Comparison

Screen Time vs Urges.io

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time

This app provides a simple, guilt-free way to track your phone usage. It displays your cumulative screen time on your home screen via a widget and offers a calendar view of daily usage. Receive notifications for every 24 hours of accumulated screen time.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget for cumulative time
  • Daily usage calendar
  • 24-hour milestone notifications
  • Privacy-focused, data stays on device
  • No blocking or limits
  • No guilt-tripping or streaks
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No blocking. No limits. No guilt. Just the number. This app doesn't promise to fix you. Most screen time apps try to control you: block apps, set limits, lecture you with guilt trips and streaks. Another24 does none of that. It just shows you the truth, and trusts you to do something with it. THE WIDGET Add it to your home screen and watch your total climb. Every time you unlock your phone, there it is: your cumulative screen time, right where you'll see it. THE CALENDAR A day-by-day record of your usage since install. No averages, no spin. Just the receipts, one ring per day. THE MILESTONES Every 24 hours of total screen time, you'll get a notification. Another 24 hours, gone. That's it. No judgment, just a marker. PRIVACY FIRST Your screen time data stays on your device. No account required. Your number is yours.

About

Urges.io

This app helps you break negative habits and build positive ones. Log wins with a single tap, track your progress over time, and stay accountable with a friend. It's designed for privacy, with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Log wins with one tap
  • Track urges to break
  • Build good habits
  • View daily, weekly, monthly progress
  • Accountability with a friend
  • Private by design
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Urges helps you break the habits that hold you back and build the ones that move you forward. Whether you're cutting back on coffee or keeping up a daily habit like exercise, water, or reading, Urges turns each moment into a win you can see. ONE TAP TO LOG A WIN Tap the big button when you notice an urge and let it pass, or when you show up for a good habit. Set it up on your iPhone's Action Button and a single squeeze logs a win, even with your phone locked. BREAK AND BUILD • Break: track urges you're resisting. Every time you notice one instead of acting on it, that's a win. • Build: track good habits you want to keep. Every time you do them, that's a win. See them all on one simple home screen. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Day, week, month, and all-time trends • Current and longest streaks • Your best day and lifetime totals STAY ACCOUNTABLE WITH A FRIEND Share your progress with someone you trust using a private code and no account required. They'll see your daily and weekly counts and can send a quick "cheer" when you could use a boost. You'll get a gentle nudge when a friend is having a tough day or their streak is at risk, so you can show up for each other. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking • Your history stays on your device • Only the profile you choose to share is ever uploaded and you can stop sharing anytime AVAILABLE ON APPLE WATCH Resisted an urge? Made a healthy choice? Record a win right from your Apple Watch with a single tap. Small wins add up. Notice them, stack them, and bring a friend along.

Screenshots

Screen Time4 screens
Urges.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Urges.io at 5 against Screen Time's 1. Screen Time's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Screen Time against 5.0 for Urges.io. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Urges.io has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Screen Time versus Urges.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen TimeUrges.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTommy SuppesCheck Audio LLC

Customer experience

Screen Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Urges.io

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Screen Time

No in-app purchases

None

Urges.io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Time free?
Screen Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Urges.io free?
Urges.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Screen Time or Urges.io?
Screen Time and Urges.io are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Screen Time or Urges.io have ads?
Neither Screen Time nor Urges.io shows ads.

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