Comparison

Gentle Screen Time vs YourPriority

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

Head to head
About

Gentle Screen Time

This app helps families establish healthier screen time habits by wrapping addictive apps in timed sessions. It introduces a rhythm of usage and rest without surveillance or negotiation, allowing intentional app engagement.

Highlights
  • Timed app sessions with beginnings and ends
  • Automatic app locking after sessions
  • Intentional app opening friction
  • Remote family management
  • Customizable session and rest lengths
  • No content monitoring or surveillance
Features
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Most screen time apps work by capping you. They set hard limits, block apps for the rest of the day, and leave you locked out the moment you hit a number. Gentle works differently. There are no usage limits and no permanent blocks. You move through a rhythm of sessions and rests, and your total screen time drops, often dramatically, without anything being capped or taken away for good. Here's how it works. You start a session and have full, unlimited access to everything on your phone. When the session ends, a short rest begins, a brief pause where your controlled apps become unavailable for a few minutes. When the rest ends, your apps return, ready for your next session. No daily cutoffs. No "you're out of time." Just a gentle in-and-out rhythm that adds up to far less screen time. Gentle is for people who've tried strict limits and bounced off them. If hitting a wall every day has never worked, a gentle rhythm of sessions and rests might. Use everything you love, in a calmer cadence. Lower your screen time. No limits, no daily cutoffs, just a gentler rhythm. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.gentlescreentime.app/privacy

About

YourPriority

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Quit doomscrolling and spend your time on what matters to you. YourPriority pauses the apps you scroll too much and reminds you of your priorities instead. 2 HOURS A DAY IS 30 DAYS A YEAR Two hours of scrolling every day adds up to about 30 full days a year. YourPriority helps you take that time back for the things you really want to do. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you scroll the most, like Instagram, TikTok or YouTube. 2. Set a break or a block. For example: after 20 minutes of scrolling, those apps pause for 10 minutes. 3. When you open a paused or blocked app, you see a reminder of your priorities, not the feed. DOOM SCROLL BREAKS After the minutes you choose, your picked apps pause for a short break. Then they open again by themselves. You can still use your phone. You just stop scrolling for a while. BLOCKS Block an app all day, at certain hours (like bedtime or work time), or after a daily limit. To remove a block, you wait 20 seconds first, so you have a moment to think. YOUR TOP PRIORITY Add your to-dos for the day. Your most important one sits at the top of the Today screen. Add steps, times, reminders and repeating to-dos. NOTES Write down ideas, lists and plans. Notes save as you type. ALSO • Morning and evening reminders to plan your day • See your screen time each week • Time = money: see what your scrolling costs, in your own currency ON MAC TOO Get the free Mac app at yourpriority.app. It blocks distracting websites in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave and Edge. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your Screen Time data stays on your iPhone. WHY I MADE IT I'm Tanjil. I was spending 6 to 8 hours a day on my phone. Screen Time limits were easy to skip, and other apps only locked my apps. So I built an app that shows me what matters when I open a blocked app. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PRO Blocks, Doom Scroll Breaks, to-dos and notes are free, with no limits. YourPriority Pro adds iCloud sync, so your to-dos and notes stay the same on your iPhone and Mac. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://yourpriority.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://yourpriority.app/privacy

Screenshots

Gentle Screen Time4 screens
YourPriority4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gentle Screen Time and YourPriority are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Gentle Screen Time sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and YourPriority sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gentle Screen Time ships an update weekly, YourPriority every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gentle Screen Time versus YourPriority: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentle Screen TimeYourPriority
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph CaseyMD Sabel Ahmad Tanjil

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Gentle Screen Time

Subscriptions5
  • One Week Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Family Plan7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Family Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$74.99
2 purchases

YourPriority

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Gentle Screen Time free?
Gentle Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YourPriority free?
YourPriority is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gentle Screen Time or YourPriority have ads?
Neither Gentle Screen Time nor YourPriority shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gentle Screen Time or YourPriority?
Gentle Screen Time ships an update weekly, and YourPriority every 8 days. Most recently, Gentle Screen Time was updated on October 28, 2026 and YourPriority on October 25, 2026.

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