Comparison

ScrollPal vs climbr

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

Head to head
About

ScrollPal

Features
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Meet ScrollPal — your phone's accountability pet. Tired of doomscrolling? Your cute Fennec lives in the app. Feed it berries. It thrives. Ignore it, and your apps lock down. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that steal your day — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, anything. Your Fennec starts at 100% energy each morning. Every minute you scroll those apps, your Fennec's energy drops. When it hits 25%, the apps lock. To unlock them? Do a task. Drink water. Journal. Pushups. Snap a photo of nature. Each task feeds your Fennec — and earns back your scroll time. WHY IT WORKS Other blockers say "stop." ScrollPal trades. A pushup for TikTok. A glass of water for Instagram. A clean room for YouTube. You don't have to delete your apps. You don't have to pretend you'll never scroll. You just have to earn it. YOUR FENNEC, YOUR PARTNER A cute desert fox that grows with your habits. It loses energy when you scroll. It celebrates when you take care of yourself. The harder you ignore it, the more it suffers. (You won't ignore it. Look at it.) FEATURES - Block any iOS app — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, games, all of it - 10+ feed-your-Fennec tasks: pushups, squats, water, nature photos, journaling, breathing, dance, posing, bed cleaning - Schedule mode: lock apps during work, sleep, or study (no bypass) - Time decay: 1 minute scrolled = 1% Fennec energy lost - Beautiful custom shield screens (no boring Apple defaults) - Energy stats and habit streaks - Personalize your Fennec's name during setup - Works on your device — your data never leaves your phone PRIVATE & SAFE ScrollPal uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring runs entirely on your device. Stop scrolling. Start trading. Subscription required. Privacy: scrollpal.app/privacy Terms: scrollpal.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

climbr

This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by blocking distracting applications and setting dedicated focus sessions. It gamifies your progress towards goals with a virtual mountain climb and encourages reflection through daily journaling.

Highlights
  • Block any app
  • Automatic schedules
  • On-demand focus sessions
  • Gamified progress tracking
  • Nightly journaling
  • Streak maintenance
Features
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Your phone keeps getting in the way. climbr helps you get back to your goals. climbr is the screen-time app for people who are ready to start chasing their goals...because your phone is standing in the way. BLOCK WHAT STEALS YOUR TIME Pick the apps that pull you in (social, video, games, etc) and climbr shields them behind a wall. Set schedules so the wall goes up automatically, or start a focus session on demand. MAKE BAILING COST SOMETHING Anyone can turn off a blocker. So climbr makes quitting deliberate. Choose your door: breathe through a forced pause before you're let back in, or, with hardcore mode armed, pay for a 15-minute break. Every bypass costs $4.99, logged, and subtracted from your progress on the mountain. WATCH YOURSELF CLIMB Your goal becomes a mountain. Every protected day moves you up the slope toward the summit; every bypass slides you back. REFLECT, AND KEEP THE STREAK A nightly journal turns each day into a decision: did you get closer, hold the line, or slip? Claim the day, keep your streak alive, and become someone who follows through. WHAT YOU GET • Block any app • Automatic schedules + on-demand focus sessions • Two exit doors: a breathing pause (free) or hardcore ($4.99 buys a 15-minute break) • A living mountain that tracks real progress toward your goal • Nightly journaling, streaks, and ranks from Base Camp to Summit • Private by design — your blocked-app choices never leave your phone MEMBERSHIP climbr is a subscription: $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or $12.99/month. Cancel anytime. Privacy Policy: https://jaczuck.github.io/summit/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ScrollPal4 screens
climbr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ScrollPal at every 5 days against climbr's every 3 weeks. ScrollPal also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ScrollPal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and climbr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScrollPal ships an update every 5 days, climbr every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ScrollPal versus climbr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollPalclimbr
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDeni YunusovJacob Simangunsong

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ScrollPal

Subscriptions3
  • ScrollPal Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Exit Offer$39.991 Year
  • ScrollPal Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

climbr

Subscriptions2
  • Summit Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Summit Monthly$19.991 Month
One-time1
  • Hardcore (End Block Early)$4.99

Questions

Is ScrollPal free?
ScrollPal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is climbr free?
climbr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScrollPal or climbr have ads?
Neither ScrollPal nor climbr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScrollPal or climbr?
ScrollPal ships an update every 5 days, and climbr every 3 weeks. Most recently, ScrollPal was updated on September 15, 2026 and climbr on August 18, 2026.

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