Comparison

Scrollar vs Vuelve

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

Head to head
About

Scrollar

This app helps you manage your phone usage by setting daily screen time goals and budgets for app groups. It offers gentle nudges and multiple blocking methods to reduce distractions, all while keeping your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily screen time goals
  • App group budgeting
  • Limit blocking
  • Scheduled blocking
  • CEO Mode focus sessions
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Progress tracking
Features
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We’ve all been there: You pick up your phone to check one thing… and suddenly an hour is gone.
You tell yourself “I’ll cut back tomorrow.”
But tomorrow never comes. SCROLLAR WORKS - BECAUSE IT DOESN’T SHAME YOU
No guilt trips. No scary warnings. Just a simple idea: give your attention a daily budget — like money.
Spend it how you want, just a little more intentionally. YOUR DAILY SCREEN TIME GOAL
Start by setting a daily limit based on how you actually use your phone — not some unrealistic target. Every minute you save helps your Pixel Pig grow, evolving through 25 levels from a tiny piglet to a golden bank. CREATE YOUR APP GROUPS, YOUR WAY
Organize apps in a way that makes sense to you — social, streaming, gaming, or anything else. Each group gets its own shared daily budget, so you can be strict where it matters and flexible where it doesn’t. THREE WAYS TO BLOCK DISTRACTIONS
 1. Limit Blocking
Go over a group’s limit? Those apps lock until tomorrow.
You set the rules — Scrollar enforces them.
 2. Scheduled Blocking
Create boundaries that fit your life.
No social media during work. No scrolling before bed. Set it once and forget it.
 3. CEO Mode
Need to focus right now?
Start a session that blocks all your tracked apps until you’re done. No shortcuts. GENTLE NUDGES, NOT GUILT TRIPS
Get a heads-up right before you hit your limit. No pressure. No shame.
Just a moment to decide if you want to keep going. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES
Clear, simple insights show your daily and weekly habits. Spot what’s taking your time, track your streaks, and watch your progress build. 100% PRIVATE
No accounts. No cloud. No tracking.
Everything stays on your device — exactly where it belongs. Scrollar doesn’t judge you.
It doesn’t try to control you. It just helps you notice — and makes it easier to put your phone down. Built for people who’ve tried Screen Time and gave up.
Built for people who want to scroll less, but don’t know how to start. Built for you. Terms of Use: https://ntudevelop.github.io/Scrollar/ Privacy Policy: https://ntudevelop.github.io/Scrollar/

About

Vuelve

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You unlock your phone to check the time and resurface twenty minutes later with nothing to show for it. Vuelve blocks the apps and websites eating your day, and sets screen time limits that actually hold. It doesn't ask for willpower — it gives it back. Its design has been reviewed by a neuroscientist and a psychologist: how the blocks work, how you choose the friction, how your own data is handed back to you. This is not a self-help app with scientific vocabulary painted on top. BLOCKS THAT HOLD • Block specific apps and websites, one by one. • Schedules: decide when each block kicks in — mornings, work hours, nights, weekends. • Time limits: 20 minutes of social media a day, then it's done. • Adult filter: turn on Apple's content filter with one tap. Websites are blocked in Safari and in browsers that honor Screen Time. YOU DECIDE HOW HARD IT IS TO BYPASS This is where Vuelve differs from every other blocker. You choose the friction: from a simple confirmation to obstacles that force you to stop and actually decide. You set the bar while you're clear-headed, not in the middle of the craving. BUNKER MODE A focus session you cannot leave until it ends. For when you need real depth and you already know you're going to waver. NEURO: YOUR DATA, NO GUILT Vuelve shows you the balance between the time you invest and the time that slips away, your weekly streak, and what's actually changing. Data to act on, not charts to feel bad about. WHAT VUELVE DOESN'T DO • No account, no sign-up. • No ads. • No analytics, no trackers. • No servers. There is nowhere for your data to go, because it never leaves your device. ABOUT THE SCREEN TIME PERMISSION Vuelve uses Apple's Screen Time API to block apps. Apple never tells us which apps you picked or how much you use them: the app works with sealed identifiers that only the system understands. Nothing leaves your device. Privacy policy: https://vuelveapp.github.io/legal/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Vuelve doesn't promise to cure anything. It just hands the decision back to you.

Screenshots

Scrollar4 screens
Vuelve4 screens

Verdict

The call

Scrollar and Vuelve are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Scrollar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Vuelve sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrollar ships an update every 5 days, Vuelve weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Scrollar versus Vuelve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollarVuelve
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen Thao UyenGuillermo Rivas-Plata Somavilla

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scrollar

Subscriptions2
  • Scrollar Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Scrollar Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Vuelve

Subscriptions2
  • Vuelve Premium mensual$3.991 Month
  • Vuelve Premium anual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vuelve Premium para siempre$69.99

Questions

Is Scrollar free?
Scrollar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vuelve free?
Vuelve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scrollar or Vuelve have ads?
Neither Scrollar nor Vuelve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scrollar or Vuelve?
Scrollar ships an update every 5 days, and Vuelve weekly. Most recently, Scrollar was updated on October 31, 2026 and Vuelve on October 26, 2026.

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