Comparison

Uncooked vs Spiral

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

Head to head
About

Uncooked

This app helps you regain control over your screen time by visualizing your focus decay in real-time. It offers quick, real-world habit prompts to interrupt distracting app spirals and recover your day without requiring willpower.

Highlights
  • Real-time focus decay visualization
  • Blocks distracting apps
  • Interrupts spirals with real-world habits
  • Contextual warnings about lost time
  • No willpower required
  • Prevents accidental time loss
Features
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You opened Instagram for a second. Now your study block is gone. Uncooked stops the spiral before it eats the part of the day that mattered. Watch your brain avatar decay in real time as you doomscroll. The deeper you go, the worse it looks — because that's what's actually happening to your focus. This isn't a battery meter. It looks like you. When you're going too deep, Uncooked interrupts with one message and one way out: Study block slipping. Drink water. Gym window disappearing. Go for a walk. Late-night spiral starting. Breathe. Complete it. Your avatar recovers. You get back to your day. NO WILLPOWER REQUIRED This isn't about quitting your apps. It's about stopping the accidental spiral before you lose the hour you didn't mean to lose. You keep TikTok, Instagram, YouTube — you just stop losing your day to them. WHAT IT DOES Block distracting apps — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Reddit & more One avatar that shows your focus level in real time Quick real-world habits to interrupt the spiral — water, walk, breathe, journal Contextual warnings — the app tells you what specific part of your day is at risk FOR PEOPLE WHO: Open social apps at the library and lose the study hour Check their phone before the gym and never leave the couch Doom scroll before bed and lose the whole wind-down You're not trying to quit. You're trying to stop losing your day by accident. Download Uncooked. Stop the spiral. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spiral

Features
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Smart screen time limits that actually work. You meant to check one thing. Forty minutes later, you're still scrolling. That's the spiral, and willpower alone rarely breaks it. Spiral does it for you. Most screen time apps fail for the same reasons: they block everything all for hours, they're trivial to bypass, or they nag you with reminders you swipe away. Spiral is built differently, it works with you not against to help limit your doomscrolling. Set zones across your day Instead of rigid all-day blocks, Spiral works in zones. Give yourself a 30-minute budget for social apps in the morning. Hard-block everything after 10pm. Leave the afternoon free. Your limits flex around your real life - work, downtime, sleep - instead of fighting it. Pick the apps that pull you in Choose exactly which apps to limit - Instagram, TikTok, X, whatever you find most distracting. Everything else stays untouched. Get a heads-up before you hit the wall Spiral warns you with notifications as you approach your limit, so nothing comes out of nowhere. You stay aware of your time without having to think about it. A real lock, not a speed bump When you hit your limit, Spiral's shield steps in and actually locks the app until your zone ends. No "are you sure?" that you tap straight through. No five-minute snooze that turns into an hour. A limit that holds. Build a streak worth keeping Every day you keep Spiral active builds your streak. The longer it grows, the more you have to lose by turning it off, a simple, powerful reason to stick with it. See how long you can keep Spiral active. Private by design Spiral runs entirely on Apple's Screen Time framework. Your app usage never leaves your phone. No VPN. No proxy. No servers collecting your data. No account required. What you do on your phone stays on your phone. Why Spiral works when others didn't – Zones that match your day instead of blocking everything – Enforcement that actually holds at your limit – 60-second setup, no complicated shortcuts or profiles – Built natively on Apple Screen Time - no hacky workarounds – Designed to step in, not to shame you If you've tried screen time apps before and given up, Spiral is the one built to hold you to it. Download Spiral and break the cycle. Terms of Use: https://spiralapp.io/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://spiralapp.io/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Uncooked4 screens
Spiral4 screens

Verdict

The call

Uncooked and Spiral are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Uncooked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and Spiral sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Uncooked versus Spiral: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUncookedSpiral
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenesh RaymondHarry O'Brien

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Uncooked

Subscriptions2
  • Uncooked Pro - Weekly$8.997 Days
  • Uncooked Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Spiral

Subscriptions3
  • Spiral Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Spiral Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Spiral Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Restore Streak$0.99

Questions

Is Uncooked free?
Uncooked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spiral free?
Spiral is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Uncooked or Spiral have ads?
Neither Uncooked nor Spiral shows ads.

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