Screen Time vs Urges.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Screen Time | Urges.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tommy Suppes | Check Audio LLC |
Customer experience
Screen Time
Urges.io
In-app purchases
Screen Time
No in-app purchases
Urges.io
No in-app purchases









