StarForge vs Scroll Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarForge
This app helps you visualize and quantify your focus time by turning each session into a star that forms a personal galaxy. It also includes features for blocking distractions, guided activity breaks, and progress projection.
- App blocking during focus sessions
- Guided activity breaks
- Focus timer with immersive atmospheres
- Time Machine for future progress projection
- Unlockable achievements
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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StarForge — Focus & Productivity, reimagined. This app helps you transform your time into meaningful results. 5 hours a day. That’s how much time the average person spends staring at a screen. Over a lifetime, that becomes 20+ years. StarForge exists to make that time visible — and meaningful. Every moment of focus becomes a living star. Day by day, those stars form your personal galaxy — a record of effort, discipline, and growth. ____ GUARDIAN — PROTECT YOUR TIME - Block distracting apps during focus sessions (iOS Screen Time API) - Choose 24/7 or half-day protection - Distraction data stays on your device — always private Your attention is your most valuable resource. StarForge helps you defend it. ____ VITALITY — STAY ACTIVE WHILE YOU WORK Long focus needs movement. - Gentle reminders for short guided activity breaks - Built-in exercises: squats, push-ups, and plank - Just two minutes to reset your energy - Designed to work seamlessly with focus sessions ____ DEEP FOCUS, WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS - Focus timer with free and timer modes - Immersive Atmospheres: rain, ocean, forest, fireplace, and more - A real-time star that evolves as you stay focused ____ TIME MACHINE — see your future self in 1 year What will you achieve if you keep going at this pace? Time Machine shows real projections of your focus, vitality, and time preserved — based on your actual data. Compare your progress across periods and reflect on how far you've come. ____ ACHIEVEMENTS - Unlock achievements based on effort, not perfection - Progress that feels earned, not forced ____ WIDGETS & STATS - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Your personal 3D Focus Galaxy shining on your Home Screen - “My Galaxy This Week” previews - Progress visible without opening the app StarForge is not about doing more. It’s about seeing how your day-to-day effort transforms your life. Your focus galaxy is born. Start filling it with stars — and become a Star. ____ TURN FOCUS INTO SOMETHING YOU CAN FEEL Instead of charts and numbers, StarForge shows you what your focus creates. - Each focus session forges a star - Longer sessions change its color and temperature - Your daily stars form a growing galaxy - Over time, your effort becomes visible Focus stops feeling mechanical — it becomes meaningful. ____ MY GALAXY - A beautiful 3D Galaxy representing your effort - Calendar view showing a star for each focused day - Track streaks and long-term consistency - Watch your galaxy grow over weeks and months - Transform your phone into a focus device with custom widgets ____ *All features described above require a subscription.* StarForge uses Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Scroll Timer
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You did not decide to spend forty minutes there. That is the whole problem: the minutes were never said out loud, so nothing ever compared them to anything. Scroll Timer is a ledger for phone sessions. Before you open something, you say what it is and how many minutes you mean to spend. When you stop, it shows the one number it exists for: the gap between what you said and what happened. HOW IT WORKS • Pick a context — social, video, news, shopping, games, messages, work, reading, other. • Say the minutes. A short pause runs first — a few seconds you choose, or none at all. • Stop when you stop. The gap gets written down. • Decided not to open it after all? Log a pass. Not opening is an entry too. THE DAY AS ONE STRIP Your day is drawn as a single 24-hour strip: the minutes you planned in one colour, the part that ran over in another. One look tells you where the day actually went. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO • Blocks nothing. No app is hidden, locked or delayed against your will. • Asks for no permissions. Not Screen Time, not Family Controls, not location. • Reads no system data. It cannot see which apps you open or for how long — every minute in the ledger comes from a session you started yourself. That is the design, not a missing feature. A lock you can uninstall in a weak moment measures nothing. A written record does. WHAT ELSE IS IN IT • Rest of day: where today lands if it carries on like your last two weeks did, with your daily budget drawn as a line. • Trends: day streak, weekly average, monthly total and contexts used, plus a month calendar showing which days stayed inside your budget. • Challenges that refresh every day, week and month. • 80 achievements across bronze, silver and gold, with levels and XP. • A session you forget to stop is closed at the length you planned and marked as an estimate — never a silent six-hour entry. You can correct the end time afterwards. • CSV export of every entry. • Works offline. No account, no sign-up, no analytics; nothing leaves your phone. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS This is a record of what you told it, not a measurement of your phone. It makes no health claims and promises no reduction. It shows the difference between what you said and what happened, in minutes, and leaves the decision to you. PRICING Recording sessions is part of Scroll Timer Pro: • A recurring subscription, with the first period at a reduced price • Or a one-time purchase that never renews Reading your ledger and exporting it stay free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://doesonejob.com/scrollledger/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://doesonejob.com/scrollledger/privacy/ Questions or ideas: scrollledger@doesonejob.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Scroll Timer at fortnightly against StarForge's every 3 months. 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
Both are free to download. StarForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Scroll Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StarForge ships an update every 3 months, Scroll Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarForge | Scroll Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peakloom LLC | YUSUF OCAL |
In-app purchases
StarForge
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Scroll Timer
- Scrollledger Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Scrollledger Pro Lifetime$13.99









