Comparison

ScrollGuard vs Northstar personal development

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

Head to head
About

ScrollGuard

This tool helps reduce mindless social media consumption by hiding addictive elements like feeds and short video sections within a browser. It allows users to selectively filter content, keeping essential features while minimizing distractions and the urge to scroll endlessly.

Highlights
  • Hide Reels, Stories, and Explore pages
  • Toggle content elements on/off
  • Set unlimited custom filters (premium)
  • Filters content within Safari browser
  • Retains useful social media features
Features
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ScrollGuard helps you cut down on mindless screen time so you can use social media to stay connected, without getting sucked into the endless feed. Instead of blocking entire sites or apps, ScrollGuard uses a Safari browser extension to hide the most addictive parts of social media websites: endless feeds, Reels, Stories, Explore pages and other attention traps. Because it filters content directly in the browser, you don’t have to lock yourself out of your accounts, rely on willpower, or delete anything. You keep the useful parts, without the constant pull to keep scrolling. You choose what to hide, so you can still get value from social media without getting trapped in the scroll. Features: Hide Reels, Stories, Explore and other addictive sections of popular social platforms Toggle each element on or off with simple switches Premium Features: Set unlimited custom filters Terms of Use: https://scrollguard.app/terms

About

Northstar personal development

This app provides a unified system for personal growth, helping users build habits, manage daily tasks, and pursue long-term goals. Its focused design aims to reduce reliance on multiple productivity tools, promoting clarity and consistency in personal development efforts.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking with streak visualization
  • Daily to-do list management
  • Long-term goal setting and progress tracking
  • Simple, distraction-free design
  • Unified personal growth system
Features
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Northstar is a focused personal development system designed to help you build better habits, manage your daily tasks, and pursue long-term goals — all in one place. Instead of juggling multiple productivity apps, Northstar brings the core pillars of personal growth together into a single, simple system built for clarity and consistency. FEATURES Habit Tracking Stay consistent with the habits that matter most. Northstar’s habit grid makes it easy to track your daily progress and visualize streaks over time. Daily To-Do Lists Organize and complete tasks with a clean, distraction-free task manager designed to help you focus on what needs to get done today. Long-Term Goals Set meaningful goals and track your progress over time so you can stay aligned with the bigger picture of where you want to go. Simple, Focused Design Northstar is intentionally minimal so you can spend less time managing tools and more time taking action. Your progress, your system. Northstar helps you stay disciplined, organized, and focused on becoming the person you want to be.

Screenshots

ScrollGuard4 screens
Northstar personal development4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Northstar personal development at 100% against ScrollGuard's 55%. Northstar personal development also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). ScrollGuard's advantage is ratings volume (127 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScrollGuard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Northstar personal development asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Northstar personal development holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScrollGuard has 127 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of ScrollGuard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Northstar personal development's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ScrollGuard versus Northstar personal development: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollGuardNorthstar personal development
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (127 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB15 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBreakTheScrollManny Baron

Customer experience

ScrollGuard

All ratings126 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative35.8%

Northstar personal development

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ScrollGuard

Subscriptions3
  • ScrollGuard Pro$3.991 Month
  • ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • ScrollGuard Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScrollGuard Pro$59.99
None

Northstar personal development

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScrollGuard free?
ScrollGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Northstar personal development free?
Northstar personal development is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScrollGuard or Northstar personal development?
Northstar personal development is rated higher. ScrollGuard averages 4.2 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while Northstar personal development averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ScrollGuard or Northstar personal development have ads?
Neither ScrollGuard nor Northstar personal development shows ads.

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