bar'd vs Screenshot Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bar'd
This app enforces digital discipline by linking your phone's Focus Modes to physical barcodes. Scan a barcode to unlock distracting apps, ensuring genuine accountability for your screen time. Track your progress and build streaks towards focused hours.
- Enforce focus modes with physical barcodes
- Shield distracting apps at system level
- Customizable app whitelists
- Automated daily focus schedules
- Track focused hours and streaks
- On-device data privacy
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bar'd is the ultimate physical lock for your digital distractions. Built on Apple's strict Screen Time API, bar'd doesn't just ask you nicely to put your phone down—it forces you to. Link your custom Focus Modes (like Work, Study, or Phone-free Dinner) to a physical barcode anywhere in your house or office. Once you activate a session, your distracting apps are shielded. The only way back in? Get up, walk over, and scan that exact physical barcode. There is no PIN bypass. There is no cooldown timer. There is no "remind me in 15 minutes." You either delete the app, or you scan the barcode. HOW IT WORKS: Create a Mode: Set up a profile (e.g., "Dumb phone") and whitelist only the apps you actually need. Everything else gets shielded. Bind a Barcode: Link the mode to any physical barcode (a book, a coffee bag, a label on your desk). Lock In: Activate the mode manually or set an automated daily schedule. Unlock: To pause, edit, or stop the session early, you must physically scan the tied barcode. KEY FEATURES: • Unbreakable Focus: Uses Apple's FamilyControls to securely shield blocked apps at the system level. • Physical Accountability: Ties your digital habits to the physical world using your camera's AVFoundation pipeline. • Custom Schedules: Automate your focus times in the background. • Stats & Streaks: Track your focused hours, build a daily streak, and climb the ranks up to Grandmaster. • Private by Design: All App Group state and SwiftData persistence happens entirely on-device.
Screenshot Search
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Find the screenshot you need in seconds. CaptureMind turns your screenshot graveyard into a searchable inbox. It indexes screenshots from your photo library, extracts text with on-device OCR, and helps you recover receipts, links, chats, notes, code snippets, and saved ideas before they disappear into clutter. Built for people who screenshot everything: - Students saving slides, notes, and study material - Builders saving UI references, code, and research - Busy users saving receipts, tickets, confirmations, and chats What you can do with CaptureMind: - Search screenshot text fast - Find saved links, receipts, chats, and notes from one search bar - Auto-tag screenshots into useful groups like receipt, code, chat, link, and doc - Save important screenshots into collections - Favorite screenshots you want to keep close - Copy text and share details without digging through Photos Why it feels different: - Focused on screenshots, not your entire photo library - Designed for retrieval, not just storage - Private by default with on-device processing How it works: 1. Allow access to your screenshots 2. CaptureMind indexes screenshot text on device 3. Search, organize, and recover what you saved If your camera roll is full of screenshots you meant to come back to, CaptureMind helps you find them and use them. Subscription options: CaptureMind Pro Yearly: $19.99 CaptureMind Pro Lifetime: $29.99 Term of Use: https://phanithny.com/apps/capturemind/term-of-use.html Privacy: https://phanithny.com/apps/capturemind/privacy-policy.html Support: phanith.ny@icloud.com
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: bar'd at none against Screenshot Search's 2. Screenshot Search's advantage is iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Screenshot Search sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. bar'd asks for nothing beyond the download.
bar'd ships an update every 3 weeks, Screenshot Search every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bar'd | Screenshot Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Rapko | Phanith Ny |
In-app purchases
bar'd
No in-app purchases
Screenshot Search
- CaptureMind Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- CaptureMind Pro Lifetime$24.99








