Deny vs TagSweep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deny
This app helps you regain focus by blocking distracting applications. It requires a friend's approval to unlock apps, fostering accountability and making screen time limits stick. Take back your attention with a collaborative approach to digital well-being.
- Block distracting apps and sites
- Schedule app blocking
- Daily time limits for apps
- Friend approval required for unlocks
- Temporary unlock with countdown
- Collaborative progress tracking
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Deny locks the apps that waste your time — and puts a friend in charge of the key. Most screen-time apps fail for one reason: the moment you want back in, you just tap "ignore limit." Deny removes that escape hatch. Block your most distracting apps, and when you want to unlock them, you have to ask a friend to approve it. HOW IT WORKS • Build block groups — pick the apps and sites to lock, on a schedule or a daily time limit. • Stay locked. Blocked apps are shielded by iOS, so there's no sneaking past them. • Allow temporary unlocks — give yourself a set number of minutes, with a live countdown showing exactly when apps re-lock. • Bring in friends. Connect with an invite code, then ask a friend for screen time. They approve or deny — you stay accountable. • See each other's progress and keep one another honest. WHY DENY • Friends make it stick. Accountability beats willpower. • Honest by design — no one-tap "ignore." • Private. Your data is yours; we never sell it or use it for ads. Deny uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) features to block apps on your own device. Take back your attention — together.
TagSweep
Streamline school device inventory management by scanning asset tags with your phone's camera. It reads barcodes and printed numbers simultaneously, allowing for offline use and easy export to common district systems. Manage device checkouts and returns for students efficiently.
- Scan barcodes and printed text simultaneously
- Continuous capture for rapid scanning
- Offline functionality
- Student device checkout and return tracking
- Import and export CSV files
- Customizable column mapping
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Every school tech coordinator ends up with a spreadsheet. Not because the district's asset system is missing features — because you can't use it standing in a hallway with a cart of Chromebooks. TagSweep is the part that happens before the spreadsheet. Point your camera at an asset tag and it reads the barcode and the printed number at the same time. Walk a cart, sweep across the labels, and the records pile up. Then export a clean CSV into DeviceHub, Incident IQ, Destiny, Google Admin, or whatever your district makes you use. SCAN - Reads barcodes and printed text together — if one is worn off, the other still gets it - Continuous capture, no tapping between devices - Works offline, in a wiring closet, with no signal - Photograph labels now and work through them later at your desk HAND OUT - Import a class roster, then tap a student and scan their device - Handles students with more than one device - Mark absences, resume exactly where you left off - Never moves a device between students without asking first IMPORT AND EXPORT - Import the spreadsheet you already have — messy columns and all - Map your columns once, save the profile, reuse it every time - Export in whatever shape your district's system expects - Preview before anything is written, every single time EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE No account. No sign-in. No cloud sync. No analytics. Nothing is uploaded — not your inventory, and never a student's name. Delete the app and the data goes with it. PRICING Free for up to 100 devices with every feature included — export always works. $29.99 one-time to remove the limit. No subscription, ever. Built by a K-12 technology coordinator, and tested on a real school's devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deny at none against TagSweep's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TagSweep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deny asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Deny against 5.0 for TagSweep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Deny | TagSweep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StepAI K.K. | Fogarty Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
Deny
TagSweep
In-app purchases
Deny
No in-app purchases
TagSweep
- Unlimited Devices$29.99








