QuitScroll vs AppTimeLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuitScroll
This app employs a strict, system-level approach to curb excessive app usage. It utilizes guilt-inducing shame screens and timed unlock attempts with harsh consequences for breaking streaks. Designed for those who need strong motivation to reduce screen time.
- System-level blocking
- Brutal shame screens
- 10-second unlock countdown
- Permanent streak tracking
- Daily allowance monitoring
- Guilt-trip tasks
- Focus schedule (Premium)
- Weekly analytics (Premium)
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QuitScroll is the screen time app that doesn't sugarcoat it. System-level blocking, shame screens, and guilt-trip tasks for people who've tried everything else and still can't stop doomscrolling. NO GENTLE NUDGES. NO KIND REMINDERS. Most screen time apps show you a number and hope you care. QuitScroll makes you feel something. When you try to open a blocked app, you're hit with a brutal shame screen. There's a 10-second countdown if you want to unlock it - guilt-trip messages the entire time. If you crack, your streak resets to zero. Permanently logged. This is the strict app blocker for people who know they have a problem and want real consequences, not a virtual tree. KEY FEATURES - System-Level Blocking - Real iOS shields at the OS level. No workarounds. No cheating. - Shame Screens - Brutal messages when you try to open a blocked app. Time-of-day aware. - 10-Second Countdown - Try to unlock? Wait while it guilt-trips you. Every. Single. Time. - Streak Tracking - Consecutive clean days, displayed prominently. Breaking it hurts. - Daily Allowance - Set your limit. Watch the bar fill from green to red to "ZERO SELF-CONTROL." - Guilt-Trip Tasks - Your avoided tasks haunt every block screen. "Go build your app - or keep being a loser on Instagram." - Focus Schedule (Premium) — Auto-block during work hours, bedtime, or study time. - Weekly Analytics (Premium) - See your breach trends. Find out which days you're weakest. - Custom Shame Messages (Premium) - Write your own. Then get hit by them. Painful. Effective. - Commit to Block - Lock your settings for 1-4 hours. No undo, no excuses. Emergency unlock requires typing "I QUIT." FREE - Block up to 3 apps - Daily allowance tracking - Streak tracking - Default shame messages - 10-second unlock countdown PREMIUM - Unlimited app blocking - Custom shame messages - Auto-block when allowance exceeded - Weekly analytics + breach reports - Focus schedule - Guilt-trip tasks Not for everyone. But if gentle hasn't worked - maybe brutal will. Terms of Use: https://quitscroll.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://quitscroll.app/privacy.html
AppTimeLock
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Your app gets 30 minutes. Then it locks. Pick the app you open without thinking and choose how long it gets. When the time runs out, the app locks for a while, then the minutes start again. No account to make. Your settings stay on your iPhone or iPad. FOUR WAYS TO LOCK AN APP Time limit. Give the app 5 to 240 minutes. When they run out, it locks for 15 minutes to 12 hours, as you choose. Make me wait. The app stays within reach, but every open starts with a wait, and Close is the easy button. Wait it out and you get a Pass: 5 minutes in the app. The first wait of the day is 10 seconds, and each Pass makes the next one longer. Write one sentence about why you're doing this, and it shows while you wait. Always locked. The app stays closed until you change it. On a schedule. The app locks during the hours you pick, on the days you pick. STRICT MODE With Strict Mode on, you can't remove a lock, loosen one or turn Strict Mode off until a timer runs out. You set the timer, from 5 minutes to 4 hours, and get a notification when it's done. SEE IT WORKING The main screen counts the times a lock stopped you today. Under that are your streak and the hours your apps were locked this week. Progress shows a bar for each day of the week. Every 7 days in a row earns a streak freeze, which covers a missed day. A recap arrives on Sunday evening, and you can turn it off. You can share a card with your numbers. It never names your apps. PRIVATE No sign-up and no email. Apple's Screen Time hides your app choices from us, so we never see which apps you lock. We count anonymous events, like how many people finish setup, and nothing that identifies you. FREE AND PRO Free: one app with Time limit or Make me wait, your streak, this week's stats, the share card and 1 streak freeze. Pro: as many apps as you want, whole groups such as Social in one go, Always locked, On a schedule, Strict Mode, Passes of 1, 5, 15 or 30 minutes, Gentle, Standard or Firm waits, every past week of stats and up to 3 streak freezes. Pro is a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial if you haven't had one before, and the app can remind you the day before it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in Settings. Terms of Use: https://apptimelock.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://apptimelock.com/privacy
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Verdict
QuitScroll and AppTimeLock are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. QuitScroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and AppTimeLock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QuitScroll ships an update fortnightly, AppTimeLock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuitScroll | AppTimeLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rakela Roshi | Muhammad Farhan Almasyhur |
In-app purchases
QuitScroll
- QuitScroll Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- QuitScroll Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- QuitScroll Lifetime$89.99
AppTimeLock
- Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









