Retime vs Screen Time Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retime
This app helps you focus by automatically blocking distracting applications during scheduled work sessions. It offers smart scheduling, progress tracking, and analytics to improve your productivity and build better screen time habits.
- Automatic app blocking
- Smart scheduling
- Session streaks tracking
- Focus analytics
- Gentle reminders
- Quick session start
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Take control of your screen time with Retime. Block selected apps with scheduled routines or focus sessions. Set daily usage limits, organize app groups and view Apple Screen Time reports. Paid Premium options are available. Prices and duration are shown before purchase. iOS 18.5+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://retime.day/confidentialite/
Screen Time Control
This app helps you master your attention and reclaim your digital independence by setting strict screen time limits and blocking distracting applications. It combines Stoic philosophy with powerful tools to foster discipline, focus on goals, and improve digital well-being for individuals and families.
- Rigorous screen time control
- App locker and hider
- Deep work and time blocking
- Family safety features
- Discipline building
- Digital well-being tools
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Pip is a little cloud who helps you put your phone down. Pick the apps that pull at you and start a focus session. Pip locks them until you're done and quietly gets on with its day. Finish, and you both get something for it. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS • Lock social media, games and any app you choose while you focus • Built on Apple's Screen Time, so blocks hold even if you close the app • Need a break? Earn it with a few slow breaths or a quick memory game LIMIT YOUR SCREEN TIME • Set a daily screen time goal and see how close you are • Track pickups and screen time trends across days and weeks • Gentle morning and evening nudges, never nagging A FOCUS PET THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Every focused minute earns coins • Dress Pip up with hats, glasses and more from the shop • Keep your streak alive to unlock rewards, and mend it if a day slips MADE FOR REAL LIFE • A focus timer for study, deep work, sleep and time with people • Nightstand mode and a Live Activity keep the timer in view • A hold-to-commit pledge that makes your goal feel official PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Screen Time data is processed by Apple on your iPhone. Pip never sees which apps you open and never uploads your usage. A subscription unlocks focus sessions and the full experience. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/e3c354c7-9a8f-4202-8159-6549f1a5ce00
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Time Control at every 3 days against Retime's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Retime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Screen Time Control sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Retime ships an update every 2 months, Screen Time Control every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retime | Screen Time Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin GIRARD | DANIEL PETRISOR ATITIENEI |
Customer experience
Retime
Screen Time Control
In-app purchases
Retime
- Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$17.991 Year
- lifetime access$24.99
Screen Time Control
- Weekly Plan$4.997 Days
- Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
- Yearly Plan Discount$29.991 Year
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- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- 400 Coins$0.99
- 1,350 Coins$2.99
- 2,500 Coins$4.99
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- 5,500 Coins$9.99









