Solace Screen time management vs Pailtime

Apps are built to hijack your attention. Solace fights back. Solace is a circuit-breaker for your digital habits. Pick the apps that steal your time, set a daily limit, and Solace pulls you out the moment you start doomscrolling. Not by tracking you, but by putting a shield between you and the feed until you choose to take a break. SEE WHO'S STEALING YOUR TIME Reports show where your day goes, which apps cost you the most, and how much you are winning back week by week. SET A LIMIT AND HOLD IT Choose your most distracting apps and a daily allowance. When it runs out, those apps are blocked until tomorrow. Need a moment? Take a short break, then Solace resumes the block automatically, even while the app is closed. FOCUS SESSIONS Start an instant session when you need to get something done, or schedule recurring sessions around your work, study, or family time. Run several at once. PROTECT YOUR SLEEP Bedtime mode limits social, entertainment, and games until morning so you get to bed on time and actually stay there. CHOOSE HOW FIRM TO BE From gentle nudges to a full lockdown. Fortress mode hands the unlock code to a trusted buddy, so loosening a limit means asking a real person. TAP A TAG TO LOCK IN Pair a physical NFC tag and tap your phone to it to block instantly — no schedule, no timer, no end time. Tap it again to unlock. Choose whether it shields everything or only your problem apps, then leave the tag in another room: getting back in means getting up. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Solace uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your per-app usage is read inside a sandbox that Apple controls and never leaves your device. No ads, no data sales, no cross-app tracking. Read the full policy at solaceapp.co/privacy. SOLACE PRO Some features require a Solace Pro subscription, which starts with a 7-day free trial. Solace Pro is available monthly at $6.99 or yearly at $39.99. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://solaceapp.co/privacy Stop spending your time. Start investing it.

Doom-scrolling steals time in tiny pieces. Five minutes turns into twenty. Twenty turns into an hour. And suddenly, the time you meant to spend reading, moving, creating, resting, or being with people you care about is gone. Pailtime helps you take that time back. Instead of banning the apps you love, Pailtime gives your scrolling a limit you can actually feel: a daily bucket of scrolltime. Choose how much time you want before you start. Watch the bucket drain while you scroll. When the time is gone, the apps lock again. And when you spend time doing things that actually make your day better, you can earn some scrolltime back. No guilt. No cold turkey. No endless blocking. Just a calmer, more intentional way to use your phone — and slowly scroll half as much. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you tend to doom-scroll. Pailtime locks them using Apple’s Screen Time framework. 2. Want to scroll? Choose your limit first. Pour out 5, 10, or 15 minutes. 3. Your apps unlock, and your bucket drains live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 4. When time runs out, the apps lock again. Done is done. 5. Recharge to earn scrolltime back. THE HALF PLAN You don’t have to quit scrolling. You just need it to take up less of your life. Tell Pailtime how much you scroll today, and the Half Plan builds a gentle path toward cutting that time in half. Your daily limit decreases a few minutes at a time, making the change feel achievable instead of extreme. You’ll see the full projection from day one and watch your progress build every day after. WHY IT WORKS - Intention before impulse - Choosing your limit before opening an app turns automatic scrolling into a conscious choice. - Time becomes visible - A draining bucket makes every minute feel real instead of disappearing unnoticed. - Earned, not banned - Recharge rewards the things you want more of in your life instead of punishing you for scrolling. - Recharge with brain games - Small steps are easier to keep - The Half Plan reduces your limit gradually, helping you change without feeling deprived. FEATURES • Scrolltime Bucket — your daily scrolling budget, visualized as living liquid • App Blocker — chosen apps stay locked until you intentionally start a scroll session • Live Countdown — see remaining time on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Recharge — earn scrolltime through focus, meditation, reading, workouts, walks, learning, creating, and connecting and also by playing brain games • Half Plan — a gradual path toward scrolling 50% less • Resist — turn the urge to scroll into a challenge and climb the ranks as you resist • Insights — track today’s scrolltime, weekly trends, and urges resisted • Streaks — build momentum over time • Satisfying haptics and fluid bucket physics • Dark, calm, distraction-free design PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your attention is personal. Your data should be too. Pailtime uses Apple’s Screen Time framework. Your app choices are protected by Apple, and Pailtime cannot see what you do inside your apps. Your data stays on your iPhone. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your time is too valuable to lose one scroll at a time. Scroll on purpose. Fill your day with everything else. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://banimo.net/apps/pailtime/privacy