RotStop vs BrainRest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RotStop
This app helps you reclaim focus and improve productivity by gamifying screen time management. It uses a credit system where you earn points for offline activities to unlock distracting apps, encouraging healthier digital habits.
- Credit Economy for earning unlock time
- Brain Score for mental clarity tracking
- Gauntlet Unlock for mindful unblocking
- App Shields for instant category blocking
- Performance History reports
- Avatar evolution based on habits
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RotStop turns screen time into something you earn. Block the apps that eat your day. When you want one back, you spend credits, and you earn credits by doing real things: a workout, a walk, reading, deep work, a quick brain game. How it works • Pick the apps to block. RotStop shields them with Apple's Screen Time. • Log what you do off your phone to earn credits. • Want in? Face the unlock gauntlet first, then pay a few credits for a few minutes. • Your brain mascot shows how your day is going, live, from your own Screen Time. What's inside • The Daily Dare: stake credits on one goal for the day and win double back. • Streaks, streak freezes and vacation mode, so one bad day doesn't undo a good week. • Trophies to collect, themes to unlock, and a Sunday Recap of your week. • An unlock timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • A home screen widget that matches your theme. Private by design RotStop uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your app usage data stays on your phone. *All app features, including app blocking and screen time tracking, require an active paid subscription. Terms of Service: https://fortunate-law-f05.notion.site/Terms-Conditions-2f019bf796e780e0b86af7c41087e45b?source=copy_link Privacy Policy: https://fortunate-law-f05.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2f019bf796e780b7afc3ce45abc74545?source=copy_link Contact Support: https://fortunate-law-f05.notion.site/Contact-us-2f919bf796e7801181acd844ede66fad?source=copy_link
BrainRest
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The brain you end the day with is not the one you woke up with. BrainRest turns your screen time into something you can actually feel. Your Brain Level climbs from 1 to 10 as the hours pile up — Fresh, Chill, Meh, Tired, Struggling, Fading, Cooked, Fried, Melting, Dead — and a Brain Buddy sits on your home screen looking exactly as cooked as you do. Then it helps you bring the number back down. BrainRest requires a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. There is no free tier and no free version — every feature described below, including app blocking, Focus Mode and the Bedtime Schedule, needs a paid plan. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial. SEE WHERE THE HOURS GO • Daily and weekly screen time, broken down app by app • Tap any app for its own hourly chart and week-over-week trend • A calendar of every tracked day, so streaks and slides are obvious • Your Brain Level, recalculated as you use your phone BLOCK WHAT KEEPS PULLING YOU BACK • App limits — set a daily cap and get shielded when you hit it • Focus Mode — one tap, distractions locked, with an auto turn-off time • Bedtime Schedule — your phone goes quiet at night and wakes when you do • Shields you can't swipe past by accident WIDGETS THAT NAG, GENTLY Seven home-screen widgets: Brain Buddy, the Daily Goal ring, Top Apps, and Pulse in single, stacked and wide layouts. The number you're avoiding, right where you keep looking. YOUR USAGE STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Screen time and per-app usage are read from your device and never leave it. There is no cloud copy of your usage and nothing about your habits is sold. Your account exists to keep your settings and goals, nothing more. WHY IT WORKS Most screen time apps show you a chart and hope you feel bad. BrainRest gives the number a face and a consequence, then puts the block one tap away — at the exact moment you would have opened the app anyway. The average person spends over four hours a day on their phone. That is roughly sixty days a year. BrainRest is the plan to take some of it back. PRICING A paid plan is required to use BrainRest. Nothing is sold separately and no feature costs extra — every plan includes everything described above. • Monthly — $9.00 per month • Annual — $69.00 per year, starting with a 7-day free trial • Lifetime — $199.00, a one-time purchase that never renews Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. Manage your plan or turn off auto-renew in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. —— Terms of Use: https://brainrest.pro/terms Privacy Policy: https://brainrest.pro/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RotStop at every 4 days against BrainRest's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. RotStop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and BrainRest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RotStop ships an update every 4 days, BrainRest weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RotStop | BrainRest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | API Media Inc. | Nguyen Thanh Thien |
In-app purchases
RotStop
- Unlimited (1 Week)$6.997 Days
- Unlimited (Limited Time Offer)$24.991 Year
- Unlimited7 Days trial$39.991 Year
BrainRest
- Premium Monthly$9.001 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$69.001 Year
- Premium Lifetime$199.00









