Comparison

Frogged vs Vowlock

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

Head to head
About

Frogged

This app intervenes when you're about to waste time on your phone, blocking access to distracting apps and interrupting mindless scrolling. It's designed for users who struggle to control their screen time and want a more assertive approach than gentle reminders.

Highlights
  • Blocks access to distracting apps
  • Interrupts mindless scrolling
  • Targets compulsive habits
  • Calls out time-wasting behavior
  • Offers a free trial
Features
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Frogged is a screen time bully that steps in when you lose control. Not another friendly reminder. Not another "you’ve been scrolling for 30 minutes" notification. Frogged shows up when you’re about to waste time - and calls it out. ---------- How Frogged works When you open apps you know you shouldn't: • Frogged blocks access • Frogged interrupts mindless scrolling • Frogged reminds you what you’re really doing No motivation speeches. No fake encouragement. ---------- Built for people who: • Can’t stop scrolling • Keep opening social apps on autopilot • Want to use their phone less — but don't • Are tired of "gentle" screen time apps that don’t work Frogged doesn’t ask nicely. It intervenes. ---------- What makes Frogged different • Screen time control that actually stops you • App blocking when you lose control • Interrupts compulsive habits • Targets dopamine-driven behavior • No streaks, no rewards, no guilt Frogged isn't here to make you feel better. It’s here to make you stop. All features require paid subscription or free trial. Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YS2URSLKIApJ2BAlddJk8Q4PPUJ5EyW4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112512807375102253305&rtpof=true&sd=true Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Vowlock

Features
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Vowlock is a strict app blocker for people who are done negotiating with themselves. Block apps behind Apple's Screen Time shields, seal the block with a vow, and make breaking it cost something real. Less brain rot, more evenings that are actually yours. Most app blockers are a toggle you flip off the moment an urge hits. No iOS blocker is unbreakable, so Vowlock is built on a harder truth: breaking one should cost something. With Vowlock you do not just block distracting apps. You seal a vow. SEAL A VOW, BLOCK APPS FOR AS LONG AS IT RUNS Choose the apps that eat your evenings: the feeds, the games, the one you open without deciding to, and any website you would rather not open. Choose how long the vow runs, from fifteen minutes to a full day. Then seal it with a short ritual: one line that is true for you, one spoken plea recorded on camera, and a heartbeat pulsing through the phone as you commit. From that second, your chosen apps go dark behind Apple's Screen Time shields. Think of it as a focus mode you cannot swipe away. BREAKING COSTS SOMETHING An app blocker you can switch off in two taps is only a suggestion. Want out early? Vowlock will not shame you, but it will not make it easy. You sit through the break ritual, feel that same heartbeat again, and watch the recording of yourself asking you not to. Most urges do not survive that mirror. Willpower is easier to find when the version of you who made the promise is looking back. STOP DOOM SCROLLING, STAY FOCUSED Use Vowlock as a distraction blocker to stop doomscrolling at night, to stay focused through a work block, or as a social media blocker for the whole weekend. Doom scrolling ends when the feed is simply not there. Need a short-video blocker? Vowlock takes a whole social media or short-video app off the table, the app itself rather than one tab inside it, so its endless feed goes with it. Self control is a muscle. Every kept vow is one more rep, and every rep teaches your thumb that the feed can wait. THE PROMISE WALL Every vow becomes a glass pane on your wall. Kept vows shine. A broken pane does not shame you; it reforges after seven kept days. Over weeks, the wall becomes a quiet record of who you are becoming: discipline you can look at, rather than a streak you dread losing. DOPAMINE DETOX ON YOUR OWN TERMS Run a phone detox for one evening, a dopamine detox for a weekend, or a longer digital detox to reduce screen time for good. Vowlock is a digital detox app for phone addiction that does not pretend a chart of your usage is the answer. Addiction to the feed loosens its grip when the feed is sealed behind a promise. Recurring schedules seal the same vow on the days and hours you choose, a home screen widget keeps your progress in sight, a Lock Screen countdown keeps the running vow in view, and weekly patterns show when your urges cluster so the next vow covers that hour. YOUR VOWS STAY ON YOUR IPHONE Vowlock is a self control app, not a surveillance app. Your pleas, your vow lines and your app list stay on this device. No account, and none of it is ever sent to us. Apple's Screen Time technology means Vowlock cannot even see the names of the apps you block. Anonymous usage statistics help us improve the app, and one switch in Vowlock's Settings turns them off. Requires iOS 17 or later and Screen Time permission. Free to download, and your first vow is always free, with the full ritual and full strictness. More vows after the first, recurring schedules, your full Promise Wall history and weekly urge patterns come with an optional subscription or one-time purchase, with details shown in the app before any purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vowlock-app.web.app/privacy Support: https://vowlock-app.web.app

Screenshots

Frogged4 screens
Vowlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vowlock at every 4 days against Frogged's every 3 weeks. 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. Frogged sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Vowlock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frogged ships an update every 3 weeks, Vowlock every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Frogged versus Vowlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFroggedVowlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHubert SosnickiEren Demirkesen

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Frogged

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Pro$6.991 Month
  • Pro$19.991 Year
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  • Frogged$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Vowlock

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plus Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is Frogged free?
Frogged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vowlock free?
Vowlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frogged or Vowlock have ads?
Both Frogged and Vowlock show ads.
Which is updated more often, Frogged or Vowlock?
Frogged ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vowlock every 4 days. Most recently, Frogged was updated on October 31, 2026 and Vowlock on October 31, 2026.

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