Comparison

Barnaburn vs Scroll Protector

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

Head to head
About

Barnaburn

Gamify your sleep routine with this app that connects to Apple Health. Earn rewards like XP and awards by hitting your sleep goals, and clear playful citations with good sleep. Track your progress with insightful graphs and an animated companion.

Highlights
  • Gamified sleep tracking
  • Apple Health integration
  • XP, levels, and awards system
  • Playful citation system for missed goals
  • Sleep goal setting
  • Progress graphs and insights
  • Animated companion
Features
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Barnaburn is the dog that closes your apps at bedtime. Pick your distracting apps and sign tonight's bedtime contract. At curfew, Barnaburn, a small and judgmental bedtime accountant, puts them behind a lock: CLOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SLEEP. You get one emergency appeal per night. He files everything. In the morning, Apple Health tells him how you actually slept, and you get the Morning Report: your verdict, the evidence, XP earned, and a shareable Dream Receipt. Hit your sleep goal and earn levels, streaks, and awards. Miss it and receive a citation: a playful, fully recoverable offense you can clear with one good night. FEATURES - Shutdown Orders: your chosen apps close at bedtime and reopen at your wake goal - One emergency appeal per night, logged in tomorrow's report - Bedtime Contracts: sign tonight's terms (Reasonable, Ambitious, or Emergency) - Morning Report: last night's verdict, evidence, XP earned, and new awards - Dream Receipts: a shareable receipt for every night's sleep - Citations: rough nights get a playful writeup; one good night clears it with bonus XP - Case File: your sleep record, from commendations to repeat offenses - XP and levels: from Pillow Intern to Sleep Bureau Legend - Awards: a trophy case of 21 sleep achievements - Graphs: duration, schedule drift, and pattern insights over 7/30/90 days - Reminders: optional wind-down and morning check-in notifications that follow your goal - Barnaburn himself: an animated dog companion who gets visibly exhausted when you don't sleep - Works with Apple Watch, Garmin, WHOOP, Oura, and any device that writes sleep to Apple Health - 100% on-device, no accounts, no ads, and your data never leaves your phone App blocking is optional and entirely under your control. Barnaburn is a habit and motivation app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or measure any health condition.

About

Scroll Protector

This app blocks distracting applications, requiring users to complete physical exercises like push-ups or planks to gain access. It aims to break mindless scrolling habits and encourage a more active lifestyle by turning app usage into an earned reward.

Highlights
  • Blocks distracting apps
  • Unlock apps with physical actions
  • Supports push-ups, squats, abs, plank
  • Breaks automatic scrolling behavior
  • Improves focus and energy
  • Turns habits into a system
Features
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Scroll Protector — unlock apps with effort Scroll Protector blocks distracting apps and only unlocks them after you complete a physical action. Do push-ups. Do squats. Hold a plank. Then you get access. No effort — no scrolling. This is how much you’re losing Just 1 hour a day: - 365 hours a year - about 23 full days every year *(including sleep)* in just 10 years — almost 8 months of your life and that’s only during your best, most productive years. Over your entire life? You’re losing years to scrolling. And that’s just 1 hour a day. Most people spend more. You don’t open apps anymore — you earn them Want to open social media? You don’t tap. You earn it: - push-ups - squats - abs - plank action = access No autopilot. No mindless scrolling. It changes your behavior You stop opening apps automatically. You pause. You think. You decide. Scrolling becomes a choice — not a reflex. What actually changes - you cut hours of screen time - your focus improves - your energy increases - your body gets stronger - you stop wasting time on impulse You don’t just use your phone less. You take control. What makes it different - Blocks distracting apps completely - Unlocks access only after real actions - Supports push-ups, squats, abs, plank - Turns your habits into a system - Removes automatic behavior This isn’t a blocker. It’s control. Why it works Willpower fails. Systems don’t. Rule is simple: no action → no access And your brain adapts to it. If nothing changes You’ll keep scrolling You’ll keep losing time You’ll keep delaying your life Take control Start now. Move first. Unlock later. Scroll Protector End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ This app doesn't include any Siri Shortcuts features.

Screenshots

Barnaburn4 screens
Scroll Protector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barnaburn at none against Scroll Protector's 3. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Scroll Protector sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Barnaburn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barnaburn against 5.0 for Scroll Protector. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barnaburn ships an update fortnightly, Scroll Protector every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Barnaburn versus Scroll Protector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarnaburnScroll Protector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander MoksyakovGOLARIX LLC doo

Customer experience

Barnaburn

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scroll Protector

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barnaburn

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Scroll Protector

Subscriptions3
  • premium$14.991 Month
  • premium$29.991 Year
  • premium$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Barnaburn free?
Barnaburn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scroll Protector free?
Scroll Protector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Barnaburn or Scroll Protector?
Barnaburn and Scroll Protector are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Barnaburn or Scroll Protector have ads?
Neither Barnaburn nor Scroll Protector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barnaburn or Scroll Protector?
Barnaburn ships an update fortnightly, and Scroll Protector every 2 weeks. Most recently, Barnaburn was updated on October 10, 2026 and Scroll Protector on October 2, 2026.

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