Comparison

Calmgate vs Scrollless

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

Head to head
About

Calmgate

Features
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Reclaim Your Attention with Calmgate Willpower alone is rarely a sufficient defense against highly optimized algorithmic distractions. Calmgate is a rigorous digital well-being utility engineered specifically to break the cycle of mindless scrolling and restore your capacity for deep, uninterrupted focus. Built from the ground up for individuals navigating ADHD, chronic procrastination, or severe screen fatigue, Calmgate shifts your relationship with personal technology from reactive consumption to intentional engagement. Mindful Pauses to Break the Autopilot Loop Before you are permitted to access your most distracting applications, Calmgate intervenes with a mandatory, guided breathing exercise lasting between 10 and 60 seconds. This engineered psychological friction intercepts the immediate dopamine-seeking impulse, providing a critical window of mindfulness. This brief pause breaks the autopilot scrolling loop and allows you to consciously evaluate whether opening the application aligns with your current goals. Strict Mode and Unbreakable Deletion Protection For moments of severely depleted willpower, personal accountability must be outsourced to unyielding software. Calmgate utilizes advanced restriction architecture to enforce a true digital lockdown. When Strict Mode is activated, active block sessions cannot be bypassed, and Deletion Protection actively prevents the uninstallation of the application until your scheduled focus period is entirely complete. Emergency unlocks are strictly guarded and only granted after submitting a written declaration of intent, forcing cognitive engagement over impulsive overrides. Targeted Scheduling and the Sleep Shield Structure your day proactively with highly dynamic scheduling parameters. Activate the Morning Block routine to prevent the habit of waking up to overwhelming social media feeds, utilize Monk Mode for intense, distraction-free study sessions, or engage the Sleep Shield to automatically restrict access to stimulating applications between 10 PM and 7 AM, promoting vastly improved sleep hygiene. Behavioral Tracking and Dynamic Focus Scores Sustainable behavioral transformation requires accurate measurement. Calmgate calculates a dynamic daily Focus Score by analyzing the ratio of your intentional, productive application usage against the time lost to digital distractions. Monitor your behavioral patterns over time, identify your most common distraction triggers, and celebrate tangible, data-driven improvements in your daily attention span. Strictly On-Device Privacy Architecture Your behavioral data is fundamentally personal and must remain entirely under your control. Calmgate operates with a strict, zero-transmission privacy architecture. All application processing, usage tracking, and local limits are executed entirely on your device utilizing secure local storage frameworks. Absolutely no analytics are transmitted off-device, ensuring complete confidentiality for your digital habits and routines. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scrollless

This app helps you break free from endless scrolling by requiring you to commit to a session length before opening blocked apps. Once your time is up, all selected apps lock together, preventing you from switching to another. It uses behavioral science principles to foster intentional usage and reduce screen time.

Highlights
  • Commit to session length before opening apps
  • Cross-app locking to prevent switching
  • 5-minute reset breaks
  • No surprise lockouts or daily caps
  • Built on behavioral science principles
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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You open Instagram for "just a few minutes." Time flies, so you switch to YouTube. Then TikTok. Two hours gone. Again. Most screen time apps punish you for this. Scrollless empowers you to stop it before it starts. HOW SCROLLLESS IS DIFFERENT Before you open any blocked app, Scrollless asks one simple question: "How long do you want this session to be?" You commit upfront, like making a promise to yourself. When your time is up, all your selected apps lock together. No sneaking to another app. The loop stops. This is not another app blocker. It is a commitment device. WHY IT WORKS → Intentional sessions beat passive blocks. Choosing your time in advance activates commitment, a principle proven by behavioral science. → Cross-app locking stops the app-hopping loop. Instagram, YouTube, TikTok: they all lock together, so you can't just switch to the next one. → 5-minute reset breaks give your brain time to decide: do you actually want more scroll time, or did you just forget you were done? → No surprise lockouts. No daily caps. No fighting your own phone. THE RESULTS Many users report a significant reduction in their daily screen time. Not from willpower. From a smarter system. BUILT ON BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Scrollless is grounded in habit formation research, decision fatigue studies, and commitment device theory. The same principles behind the most effective behavior change programs. PRIVACY FIRST No VPN. No accounts. No personal data collected by us. Blocking runs on your device using Apple's native Screen Time API. FREE TO USE Scrollless is free, supported by ads. All blocking and session features are fully available for free, no purchase required. SCROLLLESS PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Remove ads with an optional auto-renewable yearly subscription. The price is shown in the app at the time of purchase, billed to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings, Apple ID, Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.scrollless.ch/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.scrollless.ch/terms Break the loop. Keep the good parts of social media. Take back your time.

Screenshots

Calmgate4 screens
Scrollless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calmgate at none against Scrollless's shown. 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. Calmgate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Scrollless sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Calmgate versus Scrollless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalmgateScrollless
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolash Chandra DasGian Muehlemann

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Calmgate

Subscriptions3
  • Calmgate Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Calmgate Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Calmgate Premium Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Scrollless

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Calmgate free?
Calmgate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrollless free?
Scrollless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calmgate or Scrollless have ads?
Scrollless shows ads; Calmgate does not.

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