Comparison

Screen Time Control vs OneThingDaily

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

OneThingDaily

Features
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One Thing Daily transforms self-improvement into a private social experience. Instead of long never ending lists, lock in one wholesome task each day - like reading a book, calling your family or even going for a walk in the morning when you wake up and share a photo of your progress to a private feed with your closest friends. Watch your progress grow as you build healthy, real-life accountability and consistent positive daily habits through the blossoming of different progress trees in your grove.

Screenshots

Screen Time Control4 screens
OneThingDaily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OneThingDaily at none against Screen Time Control's 4. OneThingDaily also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. OneThingDaily asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Control ships an update monthly, OneThingDaily every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Screen Time Control versus OneThingDaily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time ControlOneThingDaily
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB45 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFenuku KekeliRussell Systems Limited

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions3
  • All Access for a week3 Days trial$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
None

OneThingDaily

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OneThingDaily free?
OneThingDaily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screen Time Control or OneThingDaily have ads?
Neither Screen Time Control nor OneThingDaily shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Control or OneThingDaily?
Screen Time Control ships an update monthly, and OneThingDaily every 4 weeks. Most recently, Screen Time Control was updated on October 7, 2026 and OneThingDaily on October 12, 2026.

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