Comparison

Couples Screen Time vs ScreenCard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ScreenCard

Features
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Make room for life beyond your screen. Screen Card brings your daily screen time, activity and routines together in one simple time account. A BUDGET THAT FITS YOUR WEEK Choose a daily allowance for each day of the week. See your remaining time at a glance and decide which leisure apps count toward your budget. TURN ACTIVITY INTO BONUS MINUTES Earn extra time through steps, workouts, sleep and learning. Connect Apple Health to bring in supported activity data, or log activities yourself. Adjust reward rules to fit your routine. HELP YOUR LIMITS STICK With Screen Time permission, selected apps are blocked when your balance runs out. Earning more minutes makes time available again. Use planned breaks or a temporary lock when you want to focus. SMALL TOOLS, EVERYDAY CLARITY Review your week, check your balance in a widget, and ask Siri about your daily limit or remaining time. Guided setup helps you choose your first budget and connect the permissions you need. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account is required. Your plan and activity history are stored locally. Apple Health is optional, and you choose which data to share with the app. Screen Card is a tool for managing your own habits. Screen Time features require system authorization; Apple Health features depend on available health data.

Screenshots

Couples Screen Time4 screens
ScreenCard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScreenCard at none against Couples Screen Time's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Couples Screen Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScreenCard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Couples Screen Time ships an update every 2 weeks, ScreenCard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Couples Screen Time versus ScreenCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCouples Screen TimeScreenCard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent NguyenThilo Feierabend

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Couples Screen Time

One-time1
  • Burn+$9.99
None

ScreenCard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Couples Screen Time free?
Couples Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScreenCard free?
ScreenCard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Couples Screen Time or ScreenCard have ads?
Neither Couples Screen Time nor ScreenCard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Couples Screen Time or ScreenCard?
Couples Screen Time ships an update every 2 weeks, and ScreenCard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Couples Screen Time was updated on November 5, 2026 and ScreenCard on October 31, 2026.

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