MENtality vs Be Serious
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MENtality
This app helps users regain control over compulsive digital habits like doomscrolling and excessive app usage. It blocks distracting apps and sites at the system level, tracks progress, and offers an AI mentor for support. Designed for men seeking to break free from digital addiction and reclaim their time.
- Blocks distracting apps and sites
- Customizable blocking schedules
- Tracks clean streak and milestones
- Calculates 'Life Back' screen time
- AI Mentor for urge support
- Privacy-focused data handling
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You already know what the problem is. It's the apps you open without deciding to, the sites you end up on at 1am, and the hours that disappear before you notice. Willpower was never going to beat software built to keep you there. Check-ins and streak calendars don't stop a hand reaching for the phone at 1am. MENtality does. It blocks those apps and sites at the system level, locks your phone down at night, and keeps an honest count of every clean day. Built for men who are done making excuses, whether you're escaping the doomscroll trap or breaking a compulsive habit. Zero judgment, just tools that hold. MENtality requires a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Full terms are at the bottom of this page. BLOCK THE TRIGGERS Set a daily budget for distracting apps. When it runs out, MENtality blocks supported apps through iOS Screen Time. Choose a preset or create a blocking schedule for work, evenings or weekends. Block adult sites across supported browsers, so you make the decision before an urge hits. BUILD YOUR CONTROL Track your clean streak from your last relapse. Move through phases and unlock milestones as you build consistency. Your Control Score combines screen time with automatically measured progress, weighted equally. If you relapse, log it honestly and start again. Every new day is a chance to rebuild. WIN YOUR TIME BACK See your screen time alongside Life Back: the time you've reclaimed through measured reductions in screen use. Make your progress visible as fewer hours go to scrolling and more go to the life you want. YOUR PERSONAL AI MENTOR Track your urges and recognize the moments that pull you back. When you need support, talk to your AI Mentor. Work through an urge, discuss your triggers or find your next step after a setback. Get practical support built around what you share, without judgment. PRIVACY FIRST Your struggles are yours. Screen Time data stays on your device and the list of apps you picked never leaves it. There is no community feed and no public profile. We never sell your data and never share it with advertisers. WHO THIS IS FOR Men breaking free from a compulsive habit Anyone trapped in doomscrolling and endless feeds Men who have tried quitting on willpower and watched it fail by Thursday Men who've done the check-ins and the milestone calendars and still relapsed Men who want the block to be real, not a notification This isn't another meditation app with wind chimes and sunset backgrounds. MENtality takes the phone out of the equation for the hours that matter, counts the days, and puts a coach in your pocket for the moments in between. SUBSCRIBE TO MENTALITY PREMIUM All features require an active MENtality Premium subscription or a one-time MENtality Lifetime purchase. Subscription Plans: "MENtality Premium (Yearly Auto-Renewal)" Subscription Type: Auto-renewable subscription Subscription Length: 1 year, renews automatically every year until cancelled Subscription Price: Shown in the app in your local currency before you confirm the purchase One-Time Purchase: "MENtality Lifetime", paid once, does not renew. The price is shown in the app before you confirm the purchase Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel Subscription: To cancel, go to iPhone Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions and select MENtality Premium. You must cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends to avoid being charged for the next period. MENtality is a self-help and habit-tracking tool, not a medical or mental-health service. It does not diagnose or treat any condition. If you're in crisis, please contact a qualified professional or your local emergency services. Terms of Service (including subscription policies): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://men-tality.app/legal/privacy-policy
Be Serious
This app helps you track fasting, workouts, and nutrition with friends. Set custom fasting windows, log workouts for calorie estimates, and monitor your progress over time. Engage in challenges with friends to stay motivated and accountable.
- Custom fasting windows
- Workout logging with calorie estimates
- Nutrition tracking via photo or barcode
- Friend challenges and leaderboards
- Progress charts and trends
- NoFap streak tracking
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Be Serious locks the apps that waste your time until you complete your goals. Finish your fast, log a workout, hit your calorie target, and more to earn your screen time back. EARN SCREEN TIME - Pick the apps that steal your time. They stay locked until you complete your daily habits. - Every habit pays: finish a fast +30 min, log a workout +30, hit your calorie target +30, hit your water goal +15. - During a fast, or once you're over your calorie budget, your chosen food-delivery apps lock too. - Which apps you lock never leaves your device. And if your subscription ever ends, everything unlocks automatically. FASTING - Set a fasting window, like 16:8, or any schedule you want. A live timer counts down while you fast, a timeline shows what your body is doing as the hours pass, and you can see your last few days at a glance. WORKOUTS - Log a workout and get an automatic calorie burn estimate. Steps count too, and can add to your daily calorie budget if you choose to do so. NUTRITION - Take a photo of your meal and get a calorie and macro estimate. Or scan a nutrition label, scan a barcode, or just describe what you ate in a sentence. Every meal breaks down into ingredients you can edit by hand. HYDRATION - Set a daily water target and log a glass or a bottle in a single tap, in millilitres or ounces. Undo a mistake just as fast, and watch the day fill up. STAY ACCOUNTABLE - Start a chat and bring your friends along the ride. Share your progress daily to keep each other serious. PROGRESS OVER TIME - Charts for weight, fasting hours, workouts, and calories, plus trends, averages, and your on-track rate, so you can see how things are trending, not just today's numbers. Be Serious requires an active subscription to use. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before each period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App Terms: https://beserious.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beserious.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Be Serious at 100% against MENtality's 43%. Be Serious also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). MENtality's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. MENtality sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Be Serious sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Be Serious holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of MENtality's written reviews are positive against 100% of Be Serious's.
MENtality ships an update every 11 days, Be Serious every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MENtality | Be Serious |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (33 ratings) | 4.8 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Outlined | SN Industries LLC |
Customer experience
MENtality
Be Serious
In-app purchases
MENtality
- Mentality Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Mentality Premium Weekly$7.997 Days
- Mentality 90 Days$17.993 Months
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- Mentality Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Mentality Premium - Yearly$29.991 Year
- Mentality Lifetime$49.99
Be Serious
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
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- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year









