Comparison

Screen Time Control vs FocusKit

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time Control

Features
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Pawse Pawse helps you pause before opening distracting apps on autopilot. When you reach for Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, Safari, games, or another distracting app without thinking, Pawse adds a short moment to stop and choose. How Pawse works 1. Choose the apps, websites, or categories you want to protect. 2. Turn on Screen Time protection. 3. When a protected app opens, Pawse gives you a brief pause. 4. Notice why you reached for your phone. 5. Keep it blocked or open intentionally for three minutes. Pawse is designed for the moments when boredom, stress, tiredness, or habit turns into an automatic scroll. Build phone control one interruption at a time - Choose routines for bedtime, mornings, work or study, idle moments, anxiety, and procrastination. - Record whether you avoided an autopilot open or chose a brief intentional open. - See your daily and weekly saves, protected time, current streak, and common triggers. - Use prompts to identify whether you were bored, tired, anxious, lonely, procrastinating, or acting from habit. - Keep protection active with a simple stop challenge instead of turning it off automatically. - Optionally use movement and focus goals when they are configured for a protected app. Care for your cat Pawse gives your phone-control practice a small, living consequence: a cat that needs care. - Food arrives daily and is measured in spoons. - Feed your cat to extend its care window. - If your cat goes 24 hours without food, it dies and you can adopt a new cat. - Opening a protected app uses one spoon when food is available. - You can still open a protected app when the pantry is empty. - If you open with no food to deduct, the next day’s food grant is reduced by 30%. Repeated empty-food opens compound the reduction. You can buy optional food packs in the Pawse shop through the App Store: 1, 6, or 24 cans. One can equals six spoons. Screen Time and Health access Pawse uses Apple’s Screen Time and Family Controls features to protect the apps, websites, and categories you select. If you choose movement-based goals, Pawse can read steps, walking or running distance, and active calories from Apple Health. Pawse does not write Health data. Who Pawse is for Pawse is for people who: - Open apps without thinking - Scroll when bored, anxious, or tired - Lose time before sleep - Want a calmer way to reduce social media use - Want more control over their attention - Prefer a quiet pause instead of another feed or focus timer Pawse helps you replace: urge β†’ open app β†’ scroll β†’ regret with: urge β†’ pause β†’ choose β†’ regain control Start with one pause today. Legal Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/c6b3b553-b590-4632-a2f3-1ae51cf6367a Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FocusKit

Features
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FocusKit is a Pomodoro study timer that keeps you honest. Step away from your desk and the session pauses. Start a session and every app except the ones you allow stays locked until it ends. STEP AWAY? THE TIMER PAUSES The front camera checks that you're still there. If it can't see you for 10 seconds (you choose 5–30), the session pauses and waits for you. Faces are detected on your device β€” nothing is recorded or uploaded, and you can turn it off anytime. STRICT MODE: BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS While a session runs, every app except the ones you allow stays behind a Screen Time shield. FocusKit never sees which apps you use. POMODORO, YOUR WAY Classic 25-minute Pomodoros or long deep-work blocks: set focus from 5 to 60 minutes and give each task its own length. With Pro, tune short breaks, long breaks and cycles too. A FOCUS TIMER FOR EVERY TASK Give each task a color, an icon, a focus length and a weekly goal, then pick it before you start. See exactly where your hours go. STATS THAT KEEP YOU GOING Day and week views with time by task. Pro adds month and year views, insights, a year heatmap and your full session history. Share your stats in one tap. DAILY GOAL & FOCUS STREAK Set a daily goal from 15 minutes to 8 hours and keep your streak alive. Every focused minute earns coins β€” spend them on streak shields for the days life gets in the way. FOCUS SOUNDS Thunder and white noise, plus rain, fire and coffee shop with Pro β€” seamless loops that start with every session. Pro lets you layer them. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity shows the countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause and stop. Home Screen widgets and StandBy keep today's progress in view. BUILT FOR β€’ Students preparing for exams and finals β€’ ADHD brains that drift β€’ Deep work, writing and coding β€’ Anyone trying to put the phone down FOCUSKIT PRO Unlimited tasks (the free plan includes 3), month and year stats with insights, custom breaks and cycles, every widget, every sound and mixing, and iCloud backup & restore. Weekly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No account needed. Daily reminders are optional. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your account settings. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/focuskit-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/focuskitprivacypolicy/home

Screenshots

Screen Time Control4 screens
FocusKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Time Control at every 5 days against FocusKit's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Time Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and FocusKit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Control ships an update every 5 days, FocusKit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Screen Time Control versus FocusKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time ControlFocusKit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRajesh BudhirajaAbbosjon Mamadaliyev

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions2
  • Nomophobes Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Nomophobes Plus Annual$19.991 Year
4 purchases

FocusKit

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusKit - Lifetime$12.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99

Questions

Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusKit free?
FocusKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screen Time Control or FocusKit have ads?
Neither Screen Time Control nor FocusKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Control or FocusKit?
Screen Time Control ships an update every 5 days, and FocusKit fortnightly. Most recently, Screen Time Control was updated on October 5, 2026 and FocusKit on October 16, 2026.

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