MoveFirst vs Tempo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoveFirst
This app encourages physical activity by linking workout completion to screen time. Earn minutes for apps by exercising, either through integrated fitness tracking or quick camera-based exercises. Manage your digital habits and build healthier routines.
- Earn screen time through physical activity
- Instant workouts via camera (pushups, squats)
- Syncs with Apple Health for automatic activity tracking
- Set daily activity goals and track streaks
- Fitness and screen-time insights
- Emergency override for limited app access
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Move first. Scroll later. Instead of restricting yourself with willpower alone, MoveFirst ties your screen time to physical activity, every workout you complete earns minutes you can spend on the apps you want to limit. Need minutes right now? Do a quick set of pushups or squats in front of your camera. Spend less time on distracting apps and more time being active. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose which apps to block: social media, news, games, anything you want to use less. 2. Set a daily activity goal from 1 minute to 2 hours. You decide what counts: running, walking, cycling, strength training, yoga, hiking, swimming, HIIT. 3. Workouts sync through Apple Health. MoveFirst reads activity automatically from any Health-connected app - Apple Watch, Strava, Strong, Peloton, Whoop, and many more. No manual logging. 4. Or earn on the spot with an Instant Workout. Do pushups or squats in front of your camera and your reps are counted as you go. Every set earns minutes and counts toward your daily goal and streak. 5. Spend earned minutes. When a blocked app is opened, you'll see a screen with your current balance of screen time minutes earned. Tap to spend a few minutes, or close the app and earn more first. FEATURES • Instant Workouts - do pushups or squats in front of your camera and earn minutes on the spot, no fitness app needed • Daily goal and streaks - track consistency and build a real habit • Fitness and screen-time insights - track your progress, balance, and trends over time • Hard mode - require yourself to hit your daily goal before any screen time is earned • Customisable reward rules - weight each activity to match your goals. Earn more for strength training than walking, or boost the yoga rate when you're focused on flexibility. • Emergency override - when you really need an app, get 15 minutes of access once a day, then it's locked again ON YOUR TERMS MoveFirst is a personal self-management tool for adults (18+). You choose which apps to block, you set the goal, and you control when to spend your earned minutes. It is not a parental control app and is not for managing anyone else's device. PRIVACY MoveFirst reads workout data from Apple Health solely to compute your rewards. We do not read heart rate, sleep, GPS routes, or body measurements. Instant Workouts count your reps on your phone. No video is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere, and camera access is optional. We do not sell your data. We use privacy-conscious product analytics and App Store campaign reporting to improve onboarding, subscriptions, and marketing performance; workout data, whether from Apple Health or the camera, is not shared with analytics providers or used for ad targeting. SUBSCRIPTION MoveFirst Premium is available as an auto-renewing monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase: • Pricing is shown in your local currency on the in-app paywall before purchase • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • The monthly subscription automatically renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions • Privacy Policy: https://movefirst.co/privacy • Terms of Use: https://movefirst.co/terms Move first. Use your apps mindfully. Build a habit that lasts.
Tempo
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Screen time isn't something you endure. You earn it. Tempo locks the apps that eat your time — TikTok, Instagram, games, whatever you choose. There's only one key to reopen them: exercise. Every real minute of activity feeds your screen-time balance. As long as it's positive, all your apps open; using them draws it down minute by minute, and iOS re-locks everything on its own once it's empty — even when Tempo is closed. No punishment, no guilt. Just a simple trade: you move, you unlock. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps to block. Tempo keeps them locked. 2. Work out like you normally do (Apple Watch, Strava, the gym…). Tempo reads your workouts from Apple Health. 3. Open Tempo: your minutes are credited to a single balance. "Workout counted, +28 min." 4. While that balance is positive, all your apps unlock at once — nothing to set up app by app. 5. The time ticks down as you use them; at zero, iOS re-locks everything automatically. WHAT MAKES TEMPO DIFFERENT • Exercise is the currency. Other blockers pit your willpower against temptation. Tempo turns effort into a reward. • One balance, zero micromanaging. No per-app timers to set: you earn, everything opens; you run out, everything closes. • Every activity counts. Running, walking, cycling, swimming, strength training… weighted by effort. Treadmill walks included. • Honest anti-cheat. Manually entered workouts in Health are ignored: you have to actually move. • Tuned to you. Ready-made profiles (Gentle, Balanced, Athletic, Spartan) or fully custom rates. ON YOUR WRIST (TEMPO PRO) Your balance lives on your wrist: what's left to spend, what you earned today, the next reward — and your day hour by hour. Turn the crown for your streak of earned days, then your week. Four complications for your watch face. And one thing your iPhone can't do alone: phone on the table, walk on the wrist. The watch counts those steps and reports them — Tempo keeps the better of the two sensors, never their sum. It's the same walk. TOTAL PRIVACY Nothing leaves your iPhone. No account, no server, no ads, no data collected. Your apps, your usage, your health data stay with you. Period. FREE, WITH PRO IF YOU WANT MORE Free: the full loop, every sport, unlimited blocked apps and categories, 60 min/day of unlocked time, automatic effort weighting, and your last 7 days. Tempo Pro: strict mode (loosening a setting waits 24 hours), a daily cap you set yourself, fixed per-sport rates, full history and its curve, weekly recap, widgets — and the Apple Watch app. 7-day free trial. Screen time is something you earn. Ready to move? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://movetempo.app/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tempo at every 3 days against MoveFirst's every 8 days. MoveFirst's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. MoveFirst sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Tempo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MoveFirst ships an update every 8 days, Tempo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MoveFirst | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hugh Greethead | Florent Michenaud |
In-app purchases
MoveFirst
- Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Tempo
- Tempo Pro — Monthly$3.991 Month
- Tempo Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Tempo Pro — Lifetime$69.99









