Comparison

Uglify Screen Time vs Deny

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

Head to head
About

Uglify Screen Time

This app helps you regain control of your digital habits by making social media feeds less engaging. It limits your daily time on selected apps, progressively degrading their visual appeal until they become uninviting.

Highlights
  • Progressive visual degradation of apps
  • Daily time limits for selected apps
  • Works with major social media platforms
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen integration
  • Screen time analytics
  • Customizable time settings
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Your feed was built by thousands of engineers to be impossible to leave. Uglify makes it boring. Pick the apps to watch. You get 15 minutes a day in full color, shared across them. Once they're spent, those apps get worse in three steps: 1) Flat Gray. Color is gone. Your feed looks like a newspaper from 1987. 2) Dull Dimmed. The screen darkens, like watching through fog. 3) Nuclear. Colors invert. Genuinely unpleasant. That's the point. » Works with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Threads and Pinterest » Your minutes in the Dynamic Island or on the Lock Screen » Optional mute when the filters kick in » No streaks. No shame. No guilt. UGLIFY PRO »»» Choose your free time, when each level starts, and when your day resets »»» THE DAY: daily, weekly, and monthly screen time analytics »»» Per-app and per-session breakdowns You are not the problem. The platforms are. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Deny

This app helps you regain focus by blocking distracting applications. It requires a friend's approval to unlock apps, fostering accountability and making screen time limits stick. Take back your attention with a collaborative approach to digital well-being.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and sites
  • Schedule app blocking
  • Daily time limits for apps
  • Friend approval required for unlocks
  • Temporary unlock with countdown
  • Collaborative progress tracking
Features
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Deny locks the apps that waste your time — and puts a friend in charge of the key. Most screen-time apps fail for one reason: the moment you want back in, you just tap "ignore limit." Deny removes that escape hatch. Block your most distracting apps, and when you want to unlock them, you have to ask a friend to approve it. HOW IT WORKS • Build block groups — pick the apps and sites to lock, on a schedule or a daily time limit. • Stay locked. Blocked apps are shielded by iOS, so there's no sneaking past them. • Allow temporary unlocks — give yourself a set number of minutes, with a live countdown showing exactly when apps re-lock. • Bring in friends. Connect with an invite code, then ask a friend for screen time. They approve or deny — you stay accountable. • See each other's progress and keep one another honest. WHY DENY • Friends make it stick. Accountability beats willpower. • Honest by design — no one-tap "ignore." • Private. Your data is yours; we never sell it or use it for ads. Deny uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) features to block apps on your own device. Take back your attention — together.

Screenshots

Uglify Screen Time4 screens
Deny4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deny at none against Uglify Screen Time's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Uglify Screen Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Deny asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Uglify Screen Time against 5.0 for Deny. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Uglify Screen Time versus Deny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUglify Screen TimeDeny
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAKSIM HORBIKAUStepAI K.K.

Customer experience

Uglify Screen Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deny

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Uglify Screen Time

Subscriptions2
  • Uglify Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Uglify Pro Annual$29.991 Year
None

Deny

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Uglify Screen Time free?
Uglify Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deny free?
Deny is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Uglify Screen Time or Deny?
Uglify Screen Time and Deny are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Uglify Screen Time or Deny have ads?
Neither Uglify Screen Time nor Deny shows ads.

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