Comparison

TimeBack vs EarnScroll

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

Head to head
About

TimeBack

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TimeBack helps you pause before you scroll and choose a healthy micro-habit instead. Download it for free and start building better habits today. When you open TikTok, Instagram, or other distracting apps, TimeBack creates a gentle breathing pause to help you slow down. Choose a quick micro-habit, complete it, and then enjoy your scrolling time more mindfully. The free features included with the download provide a mindful pause before social media opens, one starter micro-habit, basic app intercept for your most distracting app, time saved tracking, and daily streak tracking. TimeBack Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks the full experience. It includes more than 30 micro-habits across fitness, mindfulness, and hydration, unlimited app monitoring, advanced statistics and insights, an achievement system with shareable cards, home screen widgets, custom habit creation, and premium themes. The yearly plan costs $29.99 per year ($2.50 per month) and includes a 7-day free trial. The monthly plan costs $6.99 per month. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings on the App Store. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ucefe.github.io/timeback-site/privacy.html Questions: ucefearbit@gmail.com

About

EarnScroll

This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by requiring you to complete real-world healthy habits to earn screen time. Block distracting apps and trade physical activity for minutes of guilt-free scrolling.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Earn screen time with physical habits
  • Verified habit completion (motion sensors, GPS)
  • Customizable exchange rates
  • Streak tracking
  • Family mode for kids
  • Focus sessions
Features
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Your phone is stealing your life four seconds at a time. EarnScroll takes it back. EarnScroll is the screen time app that makes you work for every minute on Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, and any other app that's quietly rotting your brain. No more mindless unlocks. No more "just five minutes" that turns into two hours. If you want the dopamine, you earn the dopamine. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that waste your time. EarnScroll blocks them. To unlock them, you complete a real-world healthy habit like push-ups, squats, steps walked, or our favorite: going outside and touching actual grass. Finish the challenge, earn minutes, scroll guilt-free. Run out of minutes? Drop and give us twenty. EARN SCREEN TIME WITH - Push-ups, verified by your phone's motion sensors - Squats, same deal, no cheating - Steps, synced with Apple Health or Google Fit - Outdoor time, confirmed by GPS so you actually leave the house - Custom habits like meditation, reading, or water intake BLOCK THE APPS THAT BLOCK YOUR LIFE Lock Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Facebook, Reddit, dating apps, mobile games, anything you wish you used less. EarnScroll enforces the block at the system level. No willpower required. The app physically will not open until you've earned the time. WHY EARN SCROLL IS DIFFERENT Most screen time apps just shame you with a weekly report. Cool, now what? Most app blockers are too easy to bypass. One tap on "ignore limit" and you're back in the hole. EarnScroll is built on a simple trade: your health for your habits. Every minute of scroll time is a minute you invested in your body. You don't quit social media. You earn it. BUILT FOR - Anyone trying to break a phone addiction - Parents who want kids earning screen time instead of inheriting it - Students who need to focus - Gym-goers turning rest days into rep days - Remote workers fighting the Slack-to-Twitter spiral - People who genuinely want to touch grass more FEATURES - Custom exchange rates so you set how many push-ups equal one minute of Instagram - Streak tracking to build momentum and watch your habit chains grow - Daily and weekly stats showing exactly how much you earned versus spent - Hard mode with no rollover minutes, no banking, no mercy - Family mode to set rules for kids that they can't override - Focus sessions for full lockdown during deep work - Habit history to track fitness wins alongside screen time wins THE PHILOSOPHY We're not anti-phone. We're anti-autopilot. The problem isn't that you use Instagram. The problem is that you opened it without deciding to. EarnScroll puts a small, healthy speed bump between you and the infinite scroll. Over time, that speed bump rewires your defaults. You get fitter. You get outside. You get your attention back. And when you do scroll, you actually enjoy it, because you earned it. DOWNLOAD EARNSCROLL AND START EARNING Stop letting algorithms decide how your day goes. Trade reps for minutes. Trade steps for scrolls. Trade grass for the gram. Your future self is watching. Earn your screen time. Earn your life back. PLAN: Pro Plan - Unlock All EarnScroll Features $8.99/month $39.99/year LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ LEGAL: https://getearnitapp.com/privacy.html https://getearnitapp.com/terms.html

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Verdict

The call

TimeBack and EarnScroll are too close to call on the numbers: across 3 compared parameters — price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. TimeBack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and EarnScroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TimeBack versus EarnScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBackEarnScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—27 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoussef HOUJAANICHOLAS ALLEN SNIDER

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TimeBack

Subscriptions2
  • TimeBack Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • TimeBack Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

EarnScroll

Subscriptions2
  • EarnScroll Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • EarnScroll Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Earn It Monthly$8.99

Questions

Is TimeBack free?
TimeBack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EarnScroll free?
EarnScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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