Comparison

Dopamine Menu + App blocker vs Dopamine Reset Coach

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

Head to head
About

Dopamine Menu + App blocker

This app helps you reclaim your time by swapping mindless scrolling for activities you enjoy. It locks distracting apps until you complete a chosen task and provide photo proof, making it easier to break digital habits.

Highlights
  • App locking until task completion
  • Customizable activity menu
  • Photo proof for task verification
  • Progress tracking and scoreboard
  • Home screen widgets (Pro)
  • Weekly recap (Pro)
Features
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Your apps stay locked until you've done something you actually love — and taken a photo to prove it. Built for ADHD brains, works for everyone! It's not a willpower problem. Your phone is engineered to be the fastest dopamine within reach, and every brain loses that fight. So Dopamine Menu doesn't ask you to fight. It asks you to swap. HOW IT WORKS Build your menu — the things you'd rather do than scroll. Read ten pages. One song, eyes closed. Walk to the corner. Guitar, badly. Lock the apps that eat your evenings. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube — your pick. When you reach for them, your menu shows up instead. Your own words, on top of the app. Do one thing. Take a photo of it. The apps unlock — for 15 minutes. Watch the score. "It tried 47 times today. It got through 2." WHY IT WORKS You can't delete a craving. You can redirect it. Cut the scroll and you leave a hole the phone will fill; swap it for something you enjoy and your brain still gets its hit — nothing to resist. Deciding the swap in advance is what psychologists call an if-then plan; across 94 studies, it roughly doubled follow-through. The photo just makes it real. WHAT YOU GET The Shield — the apps you choose stay locked until you've done something from your menu and shown the proof Your menu on your home screen — no deciding in the moment; you already decided Wins — every photo builds your wall. "I won against the algorithm 23 times. And I can prove it." The scoreboard — how many times the algorithm tried, how many times it got through, and which apps tried hardest Your time, back — the hours you spent on your book, your walk, your guitar, counted Share the proof — one tap turns your wall into a poster (blur your photos if you like) PRIVACY, FOR REAL Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no upload, no cloud. Dopamine Menu can't see what you do inside other apps — Apple's Screen Time framework keeps that on your device, where it belongs. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited menu, soft blocking, wins, the wall, sharing. Pro: the Shield that actually holds, home-screen widgets, unlimited menus, the weekly recap. Built for anyone whose evenings keep disappearing — ADHD brains, chronically online humans, and everyone who used to have hobbies. Get your time back. No willpower. Just a better plan. — Dopamine Menu Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription ($2.99 per week or $44.99 per year) or a one-time lifetime purchase ($79.99). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple ID settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when — FREE TO TRY To access all features, subscribe via Apple Pay, managed through your Apple account. No account required. Your data stays on your device. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — A NOTE FROM US We built this app because we needed it ourselves. Your guitar exists. Your sketchbook exists. That walk you keep putting off exists. You just need a reminder that they're there. The internet is full of apps that want your attention. This one wants to give it back. That's all this is. A menu. Your menu.

About

Dopamine Reset Coach

Features
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Je brein is gekaapt door dopamine. Eindeloos scrollen, suiker, junkfood, gaming, porno, alcohol — alles gemaakt om je beloningssysteem te overprikkelen. Het resultaat? Je focus brokkelt af, je natuurlijke energie verdwijnt, gewone dingen geven je geen kick meer. Dopamine Reset Coach is een wetenschappelijk gefundeerde tool om je brein opnieuw in balans te brengen. Geen vage tips, geen hocus-pocus — concrete neuro-data over jezelf, een dagelijks plan dat met je meebeweegt, en 5 herstel-fases om je vooruitgang te volgen. WAT JE KRIJGT: Dopamine Score (0-100) Eén getal dat je dagelijkse status laat zien — berekend uit slaap, energie, schermtijd, voltooide taken, weerstanden urges en je gewoontes. Volledig transparante breakdown. 6 brein-maten Focus, impulscontrole en herstel — gevoed door je eigen data, niet door generieke aannames. Plus 3 check-in maten: slaap, energie, stemming. Spraak-dagboek Korte audio-notitie bij elke check-in. Hoor terug hoe je dacht. Lokaal opgeslagen, nooit upload. 30 brein-inzichten Neurowetenschap die mee-ontgrendelt met je vooruitgang — geen overload van content op dag 1. 5 herstel-fases Acute Reset → Receptor Recovery → Neural Rewiring → Cognitive Restoration → Maintenance. Op-brand vooruitgang, geen verslavende prestige-systemen. Jouw waarom Schrijf je eigen motivatie op. Verschijnt elke dag op je Vandaag-scherm en in je avond-reflectie. Pas aan wanneer je wil — geschiedenis blijft bewaard als tijdlijn. Stappen als brein-medicijn HealthKit-integratie. Wandelen verhoogt BDNF — het eiwit dat nieuwe brein-verbindingen bouwt. 5 brein-fase-drempels in plaats van een doel. Slimme herinneringen Optionele ochtend-check-in én avond-reflectie. 5 prompts roteren met je eigen waarom als reminder. Aanpasbaar Brein-uitdagingen reset dagelijks of wekelijks (jij kiest). Slechte gewoontes verwijder je direct uit je dag. PRIVACY: Geen account nodig. Geen tracking. Alle data — inclusief je spraak-notities — blijft op je apparaat. Punt. In 12 talen beschikbaar Klaar om je brein terug te pakken?

Screenshots

Dopamine Menu + App blocker4 screens
Dopamine Reset Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dopamine Reset Coach at none against Dopamine Menu + App blocker's shown. Dopamine Menu + App blocker's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Dopamine Menu + App blocker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Dopamine Reset Coach sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dopamine Menu + App blocker ships an update every 4 days, Dopamine Reset Coach monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dopamine Menu + App blocker versus Dopamine Reset Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDopamine Menu + App blockerDopamine Reset Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamien DoumerNiek Damen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dopamine Menu + App blocker

Subscriptions2
  • Full Dopamine Menu$3.997 Days
  • Full Dopamine Menu Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dopami Menu (Lifetime deal)$24.99
3 purchases

Dopamine Reset Coach

Subscriptions3
  • Dopamine Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Dopamine Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dopamine Premium Yearly$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Dopamine Menu + App blocker free?
Dopamine Menu + App blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dopamine Reset Coach free?
Dopamine Reset Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dopamine Menu + App blocker or Dopamine Reset Coach have ads?
Dopamine Menu + App blocker shows ads; Dopamine Reset Coach does not.
Which is updated more often, Dopamine Menu + App blocker or Dopamine Reset Coach?
Dopamine Menu + App blocker ships an update every 4 days, and Dopamine Reset Coach monthly. Most recently, Dopamine Menu + App blocker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dopamine Reset Coach on October 31, 2026.

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