Comparison

Blocus vs Dr Brainrot

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

Head to head
About

Blocus

This app helps you break distraction habits and regain control of your time by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers various enforcement modes, from gentle nudges to strict, irreversible blocks, and allows unlocking distractions only after completing specific tasks or challenges.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and websites
  • Set daily limits and smart schedules
  • Extreme Mode for irreversible blocking
  • Unlock distractions via challenges or tasks
  • PIN Code Mode for external accountability
  • Integrates with system Screen Time
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Blocus – The Focus App That Actually Stops You From Cheating Blocus is a powerful focus and productivity app designed to help you break distraction habits and regain control of your time. Whether you need gentle nudges or absolute enforcement, Blocus adapts to your willpower — or replaces it when needed. Block distracting apps and websites using Blocklists or Allowlists, set daily limits, or automate focus with smart schedules. Blocus integrates seamlessly with Screen Time, ensuring reliable and system-level blocking you can trust. For moments when discipline isn't enough, Blocus offers strict enforcement modes: Extreme Mode A fully irreversible block. Once activated, it cannot be ended early — no tricks, no loopholes, no excuses. Challenges & Unlock Tasks Unlock distractions only after completing meaningful actions: • Steps or workout challenges • Push-ups, squats, planks • Pomodoro sessions • Sudoku or math challenges • Location-based unlocks PIN Code Mode A trusted friend receives a unique unlock code — so only someone else can free you. Perfect for real accountability. Advanced Control & Convenience • Smart schedules by time or day • Flexible or ultra-strict configurations Whether you're studying, working, training your focus, or fighting phone addiction — Blocus gives you the structure you need and the freedom you earn. Stop negotiating with distractions. Block them. Commit. Focus with Blocus. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.blocus-app.com/privacy

About

Dr Brainrot

Features
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Dr Brainrot locks your most distracting apps and asks for a short brain game before you scroll. The reflex that opens a feed before you have decided to meets a round of thinking first, and scrolling becomes a choice again. He is an eccentric inventor, and the app is his laboratory: twelve experiments for your memory, attention and reasoning. They play like games. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that eat your day. They sit behind a real lock. 2. Play a session. Dr Brainrot deals three experiments and you take one: ten quick rounds against the clock. 3. Earn coins. Every right answer banks them, and they never expire. 4. Spend them your way. Buy minutes of feed, or save up for the next experiment in the lab. TWELVE EXPERIMENTS Simon, Grid Memory, Grid Mirror and Digit Span stretch how much you can hold in your head. Symbol Code and Blind Code keep your attention on the task. Pattern Matrix and Mental Math work your reasoning. Anagram and Word Hunt are for word lovers, Countries covers flags and outlines, and the Quiz draws on over 4,500 trivia questions across twelve themes. Four are open from day one and the rest unlock as you climb. Game rounds are generated fresh, so they never repeat. YOU SET THE DIFFICULTY Every experiment starts on its plainest board. Switch on modifiers before a session (a bigger grid, rarer words, less time per question) and it pays more coins and more points. A miss on a harder board costs a little too, so the choice stays a real one. ONE BRAIN LEVEL Every session feeds one level, on a ladder of ten ranks from Lab Rat up to Nobel Brain. The ranks above you stay hidden until you reach them. A bad session can dip your points, but a level you have reached is yours for good. PROVE YOU REMEMBER Get a trivia question right and next time you type the answer from memory instead of picking it. A REAL LOCK A system-level block, not a polite reminder. Built on Apple Screen Time, it holds when Dr Brainrot is closed, and when your minutes run out the apps lock again on their own. Stop early and the unused coins come back. JUST YOU No account, no leaderboards, no friends list, no comparison. Your blocked apps, level and history stay on your phone. Dr Brainrot is a subscription: weekly, or yearly with a free trial. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dr-brainrot.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blocus4 screens
Dr Brainrot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Blocus and Dr Brainrot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Blocus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Dr Brainrot sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blocus ships an update every 3 days, Dr Brainrot every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Blocus versus Dr Brainrot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlocusDr Brainrot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (226 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings226 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiyar DirikSteven Freville

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blocus

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly plan$9.991 Month
  • Yearly plan$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Yearly plan7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock$0.99
  • Unlock$3.99
  • Unlock$8.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlock$17.99
  • Unlock$44.99
  • Unlock$89.99
4 purchases

Dr Brainrot

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium Welcome Offer$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium$69.99

Questions

Is Blocus free?
Blocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dr Brainrot free?
Dr Brainrot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blocus or Dr Brainrot have ads?
Neither Blocus nor Dr Brainrot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blocus or Dr Brainrot?
Blocus ships an update every 3 days, and Dr Brainrot every 4 days. Most recently, Blocus was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dr Brainrot on October 25, 2026.

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