Comparison

bar'd vs Screenshot Search

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Screenshot Search

Features
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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

bar'd4 screens
Screenshot Search4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
bar'd versus Screenshot Search: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbar'dScreenshot Search
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth RapkoPhanith Ny

In-app purchases

None

bar'd

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Screenshot Search

Subscriptions1
  • CaptureMind Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • CaptureMind Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is bar'd free?
bar'd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screenshot Search free?
Screenshot Search is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do bar'd or Screenshot Search have ads?
Neither bar'd nor Screenshot Search shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bar'd or Screenshot Search?
bar'd ships an update every 3 weeks, and Screenshot Search every 5 weeks. Most recently, bar'd was updated on October 24, 2026 and Screenshot Search on October 29, 2026.

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