Comparison

Screen Time vs Screen Time Log

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

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Screen Time

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Scroll when you decide to. Every time you open one of the apps you picked, pourquoi.app asks why. Answering takes a second, and nothing gets blocked. Your screen time, your call. HOW IT WORKS • A question when you open an app. It pops up right away through Apple's Shortcuts app. Guided setup takes a few minutes. • Name your reason. It takes one tap. Saying what you came for turns a habit into a choice. • See what changes. Your answers and your screen time show where your time goes when you're not really choosing. No scores, no guilt trips. HOW ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ELSE? When you open an app without knowing why, or keep going back to it, pourquoi.app suggests a few ideas. It's up to you. And anytime, right from the app or from Control Center, you can start a breathing exercise or a phone-down timer. • Breathe for a minute: 5 seconds in, 5 seconds out. A gentle buzz tells you when to switch, so you can close your eyes. • Put your phone down: an hourglass runs for the time you set. • Step outside for a bit, read two pages, call someone, or make a cup of tea. • While a timer is running, every minute away from your apps adds sand to your jar. Give your phone a little tap, and the sand settles. YOUR SCREEN TIME, IN A NEW LIGHT • Today's screen time, free, right in pourquoi.app. • At setup, see how many days a year your screen time adds up to, based on your own numbers, not an average. • Your goal, tracked day by day against the previous 7 days: less phone time at night, less screen time overall, or fewer no-reason opens. • Your Journal, with your answers, question pauses, and the time you took back. Seeing your Screen Time data requires your permission and iOS 26.4 or later. WHY NO BLOCKERS A blocker decides for you, and the first thing it teaches you is how to get around it. With pourquoi.app, you decide. Your apps stay put, and you can still scroll. You just choose when it's worth your time. THE CORE OF THE APP IS FREE, WITH NO END DATE • Unlimited questions. • Suggested alternatives, the breathing exercise, the phone-down timer, and the jar. • Your stats, screen time, goal, and Journal for the last 7 days. • Question pauses of up to an hour. PREMIUM, FOR THE LONG RUN • Your stats for the last 30 days and since you started, and what they reveal about your habits. • Time spent per reason and why you open each app. • Your weekly Recap, on the day and at the time you pick. • Your full Journal and your own alternatives. • Longer pauses (2 hours, 3 hours, or until this evening), plus vacation mode. • A minimum gap between questions, and answer buttons that stay in the same place. • More time slots, besides the nighttime one, during which pourquoi.app suggests something else when you keep reopening apps. Try Premium free for 7 days on the monthly or yearly plan: you won't be charged today, and if it's not for you, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Otherwise, the subscription starts and renews automatically until you cancel it. Prefer to pay once? Premium also comes as a lifetime purchase, no subscription. With Apple Family Sharing, your family can use Premium too. No ads, and your data is never sold. Your history stays on your phone. Privacy Policy: https://pourquoi.app/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://pourquoi.app/en/terms/ Support: contact@pourquoi.app

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Screen Time Log

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PREMIUM — PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Log your screen time by hand — and finally notice it. ScreenTimeLog is a manual screen time diary: after a scroll session you open the app, log the minutes, tag the category, and note how you felt. No automatic tracking, no blocking, no judgment — just the honest act of writing it down. That act is the whole point. Automatic trackers count minutes you never look at. Writing "45 min Ā· Social Ā· felt drained" with your own thumb is a mindfulness practice — and it is the moment your habits start to change. Because every entry carries a mood, ScreenTimeLog can show you the one chart no automatic report has: whether your heavy phone days actually feel worse. WHAT YOU GET • Open the app and see today at a glance — 2h 14m logged, 3 entries, and a day streak you will not want to break • A donut of where the day really went — Social, Streaming, Games, Productivity, Reading — so "I was busy" becomes "I scrolled for 90 minutes" • A mood on every entry, from Drained to Refreshed, feeding a scatter chart of mood vs screen time with a plain-language verdict on your pattern • Daily limits per category with a live bar that turns amber at 80% and red when you blow past it • Detox goals like "Screen-free dinner" or "No phone first hour", with weekly targets and screen-free streaks • A gentle reminder at the hour you choose, so the diary actually gets written every evening PERFECT FOR • Anyone who has seen the built-in weekly screen time report, winced for ten seconds, and changed nothing • People running a digital detox or 7-day social media detox who want a written record, not another blocker • Journalers who want phone habits and mood in one private place • Anyone who suspects doomscrolling drags their mood down — and wants proof either way WHY NOT JUST USE THE BUILT-IN REPORT? Because passive numbers do not change behavior. The OS tells you a total on Sunday; a diary makes you face each session the day it happens. And no automatic report knows how you felt, lets you set a "Screen-free dinner" goal, or shows whether your worst-mood days are your heaviest-scroll days. Manual is not a limitation here — it is the method. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your diary stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no analytics on your entries. What you log is nobody's business but yours. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) ScreenTimeLog Pro unlocks unlimited category limits, unlimited detox goals, the full Insights tab — trends, category breakdown, and mood-vs-screen-time correlation — plus CSV export of your entire log. Pro is available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Tonight, before bed, log today's minutes. That one honest entry is where less screen time starts. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Screen Time4 screens
Screen Time Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Screen Time Log at none against Screen Time's 6. Screen Time Log also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Screen Time's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Time sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Screen Time Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time ships an update every 10 days, Screen Time Log every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Screen Time versus Screen Time Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen TimeScreen Time Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas CarrionLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Screen Time

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Family$5.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Yearly Family$44.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$49.99
  • Lifetime Family$89.99
None

Screen Time Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Time free?
Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Time Log free?
Screen Time Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screen Time or Screen Time Log have ads?
Neither Screen Time nor Screen Time Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time or Screen Time Log?
Screen Time ships an update every 10 days, and Screen Time Log every 4 months. Most recently, Screen Time was updated on October 24, 2026 and Screen Time Log on October 25, 2026.

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