Comparison

Strive vs Screen Time Control

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

Head to head
About

Strive

Features
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Strive - Gamify your habits, compete with friends! Strive is a modern habit tracking app that helps you build daily habits and stay motivated by competing with your friends. KEY FEATURES Personal Challenges - Create your own habits - Choose difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard - Set reminders - Track your streaks Competition & Leaderboards - Compete with friends - Global leaderboard - Weekly ranking updates - Earn Strive Score points Groups - Create groups with friends - In-group leaderboards - Get motivated together - Easy join with invite codes Streak System - Daily completion streaks - Streak warning notifications - Longest streak records - Streak bonus points Statistics - Detailed completion history - Weekly/monthly charts - Success rate tracking - Add notes to completions Achievements - 15+ badges to unlock - Milestone celebrations - Show badges on profile --- Transform your habits into a game, compete with friends, and become the best version of yourself! Don't just do it, compete! https://striveapplication.com.tr/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdfula/

About

Screen Time Control

This app transforms your to-do list into screen time. Complete tasks to earn logs, which you can then use to extend your allowed usage of distracting apps. When your screen time runs out, those apps are blocked until you earn more time by being productive.

Highlights
  • Task and habit creation with custom rewards
  • Screen time management with app blocking
  • Interactive flame companion with mood states
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable screen time limits and app selection
  • Private by design, no cloud sync or tracking
Features
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Stop doomscrolling. Earn your screen time instead. Burn turns your to-do list into screen time. Get things done, earn logs, and feed them to Burn, a little flame who lives on your phone. Scroll too much and Burn's fuel runs out, and so do your distracting apps. No willpower required. Just a flame worth keeping lit. HOW IT WORKS • Start each day with a screen time budget you choose • Scrolling the apps you pick burns through it, minute by minute • Hit zero and those apps lock • Finish tasks to earn logs • Feed logs to Burn: every log buys 10 more minutes GET STUFF DONE • Give every task its own log reward, so big jobs pay more • Daily, weekday, or custom repeating tasks for your habits • Plan Today, Tomorrow, and the days ahead • Sort tasks into color-coded categories • Shake to undo if you tap too soon A FLAME WORTH KEEPING LIT • Burn reacts to your day: happy when you're on track, worried when time runs low, out cold when it's gone • Tap, pet, and drag logs in to feed him • Dozes off at night with a sleepy face • Keep Burn lit at midnight to build your streak YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Choose exactly which apps and categories burn fuel • Everything else stays open • Set your own daily budget • No account, no sign-in, no ads. BURN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • 13 flame colors, each with a matching app icon • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a task list you can check off without opening the app • Live Activity: watch your fuel count down in the Dynamic Island • Low fuel warnings before your apps lock • Screen Time Insights: see which apps ate your time, by day, week, and month Burn uses Apple's Screen Time to track and limit only the apps you choose. What you do in them never leaves your device.

Screenshots

Strive4 screens
Screen Time Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Screen Time Control at none against Strive's shown. Strive's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Strive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Screen Time Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strive ships an update fortnightly, Screen Time Control every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Strive versus Screen Time Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStriveScreen Time Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOKTAY KAYAVincent Nguyen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Screen Time Control

One-time1
  • Burn+$9.99

Questions

Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strive or Screen Time Control have ads?
Strive shows ads; Screen Time Control does not.
Which is updated more often, Strive or Screen Time Control?
Strive ships an update fortnightly, and Screen Time Control every 3 weeks. Most recently, Strive was updated on October 11, 2026 and Screen Time Control on October 11, 2026.

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