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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Lilo is the study timer you use with friends. Start a focus session or a Pomodoro, challenge your friends, climb the weekly leaderboard and keep your study streak alive. 500K+ students have downloaded Lilo and left 200K+ ratings, because studying together works better than studying alone. STUDY TIMER AND POMODORO - Focus timer, stopwatch and Pomodoro with breaks. - Pick a subject and tasks before you start, so every session counts toward a goal. - Timer scenes and a full screen mode keep your phone out of the way. - A Live Activity and a home screen widget show your session and streak at a glance. CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS - Invite friends to a study challenge: streak, time goal, speed race or ranking battle. - Follow everyone's progress live and see who stays focused the longest. - Join a challenge from a link, even before you create an account. LEADERBOARDS AND STREAKS - Weekly rankings with your friends. - Daily study streak with streak protection, so one bad day does not erase your progress. - Comment on your friends' sessions and keep each other accountable. PLANNER AND STATS - Day planner with tasks and subjects. - Study history, subject distribution, activity heatmap and advanced stats. - Share your weekly results to Instagram Stories in one tap. FOCUS MUSIC AND SCENES - Lofi, nature sounds and white noise inside the timer. - Choose a timer scene and an accent colour that matches your mood. WHO IS LILO FOR High school and university students, exam season, homework, language learning, thesis writing, and anyone who focuses better with a bit of friendly competition. Lilo is free to use. Lilo Premium adds Pomodoro and stopwatch modes, the full focus music library and extra scenes. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms: https://lilostudytimer.com/terms/ Privacy: https://lilostudytimer.com/privacy/

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 (4.6K vs 134) 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 4.6K ratings behind it against 134, 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 9 days, unscroll every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lilo versus unscroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLilounscroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.6K ratings)4.8 (134 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better134
Update frequencyEvery 9 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
Size170 MB96 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPawel GladyszTitun LLC

Customer experience

Lilo

All ratings4,498 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative30.5%

unscroll

All ratings134 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Lilo

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Access Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access Yearly$25.991 Year
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  • Premium Access Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 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 4.6K ratings, while unscroll averages 4.8 from 134 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 9 days, and unscroll every 10 days. Most recently, Lilo was updated on October 30, 2026 and unscroll on November 2, 2026.

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