Shelly vs ScrollPal

Take back your day with Shelly — your friendly screen time coach to help you build healthy phone habits. Shelly is a cute snail who lives on your phone. The less you doom-scroll, the healthier Shelly gets. The more you mindlessly scroll, the more Shelly retreats into her shell. It's a simple visual nudge that works — no guilt trips, no lectures, just a little friend keeping you honest. Most of us spend 5+ hours glued to our screens without realizing it. Shelly flips the script: block the apps that drain your time, set focus schedules, and get gentle breathing reminders when you're about to spiral into another scroll session. WHY SHELLY WORKS - Visual motivation: Watch Shelly's health improve as your screen time drops - Gentle nudges, not guilt: Breathing exercises instead of harsh lockouts - Smart schedules: Auto-block apps during bedtime, work hours, or study sessions - Shell Mode: Total focus mode that blocks everything except what you whitelist - Real insights: See exactly which apps eat your time and track your progress FEATURES - Instant App Blocking: Pick the apps and sites to block. Done in seconds. - Shell Mode: Block everything except what you whitelist. Total focus. - Breathing Interventions: A 10-second breathing pause before any tracked app opens. - Smart Schedules: Auto-block apps at bedtime, work hours, or custom windows. - Daily Time Allowances: Cap usage on any app. Hit the limit, Shelly blocks it. - Escape Hatch: Need a blocked app? Simple unblock. - Streak Tracking: Stay under your goal. Watch the streak grow. - Home Screen Widget: Today's health score, always visible. - History & Insights: Weekly charts to spot patterns and celebrate wins. DESIGNED FOR - Students who lose hours to scrolling before exams - Creators who need to focus on making, not consuming - Professionals who want deep work without distractions - Parents building healthier phone habits for the family - Anyone who's tired of picking up their phone 150+ times a day PRIVATE & SECURE Shelly uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring and blocking happen entirely on your device. Your usage data never leaves your phone — ever. No tracking. No ads. Just you and Shelly. FOUNDERS NOTE: I built Shelly because I was scrolling for 6 hours a day on my phone and couldn't stop. None of the screen time apps felt right — they were either too strict, too preachy, too complicated, or too easy to bypass. Shelly is the app I wished existed: simple, kind, and effective. All features described above require a subscription. Terms of Service: https://getshelly.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getshelly.app/privacy

Meet ScrollPal — your phone's accountability pet. Tired of doomscrolling? Your cute Fennec lives in the app. Feed it berries. It thrives. Ignore it, and your apps lock down. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that steal your day — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, anything. Your Fennec starts at 100% energy each morning. Every minute you scroll those apps, your Fennec's energy drops. When it hits 25%, the apps lock. To unlock them? Do a task. Drink water. Journal. Pushups. Snap a photo of nature. Each task feeds your Fennec — and earns back your scroll time. WHY IT WORKS Other blockers say "stop." ScrollPal trades. A pushup for TikTok. A glass of water for Instagram. A clean room for YouTube. You don't have to delete your apps. You don't have to pretend you'll never scroll. You just have to earn it. YOUR FENNEC, YOUR PARTNER A cute desert fox that grows with your habits. It loses energy when you scroll. It celebrates when you take care of yourself. The harder you ignore it, the more it suffers. (You won't ignore it. Look at it.) FEATURES - Block any iOS app — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, games, all of it - 10+ feed-your-Fennec tasks: pushups, squats, water, nature photos, journaling, breathing, dance, posing, bed cleaning - Schedule mode: lock apps during work, sleep, or study (no bypass) - Time decay: 1 minute scrolled = 1% Fennec energy lost - Beautiful custom shield screens (no boring Apple defaults) - Energy stats and habit streaks - Personalize your Fennec's name during setup - Works on your device — your data never leaves your phone PRIVATE & SAFE ScrollPal uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring runs entirely on your device. Stop scrolling. Start trading. Subscription required. Privacy: scrollpal.app/privacy Terms: scrollpal.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/