Before You Scroll vs Buzz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Before You Scroll
This app introduces a mindful pause before you open other applications, offering a reflective quote based on your mood. After a brief moment of reflection, your chosen apps become accessible, promoting intentional use of your time and digital habits.
- Mood-based quotes
- Quote of the Day
- App locking via Screen Time
- Streaks and achievements
- Emergency unlock
- Privacy-focused design
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Pause with intention - then unlock your apps Before You Scroll adds a mindful pause between impulse and action. Instead of instantly opening distracting apps, you're invited to reflect for a moment with a short quote tailored to your current mood. Once you've taken that pause, your apps unlock - helping you stay intentional with your time, attention, and habits. How it works: 1. Choose how you're feeling - struggling, down, okay, good, or great 2. Receive a short, thoughtful quote aligned with your mood 3. Reflect briefly, then unlock your selected apps It's a simple moment of awareness before you scroll. Features: - Mood based quotes that adapt to how you're feeling - Quote of the Day featuring timeless sayings and wisdom - App locking & unlocking using Apple's Screen Time tools - Streaks & achievements to encourage consistency - Emergency unlock when you need instant access - Privacy first design with no data being sold and no social feeds Free vs Premium Free: - One mood based quote every 12 hours - Daily quote access - Core app locking experience Premium: - Unlimited mood based quotes - Advanced insights - Premium customization and features (Subscriptions available monthly or yearly) Designed for balance Before You Scroll isn't about restriction or guilt. It's about creating a small, intentional pause - so your time is spent more consciously. Quotes are for reflection only and are not medical, financial, or professional advice. Privacy Your data stays yours. No ads. No social pressure.
Buzz
Collaborate with both humans and AI agents in shared workspaces. Every interaction is logged for a transparent audit trail, ensuring a unified identity model for all participants. Agents can actively participate in channels, not just communicate.
- Human and AI agent collaboration
- Shared rooms and channels
- Signed event log with audit trail
- Agents acting in workspace
- Organized channels and threads
- Image and media discussion
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Buzz is a workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms. Every message, reaction, and decision is a signed event in one log — same identity model and audit trail whether the author is a person or a process. Add an agent to a channel the same way you add a teammate. Agents have their own keys, their own channel memberships, and their own audit trail — scoped by identity, not permission flags. • Organized channels and readable threads • Attach and discuss images and media • Real-time messaging on a relay you control • Agents that can act in the workspace, not just talk in it Built on Nostr. Self-hostable. The relay is yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Before You Scroll at 5.0 against Buzz's 4.1. Before You Scroll also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%). Buzz's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (61 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Before You Scroll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Buzz asks for nothing beyond the download.
Before You Scroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzz has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Before You Scroll's written reviews are positive against 58% of Buzz's.
Before You Scroll ships an update every 9 days, Buzz every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Before You Scroll | Buzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.1 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 57.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EJ Labs LLC | Block, Inc. |
Customer experience
Before You Scroll
Buzz
In-app purchases
Before You Scroll
- Before You Scroll Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Before You Scroll (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Buzz
No in-app purchases









