Comparison

LeavePhone | Less Screen Time vs Brain Rescue

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

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About

LeavePhone | Less Screen Time

This app helps reduce phone addiction and improve focus by making distractions harder to access. It offers features like app locking, scheduled sessions, usage monitoring, and sleep schedules to build better self-discipline and a healthier routine.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro timer with quick and scheduled sessions
  • App and phone locking for distraction-free time
  • Continuous and total app usage monitoring
  • Sleep schedule to reduce bedtime scrolling
  • Screen time and usage statistics
  • Daily check-ins for habit maintenance
Features
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LeavePhone is a powerful tool for reducing phone addiction, staying focused, and building better self-discipline. Still struggling with endless scrolling, procrastination, late nights, and lack of focus? LeavePhone helps you make phone distractions harder to access and focused time easier to start. With phone usage monitoring, Pomodoro-based locking, sleep schedules, check-ins, statistics, and time management tools, you can gradually reduce mindless scrolling and build a more disciplined routine. How does LeavePhone help you use your phone less? Changing a habit is difficult when you rely on willpower alone. A more effective approach is to interrupt the behavior before it happens. LeavePhone gives you multiple ways to add friction at key moments, such as when you are about to scroll, procrastinate, or stay up late. By making distractions harder to continue, it helps you slowly build better self-control without depending on willpower alone. Why choose LeavePhone? ・Stronger than basic Focus Mode: supports app and phone locking to help you stay away from distractions ・More practical than a regular Pomodoro timer: start instantly or schedule sessions in advance ・More complete than simple screen time tracking: view usage statistics, trends, and progress clearly ・Flexible app control: monitor any app by time period, continuous usage, or total usage Core Features 【Pomodoro】 Quick Pomodoro: lock distractions with one tap and enter focused study or work mode Scheduled Pomodoro: start automatically at a set time and stick to your plan Repeating Tasks: perfect for routines that need to run again and again 【Monitor】 Limit continuous phone use and total phone use to prevent endless scrolling. App Monitor lets you manage individual apps with flexible rules for continuous usage time and total usage time. 【Sleep】 Set a sleep schedule to reduce bedtime scrolling, go to bed earlier, and rebuild a healthier daily routine. 【Statistics】 Analyze screen time, fragmented usage, and usage trends. Find the moments when you lose control and improve step by step. 【Check-in】 Supports daily check-ins for waking up early, Pomodoro sessions, monitoring goals, and more. Automatic reminders and fun animations make good habits easier to maintain. Who is LeavePhone for? ・Students: stay focused in class, prepare for exams, and study more efficiently ・Exam takers: stay away from social apps and focus on review ・Office workers: improve productivity and reduce distractions ・Night owls: lock your phone at bedtime, reduce revenge scrolling, and restore a healthier sleep routine Start today with LeavePhone. Put down your phone. Live with self-discipline. This app uses Apple’s standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brain Rescue

This app helps you reduce excessive phone use by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers customizable limits and focus sessions, with a visual 'Brain Meter' to track your progress towards healthier digital habits. Designed with a focus on mindful choices rather than punishment.

Highlights
  • Block selected apps and websites
  • Set daily screen time budgets or schedules
  • Initiate focus sessions
  • Use mindful passes for necessary access
  • Track screen time and focus minutes
  • Visualize habit improvement with Nori's habitat
Features
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Your attention deserves a place to recover. Brain Rescue is a kinder screen time app that helps you interrupt doomscrolling, protect your focus, and build phone habits that last. Choose the apps and websites that pull you in, set a daily budget or schedule, and let Nori—your tiny brain companion—reflect how your day is going. No shame. No all-or-nothing rules. Just enough friction to turn an automatic tap into an intentional choice. RESCUE YOUR ATTENTION * Block selected apps and websites with Apple’s Screen Time controls * Create a daily limit or schedule for work, study, mornings, and bedtime * Start 15-, 25-, or 45-minute focus sessions whenever you need a clear head * Use mindful passes when you genuinely need a few minutes * See your Brain Meter and understand what changed it MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE * Watch Nori’s habitat become brighter as your habits improve * Track screen time, focus minutes, streaks, and mindful passes * Review 7-day trends to spot the times and routines that trip you up * See how much time you may be reclaiming as your baseline develops DESIGNED TO FEEL HUMAN Brain Rescue doesn’t punish you for using your phone. It helps you pause, choose, and get back to what matters. The goal isn’t zero screen time—it’s screen time you meant to use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your selected apps, websites, and Screen Time activity are processed on your device. No account is required for the core experience, and your detailed usage data stays on your phone. START FREE Use one protection profile, one schedule, a daily budget, Brain Meter, focus sessions, mindful passes, and 7-day progress for free. Upgrade to Brain Rescue Plus for unlimited profiles and schedules, deeper trends, stricter options, and more Nori habitats. Ready to rescue your attention? Set your first screen time plan and give your brain a little room to breathe. 1. This service is a subscription based paid service, which means you will prepay for future subscription usage. You can currently choose to use this service on a quarterly basis. At the end of each subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew by default, unless you cancel the automatic renewal yourself or we cancel the service. 2. Unsubscribe: To cancel the renewal, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance. You can unsubscribe by opening System Settings, clicking on Apple ID, clicking on Subscription, selecting Premium, and then unsubscribing. 3. Restore purchase: If you receive a prompt saying "You have already subscribed to this project" during the payment process and confirm that you have completed the purchase before, you can click "Restore Purchase" in the upper right corner to restore the purchase. Membership Service Agreement and Automatic Renewal Agreement: https://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/YgqKwPdJmiH0ulkF92kco1CznCg?from=from_copylink Privacy Policy: https://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/SGBIwmUWCiPWoWktE5sclLRgnol?from=from_copylink

Screenshots

LeavePhone | Less Screen Time4 screens
Brain Rescue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: LeavePhone | Less Screen Time at 3 against Brain Rescue's 1. LeavePhone | Less Screen Time also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. LeavePhone | Less Screen Time sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Brain Rescue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LeavePhone | Less Screen Time against 5.0 for Brain Rescue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
LeavePhone | Less Screen Time versus Brain Rescue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeavePhone | Less Screen TimeBrain Rescue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer娄底斯塔克网络科技有限公司春城 贾

Customer experience

LeavePhone | Less Screen Time

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brain Rescue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

LeavePhone | Less Screen Time

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Membership$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Membership$3.993 Months
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$24.99
3 purchases

Brain Rescue

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is LeavePhone | Less Screen Time free?
LeavePhone | Less Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brain Rescue free?
Brain Rescue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LeavePhone | Less Screen Time or Brain Rescue?
LeavePhone | Less Screen Time and Brain Rescue are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do LeavePhone | Less Screen Time or Brain Rescue have ads?
Neither LeavePhone | Less Screen Time nor Brain Rescue shows ads.

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