Comparison

Uglify Screen Time vs Hourally

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

Hourally

This app helps you regain control of your screen time by setting hourly limits for specific applications. It offers customizable time blocks that reset every hour, with optional features like app scheduling and a "closed till midnight" mode. Classic quotes appear when time is up to encourage mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Hourly app time limits
  • Customizable time blocks
  • App-specific time allocation
  • Scheduled app usage
  • "Closed till midnight" mode
  • Motivational quotes
  • Hour Key for extended access
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Hourally is the simple way to get your hours back. Pick your hourly limit: 1, 3, 5, 10 or 12 minutes. Pick the apps that pull you away. Your blocks reset every hour, right on the hour. When time's up, a classic quote pulls you back. No daily budget to blow by lunch. Just a few minutes, every hour, so you can check in and get back to your life. A TIME FOR EACH APP Give every app its own time. Your apps, your minutes, and it all resets every hour. Apps you don't change keep your usual time. Included with Hourally Plus. WHY WE MADE HOURALLY The apps we love, like social media, news and entertainment, aren't the problem. It's how much time they quietly take, while the things that matter most keep waiting: family, relationships, the workout plan you've been wanting to start, the business idea you've had on the back burner, the garage you've been meaning to clean. We live so much on our phones. It's time to get our hours back! So we made Hourally simple, with no thinking involved. No graphs, no extras. Just a set amount of time for your apps that resets every hour, so you can get back to what's important. A NOTE FROM THE CREATOR I've always found quotes motivating. With so many things fighting for our attention, a simple quote can reel us back in. A few words can give you strength, peace, a hard lesson, or real understanding. That's why every time an app's time is up, Hourally shows you one. CLOSED TILL MIDNIGHT Done for the day? One tap locks every app you chose until midnight. No undo, no excuses. At 12:00 AM your apps open back up with your regular hourly minutes. Included with Hourally Plus. SCHEDULE Put your apps on a schedule. Pick the hours Hourally is off, the same every day or different by day, and your hourly limits run the rest of the time. Included with Hourally Plus. HOUR KEY Sometimes an app really has to open. Once an hour, use your Hour Key on a locked app's screen to open it for 5 more minutes. With Hourally Plus, you get 2 keys every hour. HOURALLY PLUS Give every app its own time, set your way. Plus also lets you pick up to 20 apps, put them on a schedule and use 2 Hour Keys every hour, and adds Closed Till Midnight. Hourally is free for 2 apps. Choose yearly, with a 3-day free trial, or weekly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase, or when the free trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hourally.com/privacy.html Bring life back.

Screenshots

Uglify Screen Time4 screens
Hourally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Uglify Screen Time at none against Hourally's shown. Hourally's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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 and Hourally sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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 Hourally. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourally has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Uglify Screen Time ships an update every 2 months, Hourally daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Uglify Screen Time versus Hourally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUglify Screen TimeHourally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.217.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAKSIM HORBIKAUNathaniel Cowan

Customer experience

Uglify Screen Time

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

Hourally

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
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
6 purchases

Hourally

Subscriptions5
  • Hourally Plus (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Hourally Plus (Weekly)2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Hourally Plus (Yearly)$24.991 Year
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  • Hourally Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Hourally Plus (Yearly)3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hourally Plus (Lifetime)$69.99

Questions

Is Uglify Screen Time free?
Uglify Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hourally free?
Hourally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Uglify Screen Time or Hourally?
Uglify Screen Time and Hourally are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Uglify Screen Time or Hourally have ads?
Hourally shows ads; Uglify Screen Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Uglify Screen Time or Hourally?
Uglify Screen Time ships an update every 2 months, and Hourally daily. Most recently, Uglify Screen Time was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hourally on November 6, 2026.

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