Screen Time vs Aimstep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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
Aimstep
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What's your card? A few honest questions and your discipline gets a rating out of 99. Then lock in with your squad and make it climb, every Sunday. LOCK IN WITH YOUR SQUAD Start a private squad of up to 6, or join a friend's with their 6-character code. You see each other's cards and ranks, today's count (2/3, 3/3ā¦) and streaks, ranked by rating. Every day one of you locks in counts for the whole squad. No chat, no feed, no DMs: one reaction a day, like Respect or Lock in. Your missions stay private. Report, block or remove anyone, leave anytime. PICK YOUR ARC ⢠Winter Arc: until December 31. Walk into the new year ranked. ⢠30-day lock in: one month, no zero days. ⢠75-day challenge: body, mind and sleep, every day for 75 days. ⢠New Year Reset: all of January. Every arc has an end date. Your card is minted for it, and if you finish, that edition is yours for good. GET RATED Six honest questions about last week. Out comes your starting card: an overall rating out of 99 and six stats. WILL, BODY, MIND, FOCUS, SLEEP, MONEY. Pick three pillars to raise; WILL grows with every day you keep. 3 MISSIONS A DAY One mission per pillar, every day, built from your answers. Check it off and the points are banked for Sunday. Bad day? Minimum mode gives you the 10-minute version. Half the points, streak saved, no zero days. A mission doesn't fit your day? Swap it, up to three times a week. EVERY SUNDAY AT 6 PM Your card upgrades. The week you kept turns into points, up to +4 a week, so nobody fakes their way up. Cross a line and you rank up: Recruit ā Legionary ā Veteran ā Centurion ā General ā Imperator. Bronze, silver, gold, obsidian, then violet and laurel. Imperator takes months of near-perfect weeks. And when your arc ends, a final upgrade at midnight seals the card you earned. ALSO IN THERE ⢠One side quest a week: extra WILL and a stamp for your collection ⢠A journal of every day and every Sunday ⢠Day 1 next to today, stat by stat ⢠Post your day, your upgrade, your card ⢠A reminder at 9 PM if a mission is still open, and one when Sunday's upgrade lands No feed. No strangers. Just you, your squad and your Day 1. SUBSCRIPTION Aimstep needs a subscription to run your arc. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period or trial. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://prime-legal.nicobe21.chatgpt.site/terms Privacy Policy: https://prime-legal.nicobe21.chatgpt.site/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Screen Time at none against Aimstep's shown. Aimstep's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Screen Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Aimstep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Screen Time ships an update every 9 days, Aimstep weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Time | Aimstep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicolas Carrion | MANGIN Nicolas |
In-app purchases
Screen Time
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
Aimstep
- Aimstep Weekly$1.997 Days
- Aimstep Monthly$4.991 Month
- Aimstep Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year









