Comparison

Vesper vs Screen time control

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

Head to head
About

Vesper

This app helps users, particularly women, reduce mindless scrolling and regain calm with their phones. It offers gentle pauses before opening distracting apps and allows for scheduled quiet windows to promote focus and intentional usage.

Highlights
  • Screen time protection for distracting apps
  • Morning and Night Quiet Windows
  • Earn 'Glow' for keeping promises
  • Two-minute breathing ritual
  • Intentional app access
  • Calm reward moments
Features
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Vesper helps you turn the urge to scroll into a reason to move. Choose the distracting apps you want to protect with Apple Screen Time. When you reach for them, Vesper creates a calm pause and guides you toward a verified live walk before granting a bounded opening. When the opening ends, your selected apps return to protection automatically. See your verified daily steps and walking goal on Home, start a live walking session, and follow your progress as you move. If walking is not available, Box Breathing offers a limited fallback. Vesper is designed for women who want less automatic scrolling, more movement, and a softer way to protect their attention—without shame, punishment, or productivity pressure. Features: • Screen Time protection for selected distracting apps • Verified live walking for bounded intentional access • Daily iOS Health step progress and walking goals • Clear protection status and next actions on Home • Automatic re-protection after each opening • Limited Box Breathing fallback • Calm celebrations and a warm star companion Your attention belongs to you. Stop scrolling. Step into her. Vesper offers free onboarding. Additional features require a lifetime purchase or subscription. Terms of use: https://xcompass.ai/terms-of-service

About

Screen time control

Features
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Scroll less. Read more. You know the loop. You pick up your phone for one thing and look up forty minutes later, the thing undone. The feed is good at that. It's the only thing it's good at. Lummi blocks the apps that do this to you. Pick the ones you open without thinking, set a daily limit, and that's that - no "five more minutes" button to talk yourself into. When you reach for a blocked app anyway, Lummi doesn't just slam a wall down. It offers you the next page of whatever you're reading instead. Because there's a whole library inside. Real books, your own shelves, highlights and notes that stick around, a night mode that won't fry your eyes at 11pm. Thousands of titles. Start tonight with the classics. There's also a flame named Lummi who takes your screen time a little personally. Stay under your limit and it burns bright. Slip and it dims. It's a small thing, but a creature quietly rooting for you beats a red notification badge every time. And none of it phones home - your Screen Time data never leaves your device. We couldn't see it if we wanted to. If you own more unread books than read ones, this is for you. Enough scrolling. Start your first chapter. - Lummi requires a subscription to unlock app blocking, goals, and the full reader. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. • Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; your account is charged within 24 hours prior to renewal. • Manage or cancel anytime in Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://ilummi.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://ilummi.app/terms

Screenshots

Vesper4 screens
Screen time control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen time control at every 3 days against Vesper's every 2 weeks. Vesper's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days and Screen time control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vesper ships an update every 2 weeks, Screen time control every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 8, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vesper versus Screen time control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesperScreen time control
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperxCompass, LLCAntonio Sanchez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper Weekly$12.997 Days
  • Vesper Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Believer$99.99
2 purchases

Screen time control

Subscriptions2
  • Lummi Pro (Weekly)$8.997 Days
  • Lummi Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Vesper free?
Vesper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen time control free?
Screen time control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vesper or Screen time control have ads?
Neither Vesper nor Screen time control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vesper or Screen time control?
Vesper ships an update every 2 weeks, and Screen time control every 3 days. Most recently, Vesper was updated on September 8, 2026 and Screen time control on September 8, 2026.

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