Comparison

BrainMaxx vs DebtScroll

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

Head to head
About

BrainMaxx

This app helps you complete tasks and habits before you can access your phone's apps. Earn screen time by finishing your to-do list and keep a virtual pet happy with your progress. Build discipline and a healthier relationship with your device.

Highlights
  • Task and habit completion
  • App blocking
  • Earn screen time
  • Virtual pet companion
  • Progress tracking
  • Routine building
Features
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Get your time, focus, and attention span back with BrainMaxx, the screen time app with a cute brain that rots as you doomscroll and heals when you live your life. Block the apps that eat your day, set schedules, and let the brain nudge you to put the phone down. Save about 2 hours a day, think clearer, sleep better, and actually get things done. What you get: - A brain that rots as you doom scroll, so you see the damage before it's done - App blocking with schedules for mornings, work hours, bedtime and custom times - Unrots: quick habits that heal your brain, like walking, reading, touching grass, and push-ups - A brain that talks you out of scrolling the moment you open a blocked app - Mindful breaks you choose on purpose, without the guilt or shame - Clear insights into your screen time, pickups, and worst hours - Daily streaks that unlock new worlds for your brain PRIVATE & SECURE BrainMaxx uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring, blocking, and your brain health score stay entirely on your device. Your app usage never leaves your phone. Stop scrolling. Unrot your brain. *All features described above require a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.brainmaxxapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.brainmaxxapp.com/terms Support: support@doerpal.com

About

DebtScroll

Features
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Your screen time problem isn't a willpower problem. It's an accountability problem. DebtScroll turns your social circle into your strongest habit enforcer. Set limits on the apps that steal your time. The moment you try to sneak past them, your friends find out — and the debt starts ticking. Here's how it works: Set a daily time limit on any app: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, whatever your poison is. When you hit your limit and try to keep going, two things happen simultaneously: your accountability partners get an instant notification, and a debt entry lands in your shared tab. At the end of the month, you settle up. In real life. With people who were watching. For the apps you truly can't be trusted with? There's the Vault. The Vault is a 24/7 hard block — no time budget, no grace period, no sneaking through. Vaulted apps stay locked until you either pay a penalty or get a one-time unlock code from your accountability partner. They generate it. They decide if you've earned it. You don't get to unlock your own cage. Why this works when everything else hasn't: Screen time apps fail because breaking them costs nothing. There's no embarrassment, no consequences, no one watching. DebtScroll changes the equation. Now every slip has a price — social and financial — and the people in your life are witnesses. You don't need a therapist or a detox retreat. You need to know your best friend will see exactly how many times you opened Instagram after midnight. Features: — Set custom daily time limits per app — Vault: permanent 24/7 hard blocks on your worst offenders — Warden unlock codes — only your accountability partner can open the Vault — Instant notifications to your accountability partners when limits are broken — Automatic debt tracking per breach, per partner — Monthly settlement view — see exactly what you owe and to whom — Invite friends as free accountability partners (they never pay) — Clean, simple dashboard showing your streak, your debt, your discipline Most habit apps are a private conversation between you and your phone. DebtScroll makes it public — or at least, visible to the people whose opinions actually matter to you. That's what makes the difference. The debt isn't legally binding. The shame is. Who it's for: — Anyone who's downloaded a screen time app and ignored it within a week — People who want external accountability, not just internal motivation — Friend groups or couples who want to hold each other to better habits together — Anyone tired of handing hours of their life to apps designed to be addictive Download DebtScroll. Your friends are already waiting.

Screenshots

BrainMaxx4 screens
DebtScroll3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DebtScroll at none against BrainMaxx's shown. DebtScroll also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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. BrainMaxx sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and DebtScroll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainMaxx ships an update weekly, DebtScroll every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BrainMaxx versus DebtScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainMaxxDebtScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (176 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings176 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan Vizoso PradoPranay Periwal

In-app purchases

9 purchases

BrainMaxx

Subscriptions9
  • Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription$12.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly Offer$29.991 Year
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  • Full Access3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Full Access$34.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$44.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Full Access$69.991 Year
4 purchases

DebtScroll

Subscriptions4
  • Early User Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Early User Annual Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is BrainMaxx free?
BrainMaxx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DebtScroll free?
DebtScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrainMaxx or DebtScroll have ads?
BrainMaxx shows ads; DebtScroll does not.
Which is updated more often, BrainMaxx or DebtScroll?
BrainMaxx ships an update weekly, and DebtScroll every 3 days. Most recently, BrainMaxx was updated on October 13, 2026 and DebtScroll on September 24, 2026.

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