Forge vs RepShield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forge
This app helps you manage screen time by requiring physical exercise to unlock app usage. Earn minutes by doing push-ups or squats, with your phone's camera counting reps. Once your earned time expires, apps are blocked again.
- Exercise-based screen time
- Camera rep counting
- App blocking
- Gamified progress and leaderboards
- Customizable time allowances
- Privacy-focused on-device processing
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Forge is an app blocker that makes you earn your screen time with exercise. Do push-ups or squats, the camera counts every rep on your iPhone, and your apps unlock for the time you earned. Pick the apps that eat your day: social media, video, games. When your daily free allowance runs out, Forge blocks them. Want more time? Do the reps. Effort first, screen after. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that steal your time. 2. Choose how many minutes you want. 3. Do your reps. The camera counts every one on device. 4. Your apps unlock. When time runs out, the shield comes back. WHY FORGE - Exercise-based: your body is the key, not a pause screen you can tap through - Free to start, no subscription - One-time Pro purchase, family sharing included - No account required EARN IT LIKE A GAME Forge Ranks: climb from Spark to Titan of the Forge as your lifetime score grows. Daily streaks keep you honest. A worldwide leaderboard by country. A FORGED stamp every time you finish a set. YOU SET THE RULES Free minutes per day if you want them: strict, balanced, or generous. Everything beyond that is earned. A three stage friction gate stops rage quitting. PRO, ONCE, FOREVER Squats are free forever. Forge Lifetime adds push-up mode, walking mode (100 steps = 1 minute), full statistics, encrypted backup, and removes every ad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The camera never records: pose detection runs entirely on your iPhone. No video is stored or uploaded. Forge yourself stronger.
RepShield
This app locks distracting applications behind physical exercise. Earn your screen time by completing push-ups, squats, or planks, with your camera counting reps on-device. Reclaim your focus and build strength simultaneously.
- Lock distracting apps
- Earn screen time with exercise
- Camera-based rep counting
- Timed access to apps
- Track progress and streaks
- Earn achievement badges
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Your apps, behind a workout. RepShield is an app blocker that makes you earn your screen time. It locks the apps that eat your time — the feeds, the shorts, whatever you choose — until you pay for them in push-ups, squats, a plank, or lunges. Your camera counts the reps on-device. Then the app opens for a timed pass. No willpower required. The scroll urge hits, you drop and do ten, and either way you win: less mindless screen time, or a stronger body. HOW IT WORKS - Pick the apps to guard: they are shielded by iOS Screen Time - Set your price: 10 push-ups, 15 squats, a 20-second plank - The camera counts reps on-device. Nothing is recorded or uploaded, ever - Earn a timed pass. When it ends, the shield returns WHY IT WORKS In a peer-reviewed trial (PNAS, 2023), friction like this cut social app use by about a third. And every unlock pays your body: at typical usage that is hundreds of push-ups a month. TRACK THE CHANGE - Streaks, daily reps, minutes reclaimed - 15 badges to earn, from First Rep to a 30-day streak - Your 4-week reset plan HONEST BY DESIGN - Your first guarded app is free forever - No trial tricks: prices shown upfront, cancel anytime - No account and no data collection: everything stays on your phone Guard your first app free. Your feed can wait ten push-ups. SUBSCRIPTIONS RepShield Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: Pro Weekly (1 week), Pro Monthly (1 month) or Pro Yearly (1 year). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Your first guarded app stays free without a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSHhwlfNj_qGXraS9qfP7g8pnMjd3VKRa8FZ5W0O-wKPZ2sCfX2m_y8xOD1kEfPOA/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RepShield at none against Forge's shown. Forge's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RepShield sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forge against 5.0 for RepShield. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Forge ships an update every 5 days, RepShield every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forge | RepShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taoufik Jabbari | S3P4 CODE S.R.L. |
Customer experience
Forge
RepShield
In-app purchases
Forge
- Forge Lifetime$39.99
RepShield
- Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
- RepShield Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$69.991 Year









