Roost. vs Age App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Roost.
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Bedtime without the phone fight. Roost locks the apps that keep you β or your kids β up at night, on a schedule you set, behind a PIN that canβt be undone in a weak moment. Set it once and it runs automatically. Now with Roost +, you can also pause apps by location. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps. Pick the feeds, games, and chats that should pause. 2. Set the schedule. Match school nights and weekends to the way your family actually works. 3. Add locations with Roost +. Pause selected apps when the device arrives at places like school, tutoring, or afterschool care, then unlock them when it leaves. 4. Make it stick. A parent PIN and Apple Screen Time help keep settings from being switched off. When a schedule starts, your chosen apps are locked until the window ends. With Roost +, apps can also lock and unlock automatically based on saved locations. No nightly nagging, no manual on/off. ROOST + Roost + is an optional subscription add-on for location-based app blocking: - Create saved locations with custom names and radius controls. - Automatically pause apps when the device arrives. - Automatically unlock apps when the device leaves. - View location-based roosting status inside the app. FOR PARENTS Roost is built around routines instead of constant policing: - Parent PIN protects your settings and early wake-ups. - Recovery email lets you reset your PIN securely if you forget it. - Screen Time guide walks you through the iOS settings that keep Roost firmly in place. - Location-based blocking helps protect focus during school, tutoring, care programs, and other daily routines. FOR EVERYONE Not a parent? Roost works just as well for grown-ups who scroll past their own bedtime. Run it in self-managed mode and give yourself a gentle, automatic pause for the apps you canβt put down. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Roost is built to need as little of your data as possible: - Your PIN is hashed and stored only in your deviceβs secure Keychain. It never leaves your phone. - The apps and schedules you choose are represented by Appleβs private Screen Time tokens. We never see which apps you block or when. - Location-based blocking uses saved places to trigger Roost + on your device. - We donβt sell data or run ads. The only personal information Roost collects is an email address, used solely to send a PIN reset code if you ever forget your PIN. BUILT ON APPLE SCREEN TIME Roost uses Appleβs Family Controls, Screen Time, and Location Services frameworks to block apps reliably at the system level. Made for iPhone and iPad. Sleep first. Scroll later. Questions? Email support@useroost.app Privacy Policy: https://useroost.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://useroost.app/terms.html
Age App
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No account, no subscription, no ads, no AI. Just a clean screen of cards counting the days since - and until - the dates that matter to you. How long since you moved to this city? How old is your dog, exactly? How many days until the trip? Age App keeps all of it on one screen, as simple cards you can read at a glance. WHAT PEOPLE TRACK Ages - children, parents, pets, in years, months and days. Anniversaries - the day you met, moved in, started the job. Countdowns - a trip, a birthday, a due date, a holiday, a deadline. Things you own - how long you've had the car, the phone, the apartment. Growing things - when you planted it, how far along it is. Some cards count up, some count down. HOW IT WORKS Add a date. That's the whole setup. Each card shows the time since a past date, or the time left until a future one, in years, months and days - plus hours, minutes and seconds when you turn on Use Time. Add a note to any card; open the card to read it. Choose the text and background color of each card. Drag to rearrange - duplicate a card, keeping its date or starting today. Search titles and notes. Manage All Items lists every card, including deleted ones you can restore. Your cards sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-in - the app doesn't know who you are. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases. Nothing is collected, sold, shared or analysed. Your cards sync through your private iCloud account, managed by Apple. We never see them and run no server of our own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Age App at none against Roost.'s 2. Roost.'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Roost. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Age App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roost. ships an update every 2 weeks, Age App every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Roost. | Age App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks β better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merit Apps LLC | Nurhan Ilhanov |
In-app purchases
Roost.
- Roost+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Roost+ Yearly$39.991 Year
Age App
No in-app purchases









