Comparison

Gentle Screen Time vs Stillock

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

Stillock

Features
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Stillock blocks the apps that pull at you, for as long as you say. Pick the apps and websites that distract you, choose how long, and start. They stay blocked until the timer ends. No account, no setup maze. FOCUS SESSIONS • Block a group of apps, categories and websites for anywhere from 5 minutes to 3 hours. • Pomodoro: focus in cycles, with short breaks in between. • Strict mode: a session that can't be ended early. • Tag to unlock: end a session only by scanning an NFC tag you keep in another room. • A calm blocked screen, with your own message and "5 more minutes" for when you really need it. BLOCKING ON AUTOPILOT • Schedules: block apps automatically every day, like Work from 9 to 5 or Bedtime overnight. • Strict schedules can't be switched off while they run. • Daily limits: allow yourself 30 minutes of social media a day. After that, the apps stay blocked until midnight. • Focus link: block a group automatically while an iOS Focus is on. • Start a session from the Home Screen widget or with Siri, and follow it on the Lock Screen. WATCH YOUR FOCUS ADD UP • Your day streak, with one missed day a week protected. • Your week at a glance, and a recap every Sunday. • Insights: how often you finish, and your best time of day. • Screen time, pickups and the apps that take most of your time, measured on your iPhone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Stillock uses Apple's Screen Time to block apps on your device. There's no account, no tracking and no ads. Your data stays on your device and is never sent to us. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited focus sessions, one block group, Pomodoro, your day streak and one "5 more minutes" a day. Stillock Pro adds more groups, schedules, daily limits, strict mode, Tag to unlock, Focus link, insights, screen-time numbers, streak protection and the Sunday recap. Stillock Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. The yearly plan starts with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://stillock.magalar.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://stillock.magalar.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Gentle Screen Time4 screens
Stillock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gentle Screen Time at weekly against Stillock's fortnightly. 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

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 Stillock 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, Stillock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Gentle Screen Time versus Stillock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentle Screen TimeStillock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph CaseyYAGIZ ADA UMUR

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

Stillock

Subscriptions2
  • Stillock Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Stillock Annual Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Gentle Screen Time free?
Gentle Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stillock free?
Stillock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gentle Screen Time or Stillock have ads?
Neither Gentle Screen Time nor Stillock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gentle Screen Time or Stillock?
Gentle Screen Time ships an update weekly, and Stillock fortnightly. Most recently, Gentle Screen Time was updated on October 28, 2026 and Stillock on October 29, 2026.

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