Screen Time Limit vs Scrappy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Time Limit
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ScrollLess is a screen time limit app that helps you stop doomscrolling — for real. Pick the apps that pull you in: social media, short videos, games, anything. Choose how much time you want to spend on them each day. When your time is up, ScrollLess locks them until tomorrow. HOW IT WORKS • Select the apps and categories you want to limit • Set a daily time limit that feels right • Get a heads-up a few minutes before you reach it • When time runs out, a lock screen stops the scroll 15 MORE MINUTES, ONLY WHEN IT MATTERS Life happens. From the lock screen you can take 15 more minutes, up to 3 times a day. Every break is a small pause to ask yourself: is this scroll really worth it? STRICT MODE For days with no excuses. While Strict Mode is on, tracking can't be turned off, your limit can't be raised and apps can't be removed until tomorrow. BUILT ON SCREEN TIME • Uses Apple's Screen Time framework on your iPhone • Your app usage data stays on your device • See today's usage and time left at a glance • Focus Mode timer for deep work • Turn off all tracking anytime (unless Strict Mode is on) ScrollLess Pro unlocks daily limits, the lock screen, extra-time breaks and Strict Mode. Scroll less. Live more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/ec02595b-90a0-4187-b1ac-50f4ffcab52c Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/ec92399e-b7a3-48de-8020-590aeaccc8f2
Scrappy
This app helps you regain control of your screen time by acting as a digital guard dog. It blocks distracting apps with escalating resistance and rewards you with treats earned through real-world activity for temporary access.
- App blocking with escalating resistance
- Quiet hours and daily time limits
- Treats earned through walking for access
- Emergency pass for essential needs
- Always-allowed list
- Removal lock to prevent deletion loopholes
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Scrappy is a screen-time app with a very good boy standing in front of it. He's small. He's scruffy. He takes his job extremely seriously. His job is standing between you and the apps that eat your evenings. WHO'S GUARDING THE DOOR? HE IS. Pick the apps that always swallow your night. Scrappy plants himself in front of them. First knock, he's polite about it. Fourth knock, he's standing on the doorknob barking his little head off. Swiping away a reminder is easy. Getting past a dog is not. FIRST, THE SNIFF TEST Before he takes the job, Scrappy shows you your own Screen Time: your real week, what it costs in hours (and, gulp, years), and the deal he proposes. Apple draws the numbers right on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, ever. He's a dog. THREE TRICKS, NO FOURTH He knows exactly three tricks, because three is all anyone needs: • Quiet hours: the door is shut between two times. Evenings, work, Sunday. • Daily limit: so many minutes a day, then that's it. • Open limit: six looks a day is plenty. Or grab a ready-made rule off the shelf: The morning shift, Sunday off, Six looks, After midnight. TREATS ARE EARNED, NEVER SOLD Want in anyway? That'll be one treat. Treats come from real life: about 2,000 steps of walking earns one. Throw it, and you get five honest minutes before the guard is back up. We will never, ever sell you treats. His affection cannot be bought. Only walked for. SIT. STAY. Every guarded app gets a resistance level. Negotiable apps open for a treat. Firm apps make you sit for ten seconds first, just long enough to notice you didn't really want to open it. Absolute apps? He will not take the treat. Don't make it weird. HE'S A QUICK LEARNER After a week of watching, he might nudge a ceiling down, but only when your real worst day sits far below it, only ever as an offer, one tap to accept. Nothing tightens on its own. He proposes. You decide. He's a professional. WALKIES Heading out? Start a walk: a named session where he guards everything while you're gone, Live Activity on your lock screen and all. Finish it, and yes, obviously: that's a treat. BUILT TO BE LIVED WITH • Emergency pass: one a month, for boarding passes and genuine emergencies. He doesn't scold. He just... looks at you. • Always-allowed list, so the important stuff never gets caught in the crossfire. • Removal lock (optional, ships off): closes the 11pm delete-and-reinstall loophole. Turning it off takes a day, long enough to outlast an urge, and you're never truly stuck. • Honest stats: what he blocked, what you got back. The numbers never lie and never tease. PRIVATE, BECAUSE HE'S A DOG No account. No sign-up. No server of ours, and no analytics. Your Screen Time is drawn by a sandboxed Apple extension that can't phone home, so not one of those numbers ever leaves your phone. The only thing that does is your purchase, under an anonymous id, so he knows you're subscribed. The rest he buries in the yard. Good boys don't gossip. FREE SCRAPPY, PRO SCRAPPY Free Scrappy guards your worst hour: any one rule, whole and uncrippled, plus every safety rail above. Pro Scrappy runs your whole week: unlimited rules, rules per app, longer walks, weekly reports, and full control of the treat economy for the strict of heart. ONE MORE THING You can pet him. Twelve reactions. One of them is a 1-in-200. People say it's worth it. Privacy Policy: https://scrappy-app.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://scrappy-app.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scrappy at none against Screen Time Limit's 6. Scrappy also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Time Limit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Scrappy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Screen Time Limit ships an update monthly, Scrappy every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Time Limit | Scrappy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | abdullah zubeyir ceylan | Shrenik Choudhary |
In-app purchases
Screen Time Limit
- ScrollLess Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- ScrollLess Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- ScrollLess 5 Token$0.99
- ScrollLess 10 Token$1.99
- ScrollLess 25 Token$3.99
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- ScrollLess 50 Token$17.99
Scrappy
No in-app purchases









