Screen Time Control vs Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Time Control
Regain control of your phone usage with smart focus sessions and app blocking. Create custom schedules and receive reminders to reduce distractions, improve concentration, and build healthier digital habits.
- App blocking
- Focus sessions
- Customizable schedules
- Personalized reminders
- Screen time reports
- Stickerbook for motivation
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Research shows that people spend over 23 years of their lives on their phones. Yet the time you want for self-growth, hobbies, exercise, and real-life moments is already there—it’s just quietly taken by scrolling, notifications, and app hopping. Blucky helps you take back control. With smart focus sessions, app blocking, customizable schedules, and personalized reminders, you can reclaim your attention, reduce distractions, and use your time intentionally. Even small daily changes add up to years of meaningful time regained over a lifetime. FEATURES App Blocking & Focus Sessions Stop wasting time on distracting apps. Block the apps that interrupt your work, study, or personal projects, and create dedicated focus sessions to stay fully concentrated. Smart Schedules & Custom Modes Automatically block apps at key times—mornings, work hours, or before sleep. Build routines like Work Focus, Study Time, Morning Routine, Family Time, or Digital Detox with settings tailored for each situation. Attention Support & Daily Routines Blucky helps users with concentration difficulties, including ADHD. Set work hours, sleep, and personal routines so your phone supports your lifestyle instead of stealing your time. Motivation & Reminders Stay encouraged with Blucky’s Stickerbook, celebrating milestones and progress. Receive timely nudges whenever you get distracted or hit your screen time limit to maintain consistency. Screen Time Reports Track your screen time, focus sessions, and offline moments. Clear reports help you understand your habits and measure your progress. BENEFITS • Reduce daily screen time • Improve productivity and concentration • Build healthier digital habits • Avoid social media distractions • Create better routines for work, study, and sleep • Stay more present offline and in real life PRIVATE & SAFE Blucky uses Apple’s Screen Time API to monitor and block apps securely. Your data stays private and is processed directly on your device. We do not collect or store personal usage data. BLUCKY PREMIUM We’re confident you’ll love Blucky. Start your 7-day free trial. Experience distraction-free focus and take control of your screen time. A yearly subscription unlocks everything—uninterrupted focus, healthier digital habits, and more time for what truly matters. Privacy Policy: http://drumpadapps.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: http://drumpadapps.com/terms-of-use If you have questions or feedback, contact us at support@dpmapps.com.
Focus
This app helps you overcome urges and distractions by teaching you to ride them out. It offers guided sessions, app blocking, and night modes to improve focus and build healthy habits. Track your progress with streaks and levels, all while ensuring your privacy.
- Urge management sessions
- App blocking
- Guided Lock Screen sessions
- Night block modes (flexible & strict)
- Sleep tracking
- Streaks and levels
- Privacy-focused (no account/server)
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Focus doesn't lock you in. It teaches you to ride out the urge. An urge rises, peaks and falls in 60-90 seconds. Almost nobody makes it to the fall. Focus is built so you do. Sessions with real friction One block or Pomodoro. Leaving the app gets noticed, giving up costs you (hold to give up, longer every time), and if the task needs other apps you say so before, not after. With app blocking, the apps you pick stay covered for the whole session. I have the urge Phone, scrolling, smoking, vaping, sugar, shopping, or anything you write in. When it hits, 60 guided seconds straight from your Lock Screen or the Action Button, without opening anything. Every urge has its own counter of days without giving in. Night block At your bedtime, iOS covers your apps until you get up, even with Focus closed. Flexible is free: if you really need it, hold on through a guided minute and get 5 minutes. Strict comes with Pro: not even you can turn it off. Sleep Phone out of bed at night, phone-free when you wake up. Focus reminds you when it's time and asks you in the morning how it went. A streak of clean nights. Streaks, levels and a 7-day challenge Every clean day lights up your streak. Ten levels, from Scattered to Lock in: the orb on your home screen glows with your level. Widgets, a Dynamic Island countdown you can extend from the Lock Screen, and a card to share. Real privacy No account, no server, no analytics. Everything stays on your iPhone. Urges behind Face ID, plus discreet mode: shake your phone and your urges get renamed “Habit 17” so you can show people the app. Free: one session a day, urges, progress, widgets, the flexible night block and privacy. Focus Pro: unlimited sessions, real app blocking, the strict night block, Sleep, all background sounds and up to 5 saved sessions. Focus is for anyone who wants to do one thing and can't stop doing another. You don't have to be better today. Just don't give in. Focus Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial. Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase or when the trial ends. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your account settings. Privacy: https://focus-app.xyz/privacy-en.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus at 5.0 against Screen Time Control's 4.5. Focus also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Screen Time Control's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Control sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per year and Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Time Control has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Screen Time Control ships an update every 2 weeks, Focus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Time Control | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DPM APPS LP | Peru Bikandi Zabala |
Customer experience
Screen Time Control
Focus
In-app purchases
Screen Time Control
- Premium Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Focus
- Mensual14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Anual14 Days trial$24.991 Year









