Comparison

Lilo vs unscroll

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

Head to head
About

Lilo

This app transforms solo study sessions into engaging, social challenges. Compete with friends, track your progress, and climb leaderboards to make learning fun and motivating. Build lasting focus habits through friendly competition and visible achievements.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with distraction avoidance
  • Study challenges with friends
  • Live leaderboards for comparison
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • Habit building and streaks
  • Social accountability
Features
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Stay focused. Compete with friends. Make studying fun. Lilo is a social study timer that transforms your study time into a motivating challenge. Instead of studying alone and losing focus, you can now set timers, compete with friends, climb leaderboards, and track your progress in a way that makes learning feel engaging and rewarding. FOCUS TIMER - Start a focus timer to stay consistent and avoid distractions. - Use Lilo for deep study sessions, daily homework, or exam preparation. - Build habits that last and turn focus into a routine. CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS - Invite your friends to study challenges and see who can stay focused the longest. - Compete one-on-one or in groups to stay motivated. - Keep each other accountable while making learning more fun. LEADERBOARDS - Compare your study time with friends on live leaderboards. - See who studied the most this week and push yourself higher. - Use healthy competition to stay consistent. STATS AND PROGRESS - Track total study hours, daily streaks, and weekly progress. - Visualize your learning with charts and simple insights. - Celebrate small wins that build long-term results. WHY LILO? Studying does not have to feel boring or lonely. With Lilo, you are part of a challenge where focus is fun, progress is visible, and learning becomes social. Challenges, leaderboards, and progress tracking make it easier to stay locked in every day. Whether you are preparing for finals, working on projects, improving focus for self-study, or simply trying to build stronger habits, Lilo keeps you motivated and accountable. KEY FEATURES - Study timer with focus mode - Challenges with friends - Leaderboards for extra motivation - Study streaks and habit tracking - Stats and progress insights With Lilo, your study time becomes more than just work — it becomes a challenge, a competition, and a shared journey with friends. Download Lilo today and discover a new way of studying. Focus. Compete. Achieve. https://sites.google.com/view/lilo-study-timer-challenges/regulamin https://sites.google.com/view/lilo-study-timer-challenges/policy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

unscroll

This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking distracting applications and replacing them with curated articles, video essays, and podcasts. It allows you to set custom blocking schedules and provides an offline reader with no ads or popups. You can also listen to articles as audio and track your progress in taking back your scrolling time.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Focus sessions with timers
  • Custom blocking schedules
  • Curated articles, videos, podcasts
  • Offline reader with no ads
  • Article to audio playback
  • Track reclaimed time
Features
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unscroll blocks the apps that steal your time and replaces them with curated articles, video essays, and podcasts. Same impulse, better outcome. How it works 1. Pick the apps you want to block 2. Open a blocked app — a shield appears 3. Tap "Send me something to read" — get a curated article instantly What you get • Block distracting apps with iOS Screen Time • Focus sessions with timers and intentions • Custom blocking schedules (work hours, evenings, always-on) • Curated articles, videos, and podcasts • Clean offline reader — no ads, no popups • Listen to any article as audio • Read YouTube videos as text transcripts • Translate articles into 30+ languages • Create and share collections with a code • Track your progress and reclaimed time Why unscroll is different Other apps just block your phone and leave you staring at a wall. unscroll gives you something better to do. You still pick up your phone — but now you read, learn, and grow instead of scrolling. The numbers don't lie The average person scrolls 3+ hours a day. That's over 1,000 hours a year. Enough to read 170 books. Learn a new skill. Finish 25 online courses. unscroll helps you take that time back. Subscription unscroll requires an active subscription. Plans start with a free trial so you can explore everything risk-free. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://unscrollread.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://unscrollread.com/privacy Support: support@unscrollread.com

Screenshots

Lilo4 screens
unscroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lilo and unscroll both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of Lilo's written reviews are positive against 0% of unscroll's. Lilo also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 133) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Lilo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and unscroll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.7 for Lilo against 4.8 for unscroll. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lilo has 4.3K ratings behind it against 133, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Lilo's written reviews are positive against 0% of unscroll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lilo ships an update every 8 days, unscroll every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lilo versus unscroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLilounscroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.3K ratings)4.8 (133 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.3K — better133
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB96 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPawel GladyszTitun LLC

Customer experience

Lilo

All ratings4,258 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative30.4%

unscroll

All ratings133 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Lilo

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Access$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Premium Access$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access Yearly$29.991 Year
4 purchases

unscroll

Subscriptions4
  • unscroll+ (weekly)$4.997 Days
  • unscroll+ (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • unscroll+ (yearly)$34.991 Year
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  • unscroll+ (yearly)3 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Lilo free?
Lilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is unscroll free?
unscroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lilo or unscroll?
unscroll is rated higher. Lilo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while unscroll averages 4.8 from 133 ratings.
Do Lilo or unscroll have ads?
Neither Lilo nor unscroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lilo or unscroll?
Lilo ships an update every 8 days, and unscroll every 10 days. Most recently, Lilo was updated on October 12, 2026 and unscroll on October 7, 2026.

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