YOU No account, no leaderboards, no friends list, no comparison. Your blocked apps, level and history stay on your phone. Dr Brainrot is a subscription: weekly, or yearly with a free trial. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dr-brainrot.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Screen Time Control4 screens
Dr Brainrot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dr Brainrot at every 4 days against Screen Time Control's monthly. Dr Brainrot also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Time Control sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Dr Brainrot sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Control ships an update monthly, Dr Brainrot every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Screen Time Control versus Dr Brainrot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time ControlDr Brainrot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFenuku KekeliSteven Freville

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions3
  • All Access for a week$5.997 Days
  • All Access for a month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • All Access for a year$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Access to Lifetime$99.99
4 purchases

Dr Brainrot

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium Welcome Offer$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium$69.99

Questions

Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dr Brainrot free?
Dr Brainrot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screen Time Control or Dr Brainrot have ads?
Neither Screen Time Control nor Dr Brainrot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Control or Dr Brainrot?
Screen Time Control ships an update monthly, and Dr Brainrot every 4 days. Most recently, Screen Time Control was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dr Brainrot on October 25, 2026.

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