Couples Screen Time vs BrainWins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Couples Screen Time
This app helps couples manage screen time and tasks together. By sharing a screen time pool and to-do lists, users earn minutes back by completing tasks, keeping a shared flame alive. It encourages accountability and shared goals for digital well-being.
- Shared screen time pool
- Shared to-do lists
- Earn screen time by completing tasks
- Visual flame indicator
- App locking when time is up
- Individual and couple modes
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Screen time for couples. Cut it together. Burn is a screen time app for couples. Invite your partner, share one pool of screen time, and share whichever to-do lists you like. Finish tasks to earn logs and feed them to Burn, a little flame you keep lit together. Doomscroll the pool dry and both of your distracting apps lock. No willpower required. Just someone in your corner, and a flame worth keeping lit. BURN DUO: SHARE IT WITH YOUR PARTNER (FREE) • One shared screen time pool, with a daily goal either of you can change • Share any to-do list: groceries, chores, date night plans. Everything else stays private • Either of you ticks a shared task off, it's done for both • One log pile: tasks either of you finishes refuel you both • See your partner's day: how much they burned, and where it went by the app groups they name • Get a heads-up when your partner adds or finishes a shared task • One flame, one streak. It breaks the moment either of you burns the last minute • Own Burn+? Your partner gets it too while you're in a Duo • Syncs through your own iCloud. No Burn account, no sign-in HOW IT WORKS • Start each day with a screen time budget • Scrolling the apps you pick burns through it, minute by minute • Hit zero and those apps lock • Finish tasks to earn logs • Feed logs to Burn: every log buys 10 more minutes Rather go solo? Burn works just as well on your own. GET STUFF DONE • Give every task its own log reward, so big jobs pay more • Daily, weekday, or custom repeating tasks for your habits • Plan Today, Tomorrow, and the days ahead • Sort tasks into color-coded categories, private or shared • Shake to undo if you tap too soon A FLAME WORTH KEEPING LIT • Burn reacts to your day: happy when you're on track, worried when time runs low, out cold when it's gone • Tap, pet, and drag logs in to feed him • Dozes off at night with a sleepy face • Keep Burn lit all day to build your streak YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Choose exactly which apps and categories burn fuel • Everything else stays open • Set your own daily budget • No account, no sign-in, no ads. BURN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • 13 flame colors, each with a matching app icon • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a task list you can check off without opening the app • Live Activity: watch your fuel count down in the Dynamic Island • Low fuel warnings before your apps lock • Screen Time Insights: see which apps ate your time, by day, week, and month Burn uses Apple's Screen Time to track and limit only the apps you choose. What you do in them never leaves your device. In a Duo, your partner sees only your totals, the app groups you name and your shared lists, synced through your iCloud.
BrainWins
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Take back your time—and make every focused minute count. BrainWins is an app blocker, screen time control, and focus timer designed to help you stop doomscrolling without turning digital wellbeing into punishment. Create reusable Focus Modes for work, study, sleep, mornings, or any part of your day. Start a Focus Run whenever you need an immediate reset, or schedule your modes to protect time automatically. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS AND WEBSITES Choose the apps, categories, and websites that distract you using Apple’s private Screen Time picker. BrainWins receives private control tokens—not the names of the apps or websites you select. CREATE MODES FOR REAL LIFE Build separate modes for deep work, studying, bedtime, mornings, or a quick doomscroll reset. Choose the protection level that fits each situation and activate a mode whenever you need it. START A FOCUS RUN Need to focus right now? Start a timed Focus Run, block distractions, and protect the next stretch of your day. TURN FOCUS INTO PROGRESS Track protected minutes, Daily Wins, streaks, BrainScore, XP, and your journey through BrainDrive. BrainWins makes the time you reclaim visible—and gives you a reason to keep going. FOCUS TOGETHER Join friends, crews, challenges, leagues, and focus rooms. Community features include in-app reporting and blocking controls. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your selected app names, websites, Screen Time tokens, and raw per-app activity stay on your iPhone. A cloud account is optional for local blocking and required only for cloud-backed progress and community features. BUILT FOR • Reducing screen time • Blocking social media and distracting apps • Breaking doomscrolling habits • Deep work and productivity • Studying and Pomodoro-style sessions • Healthier morning and bedtime routines • Building better digital habits Beat brainrot. Build focus. Win your time back. BrainWins requires an auto-renewable subscription after onboarding. Current pricing and any eligible introductory offer are displayed before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://brainwins.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://brainwins.app/terms.html AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED AFTER ONBOARDING.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Couples Screen Time at 18.0 against BrainWins's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Couples Screen Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BrainWins sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Couples Screen Time ships an update every 2 weeks, BrainWins every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Couples Screen Time | BrainWins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vincent Nguyen | Shawn Gilronan |
In-app purchases
Couples Screen Time
- Burn+$9.99
BrainWins
- BrainWins Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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