Well Earned vs Screenguard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Well Earned
This app helps you reduce screen time by earning access to your phone's apps through completing real-world habits. It offers a clean interface and flexible tracking for various activities, promoting focus and consistency.
- Earn screen time by completing habits
- Minimal habit tracking system
- Screen time limits and rewards
- Track diverse habit types
- Consistency streak tracker
- Calm, minimal design
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Live more offline. Your phone is designed to keep you distracted. Instead of endless scrolling, earn your screen time by completing healthy habits. Well Earned helps you build focus and reduce screen time by creating a positive feedback loop to unlock your apps. Unlike typical habit trackers or screen time blockers, Well Earned connects your digital life to real-world actions using verification and accountability. Key Features • Earn Screen Time Complete real-world habits to unlock screen time for social media and apps. • Habit Tracker Quickly log daily habits with a clean, minimal habit tracking system. • Screen Time Control Reduce phone addiction with built-in limits, cooldowns, and smart rewards. • Flexible Habit Types Track movement, reading, mindfulness, hydration, meals, and more. • Built for Consistency Simple streak tracker - progress at your own pace. • Clean, Minimal Design Calm visuals designed to keep you focused, not overwhelmed. A subscription is required after the free trial to continue accessing these premium features. Most productivity apps motivate you with points and notifications. Well Earned motivates you with something real: your time. Privacy Policy: https://wellearned.xyz/privacy Terms of Service: https://wellearned.xyz/terms
Screenguard
This app helps you manage screen time by earning it back through real-life tasks. Instead of just blocking apps, it allows you to complete activities like exercising or studying to unlock distracting apps for a limited duration.
- Earn screen time by completing real-life tasks
- Spend earned time to unlock distracting apps
- Set custom unlock durations for apps
- Track weekly progress and daily averages
- Identify top distracting apps
- Integrates with Apple's Screen Time tools
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Earn screen time to save 2h+ each day. Screenguard is a fun, simple way to limit screen time by earning it back through real-life tasks. Before you open a distracting app, Screenguard helps you pause, choose how much time you actually need, and stay in control. Instead of just blocking apps, Screenguard lets you earn screen time by completing simple tasks like moving your body, going outside, studying, reading, and building a better routine. Less endless scrolling. More time doing things that actually make you feel good. How it works: Pick the apps you want to guard, then earn coins by completing tasks in real life. Spend coins to unlock distracting apps for a limited amount of time. Screenguard keeps you aware with timers, limits, unlocks, and progress tracking so you always know where your time is going. That’s it. Complete a task. Earn coins. Unlock apps with intention. What makes Screenguard different: Most screen time apps only block you after you’ve already wasted time. Screenguard gives you a better trade: earn screen time by doing something good first. • Earn coins by completing real-life tasks • Spend coins to unlock distracting apps • Choose how long you want to unlock apps for • Limit screen time without quitting your phone completely • Build healthier routines around focus, sleep, movement, and mornings • Track weekly progress, streaks, daily averages, and pickup trends • See your top distractors ranked by time spent • Use Apple’s Screen Time tools to guard the apps that pull you in most Private & safe: Screenguard uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring and blocking happen entirely on your device. Your app usage data never leaves your phone. * Subscription required to unlock app features. Terms of Service: https://screenguard.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://screenguard.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Screenguard at free against Well Earned's subscription. Screenguard also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 1). Well Earned's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, 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. Well Earned sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Screenguard sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Well Earned holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screenguard has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Well Earned's written reviews are positive against 86% of Screenguard's.
Well Earned ships an update every 4 days, Screenguard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Well Earned | Screenguard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GAPV Inc | Magicbase Inc |
Customer experience
Well Earned
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In-app purchases
Well Earned
- Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Screenguard
- Premium$4.997 Days
- Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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- Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium$29.991 Year
- Yearly (2-Week Free Trial)14 Days trial$29.991 Year









