Comparison

Screen Time & Focus vs Forge

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time & Focus

This app helps you build a consistent push-up habit by focusing on simple tracking and progress visualization. It removes distractions to make starting and continuing your daily exercise routine effortless.

Highlights
  • Simple push-up logging
  • Daily, weekly, and total rep tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Habit building
  • Minimalist interface
  • Focus on consistency
Features
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Earn your time back. Chrona blocks the apps that pull you in and gives your minutes back when you do something real. Breathe for a minute, read, do a few push-ups, stay focused: every action fills your hourglass. Scrolling drains it. YOUR HOURGLASS Chrona is an hourglass that lives with you. It glows when your day is going well and gets tired when you scroll too much. The sand is your minutes: you earn it, then you choose when to spend it. HOW IT WORKS • Pick the apps that steal your time: a shield protects them. • To open them, spend your sand (5, 10, 15 minutes…), then they close again on their own. • Empty hourglass? A few minutes are enough to fill it. EARN SAND • Breathe: one guided minute, in for 4 s, out for 6 s • Push-ups and squats, counted by the camera • Reading: 15 minutes with your book • Focus: 25 minutes without your phone YOUR RULES • Bedtime, morning, work: during your plannings, sand opens nothing. Not even 5 minutes. • An evening recap at 9 pm, if you want it. • A monthly calendar to watch your days fill with sand. No lectures. Just a fair trade: a bit of real life, then a bit of scrolling. CHRONA PRO Chrona Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, with a free trial on some offers. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, from your App Store account settings. Terms: https://chrona.rehila.dev/en/terms Privacy: https://chrona.rehila.dev/en/privacy Contact: contact@rehila.dev

About

Forge

This app locks your distracting applications and requires you to complete physical exercises, like squats, to earn back screen time. It gamifies fitness by tracking reps automatically and offers features like daily streaks and leaderboards to motivate users.

Highlights
  • App blocking
  • Automatic rep counting via camera
  • Gamified progress tracking
  • Daily streaks and leaderboards
  • Customizable screen time rules
  • Multiple exercise modes (Pro)
Features
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Your apps are locked. Your body is the key. Forge blocks the apps that eat your day and makes you earn every minute of screen time with real exercise. Squats in front of the camera, counted automatically on your iPhone. No equipment, no gym, no excuses. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that steal your time: social media, video, games. 2. Choose how many minutes you want. 3. Do your squats. The camera counts every rep on device. 4. Your apps unlock. When time runs out, the shield comes back. WHY IT WORKS Willpower fails because quitting is free. Forge adds a price: movement. You stop scrolling on autopilot because every minute now costs effort, and the effort makes you stronger. EARN IT LIKE A GAME Forge Ranks: climb from Spark to Titan of the Forge as your lifetime score grows. Daily streaks keep you honest. A worldwide leaderboard of doers, by country. A FORGED stamp every time you finish a set. YOU SET THE RULES Free minutes per day if you want them: strict, balanced, or generous. Everything beyond that is earned. A three stage friction gate stops rage quitting. PRO, ONCE, FOREVER Squats are free forever. Forge Lifetime adds push up mode, walking mode (100 steps = 1 minute), full statistics, and encrypted backup. One purchase, family sharing included, no subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The camera never records: pose detection runs entirely on your iPhone. No video is stored or uploaded. Ad-supported: the one-time Pro purchase removes every ad forever. No account required. Forge yourself stronger.

Screenshots

Screen Time & Focus4 screens
Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Forge at 5.0 against Screen Time & Focus's 4.0. Forge also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Screen Time & Focus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Time & Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time & Focus ships an update every 5 weeks, Forge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Screen Time & Focus versus Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time & FocusForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarid RehilaTaoufik Jabbari

Customer experience

Screen Time & Focus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Forge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Screen Time & Focus

Subscriptions3
  • Chrona Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Forge

One-time1
  • Forge Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Screen Time & Focus free?
Screen Time & Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forge free?
Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Screen Time & Focus or Forge?
Forge is rated higher. Screen Time & Focus averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Forge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Screen Time & Focus or Forge have ads?
Forge shows ads; Screen Time & Focus does not.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time & Focus or Forge?
Screen Time & Focus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Forge every 2 days. Most recently, Screen Time & Focus was updated on October 26, 2026 and Forge on October 28, 2026.

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