Rewind vs Screen Snitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rewind
This app helps you reduce screen time and improve focus by blocking distracting applications and social media. It allows you to set app limits and create dedicated focus sessions to build healthier digital habits. The design is minimal and private, aiming for long-term clarity.
- Block distracting apps
- Set app limits
- Create focus sessions
- Build healthier digital habits
- Minimal and private design
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Rewind is a clean, minimal app blocker designed to help you reduce screen time and regain control of your attention. Block distracting apps and social media. Set app limits. Create focus sessions. Build healthier digital habits without complexity. Whether you're trying to stop scrolling, limit Instagram or TikTok, or improve your focus, Rewind helps you stay intentional with your time. Simple. Calm. Private. Built for long-term clarity. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screen Snitch
This app helps you reduce phone usage by making you accountable to friends. Set app limits, and if you exceed them, you must confess to a friend to unlock more time. It fosters real consequences to break bad habits.
- Set app usage limits
- App blocking upon exceeding limits
- Confess to friends to unlock time
- Friends receive notifications
- Excuse feed for friends
- Streak building for staying under limits
- Group leaderboard
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You've been on your phone for 3 hours today. Your friends have no idea. Screen Snitch changes that - hit your limit, and the app blocks you until you confess to them. You've tried Screen Time limits. You dismissed every single one. You tried going cold turkey. Lasted a few days. You tried app blockers. Found the workaround in an afternoon. None of it worked because the only person holding you accountable was you. And you keep letting yourself off the hook. Screen Snitch adds real consequences. Exceed your limit on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube - any app you actually struggle with - and your phone blocks it. No getting around it. The only way back in? Open Screen Snitch, type an excuse, and snitch on yourself. Your friends get a notification. Your excuse goes in their feed. "Just five more minutes." "It's for work I promise." "No excuse, I'm weak." Your friends will see whichever one you pick. And react accordingly. Here's what you get: • Set limits on your most-used apps • Hit your limit - the app gets blocked until you confess • Type an excuse and snitch on yourself to unlock 5 more minutes • Your friends get notified and see your excuse in their feed • Build streaks for every app you stay under limit on • See who's winning the battle against their phone on the group leaderboard Over a dozen people tested Screen Snitch before launch. The most common reaction: "I actually stopped because I knew I'd have to explain myself." That's the whole point. Download free. Add one friend. See how your excuses hold up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Screen Snitch at none against Rewind's 3. Screen Snitch also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Rewind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Screen Snitch asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rewind against 5.0 for Screen Snitch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively.
Rewind ships an update every 5 days, Screen Snitch every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rewind | Screen Snitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yip Hong Ngan | Almond Development LLC |
Customer experience
Rewind
Screen Snitch
In-app purchases
Rewind
- All Access14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- All Access14 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$24.99
Screen Snitch
No in-app purchases
