DoomSafe vs BLOX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DoomSafe
This app helps combat doomscrolling by intelligently filtering social media feeds. It removes infinite scroll, recommendations, and short videos while keeping essential features like direct messages and posts from followed accounts accessible. Optional family features allow for shared control and timed sessions.
- Intelligent social media feed filtering
- Removes infinite scroll and recommendations
- Keeps essential app features intact
- Grayscale and blue light filters
- Customizable session timers
- Home screen widgets for distraction-free launch
- Optional family mode with shared control
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DoomSafe is the ultimate digital wellbeing tool designed to cure doomscrolling. Total app blockers don't work because you still need to use your apps for messaging and essential tasks. DoomSafe gives you the perfect balance. Through smart local web filtering, DoomSafe lets you access your favorite social networks but automatically hides the infinite scroll, For You pages, and short videos (like Reels or Shorts), keeping the rest of the apps completely intact. KEY FEATURES: Essentials Intact Access Instagram, X, YouTube and Facebook. We remove recommendations, explore pages, ads, and short videos, leaving the posts from people you follow, Stories and your Direct Messages (DMs) fully operational. Dopamine-Reducing Filters Turn the interface to Grayscale or apply a Blue Light filter to make social media less stimulating for your brain. Session Limits Set strict timers for your visits. Once your time is up, DoomSafe helps you leave. Clean Home Screen Widgets Launch directly into your distraction-free apps right from your home screen. Family Mode (optional subscription) Set up DoomSafe for your whole family. Create a household, link your children's iPhones with a private code and give them quests to earn coins. Children spend coins on short, timed scroll sessions; parents approve quests, choose which apps are limited, set daily schedules and see each child's activity. Limits are applied with Apple's Screen Time technology (Family Controls). DoomSafe Family can be shared with your family using Family Sharing. Privacy by Design DoomSafe acts as a secure local wrapper. We do not track your keystrokes, save your cookies, or read your messages. The filtering happens on your device. In Family Mode, the household information needed to sync quests, coins and schedules between parent and child (such as the names you enter) is stored on DoomSafe's servers. Terms of use: https://doomsafe.app/es/terms-of-use
BLOX
This app helps you break free from excessive phone use by creating a physical barrier to distracting applications. It uses NFC tags and Screen Time controls to enforce focus sessions, with emergency overrides available.
- Block selected apps and categories
- Create reusable focus modes
- Schedule focused time
- Track sessions and streaks
- Emergency unblocks
- Account-free experience
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BLOX helps you stop doomscrolling by adding a physical step between you and distracting apps. Choose the apps and categories you want to block, create a focus mode, then tap your iPhone on a compatible NFC tag to begin. Once a session starts, BLOX applies your selected restrictions and activates a 30-minute deadlock. After the deadlock ends, tap the tag again to finish your session. FEATURES • Block selected apps and categories using Apple’s Screen Time controls • Create reusable focus modes • Schedule focused time • Track sessions, focused time, and streaks • Five emergency unblocks per month for genuine emergencies • Account-free experience • Focus information remains on your device BLOX requires an iPhone with NFC support and Screen Time authorization. A compatible NFC tag is required and sold separately. Take back your attention—one tap at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLOX at 5.0 against DoomSafe's 4.3. BLOX also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). DoomSafe's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. DoomSafe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BLOX asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLOX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | DoomSafe | BLOX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raul Alonso Pardo | Vigneshwaran Elangovan |
In-app purchases
DoomSafe
- DoomSafe Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- DoomSafe Family Monthly$4.991 Month
- DoomSafe Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- DoomSafe Family Annual$34.991 Year
BLOX
No in-app purchases









