Kinetic Training LLC vs Screen Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kinetic Training LLC
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For members of Kinetic Training LLC to reserve their place in a class, sign up for gym events, and general account management like updating headshots and credit card on file.
Screen Star
This app helps you reclaim lost time by blocking distracting applications. It uses a unique mascot and visual progress tracker to motivate you to stay on track with your goals, offering a more emotional approach to screen time management.
- Smart app blocking
- Custom daily goals
- Year-by-year progress tracker
- Home screen widget with live mascot
- Mascot tones for mood reflection
- Streak tracking
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You're not weak. Your attention is being stolen. The average person loses 20.3 years of their life to their phone. Not metaphorically. Actual years, summed across actual hours, gone to feeds engineered by teams of engineers to keep you scrolling past the part of your day you wanted to live. Screen Star is the screen-time app that stops pretending this is a willpower problem. — WHAT IT DOES • Block the apps stealing your day. Set a goal once. Star handles the rest. No daily babysitting, no "are you sure?" pop-ups asking you to negotiate with yourself at 11pm. • See your years coming back. A 90-box life grid shows you the years you've already lost and the years you can still reclaim. The math is unsentimental. The recovery is real. • Pick how Star talks to you. Four moods: cheerful, sassy, sad, glowing. Star reflects how the day is going. Stay on track and Star glows. Slip, and Star slumps. You'll feel it before you read the number. • Glowing on your home screen. The Screen Star widget puts the mascot on your home screen so you see how you're doing every time you unlock. A face you don't want to disappoint is a better blocker than any timer. • A streak you'll actually keep. No 50-flame guilt loops. Just a quiet counter: how many days in a row you stayed under your goal. Cruising days add up. Star notices. — WHY IT WORKS Most screen-time apps make you feel ashamed and then give you a "Just 1 More Minute" button. Screen Star doesn't. The blocker is the blocker. The mascot does the emotional work. You set it up once, then you live your life. This isn't about deleting Instagram. It's about getting your evenings back. Your mornings. Your weekends. The hours you keep promising yourself you'll spend on the thing you actually care about. — WHAT'S INSIDE • Smart blocking powered by Apple Screen Time (Family Controls) • Custom daily goals per app, per category, or all-at-once • Year-by-year progress: lost, saved, reclaimed • Lock screen + home screen widget with live mascot state • Four mascot tones to match how you talk to yourself • Streak tracking, weekly + monthly progress views — PRIVACY Screen Star uses Apple's Family Controls and DeviceActivity frameworks. App usage data stays on your device. We never see which apps you use or how long you use them. Your screen time is yours. Read the full policy at getscreenstar.com/privacy. — SUBSCRIPTION & FREE TRIAL All of the features above are available during the free trial and with an active subscription. Screen Star is a subscription app. When you download Screen Star, you can start a 3-day free trial. After the trial, an active subscription is required to continue using the app and its features. Subscription prices and plan lengths (for example, weekly or yearly) are shown clearly on the purchase screen in the app. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Terms: getscreenstar.com/terms Privacy: getscreenstar.com/privacy Support: getscreenstar@gmail.com Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — You're not weak. You're outgunned. Star evens the odds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kinetic Training LLC at none against Screen Star's 3. Kinetic Training LLC also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). Screen Star's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price 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. Screen Star sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Kinetic Training LLC asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetic Training LLC ships an update every 2 months, Screen Star weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kinetic Training LLC | Screen Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinetic Training LLC | Khanh Nam Bui |
In-app purchases
Kinetic Training LLC
No in-app purchases
Screen Star
- Screen Star Pro$4.997 Days
- Screen Star Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Screen Star Lifetime$134.99









