Comparison

TimeTrader vs DoomIt

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

Head to head
About

TimeTrader

This app rewards you for completing offline activities like walking or exercising by granting you screen time for your favorite apps. It helps reduce mindless scrolling and build healthier habits by making real-life actions the currency for digital engagement.

Highlights
  • Earn screen time through real-life actions
  • Complete offline activities like walking and exercising
  • Reduce mindless screen time
  • Build healthier habits
  • Block distracting apps when earned time runs out
  • Change your relationship with your phone
Features
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Doomscrolling is easy. Stopping is hard. TimeTrader gives you a better way. Instead of relying on willpower, TimeTrader helps you turn real-life actions into screen time rewards. Want more time for your favorite apps? Earn it first. Complete healthy offline activities like walking, exercising, doing push-ups, or spending time away from your screen. Then trade that effort for screen time. When your earned time runs out, distracting apps can be blocked again, helping you avoid falling back into endless scrolling. TimeTrader helps you: * Beat doomscrolling * Reduce mindless screen time * Earn app time through real-life actions * Build healthier habits * Make movement and exercise more rewarding * Use your phone with more intention Most screen time apps only tell you to use your phone less. TimeTrader gives you a simple system that makes better behavior feel rewarding. Real life becomes the price of screen time. It is not about quitting your phone completely. It is about changing the relationship. Move first. Live first. Earn your time. Download TimeTrader and start trading real-life effort for screen time Privacy Policy: https://timetrader.ponyma.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://timetrader.ponyma.net/terms

About

DoomIt

Features
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Other apps block your phone. This one does too — but it lets you earn the time first. You start with a small daily budget. Everything beyond that, you earn. Two ways to do it. THE NIGHT Set a night window, say 10 PM to 7 AM. Inside it, the apps you picked are closed. Every hour the phone stays down is worth a few minutes the next morning. Not all-or-nothing: reach for it at 3 AM and you only lose the hours after that — not the whole night. THE BODY Push-ups, squats, plank, steps. Every exercise credits minutes right away. Want to scroll now? Do the push-ups now. The camera counts along — entirely on your device. No image is stored, none is ever sent. THE STREAK Clear both daily challenges in a day and the streak lives on. It's the only thing that carries past midnight — after five days held, you collect the minutes. A joker saves it across exactly one missed day. THE RATE IS FIXED What a night hour pays and what an exercise is worth is built in. An exchange rate you can adjust yourself isn't one. YOUR HISTORY For every day it shows what you earned and what you spent. Every minute has an origin. WHAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Which apps you block never leaves the device — iOS only hands the app anonymous tokens; it can't see what you picked. No sign-up, no tracking, no ads. THE WIDGET IS THE APP Remaining minutes right on your home screen. Our idea of success is unusual: we want you to open the app less, not more. Doomit uses Apple Screen Time (Family Controls) to lock the apps you choose during your night window. https://doomit.app/terms

Screenshots

TimeTrader4 screens
DoomIt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TimeTrader at every 3 days against DoomIt's fortnightly. 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. TimeTrader sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and DoomIt sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeTrader ships an update every 3 days, DoomIt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TimeTrader versus DoomIt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeTraderDoomIt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer楠 王Moritz Maximilian Fricke

In-app purchases

7 purchases

TimeTrader

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
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  • Annually3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annually3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annually3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Annually3 Days trial$69.991 Year
6 purchases

DoomIt

Subscriptions2
  • DoomIt Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DoomIt Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time4
  • 20 min$0.99
  • 20 min$1.99
  • 20 min$2.99
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  • DoomIt Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is TimeTrader free?
TimeTrader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DoomIt free?
DoomIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeTrader or DoomIt have ads?
Neither TimeTrader nor DoomIt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeTrader or DoomIt?
TimeTrader ships an update every 3 days, and DoomIt fortnightly. Most recently, TimeTrader was updated on September 20, 2026 and DoomIt on September 19, 2026.

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