Steps vs Scroll Patrol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
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Stop procrastinating. Start moving. Steps gives your daily walk a deadline. Set a step goal and a cutoff time. If you reach your goal before the deadline, everything stays unlocked. If you don’t, your selected apps lock until tomorrow. It’s a simple system that removes excuses and keeps you accountable. How does it work? 1. Set your daily step goal 2. Choose a deadline for the day 3. Pick the apps you want locked if you miss it Now your day has a rule: • Walk before the deadline. • Reach your goal and your apps stay unlocked. • Miss it and they lock until the next day. Designed to prevent procrastination! Many people plan to walk later… and never do. Steps fixes that by giving your activity a clear deadline and consequence. Instead of saying “I’ll walk later”, you’ll find yourself thinking: “I should go now.” Stay motivated • Live step tracking • Time remaining until your deadline • Daily streak tracking • Weekly step progress • A monster that reacts to your progress Emergency Unblocks Need access unexpectedly? You get a small number of emergency unblocks each week. Use them wisely. Walk now. Not later.
Scroll Patrol
Earn screen time by completing physical exercises, tracked automatically via machine learning or synced from Apple Health. Users have full control over reward rates and app restrictions, with optional password protection for added self-control.
- Earn screen time through exercise
- Automatic exercise tracking (ML)
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Customizable reward rates
- App restriction options
- Password protection for settings
- No ads or subscriptions
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Scroll Patrol allows users to earn minutes by doing exercises which they can then allocate as screen time to apps that they choose to restrict. Exercises will be all automatically recorded. Exercises like pushups, situps, or squats will be counted via a machine learning algorithm that is entirely local to the application. Exercises like walking, biking, are already tracked by the Apple Health app, and Scroll Patrol simply synchs the data from there! The user has full control over their experience; being able to configure things like exercise reward rates and apps to restrict. If the user feels less confident in their self-control, they can enable a password on the settings page so that reward rates and restricted apps are locked behind a password a trusted friend can remember. No accounts, ads, subscriptions, or event internet required! No user data is collected or stored... like at all. Lower your screen time, and increase your
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Steps at daily against Scroll Patrol's every 4 months. Scroll Patrol's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steps ships an update daily, Scroll Patrol every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | Scroll Patrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Duenez Ramirez | Ouroboros Technologies, LLC |
In-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
Scroll Patrol
No in-app purchases









