FocusFirst Screen Time Control vs Tenki
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusFirst Screen Time Control
This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking distracting applications and encouraging focused activity. It's designed to foster a more deliberate relationship with your phone, reducing mindless scrolling and guilt while building momentum towards your goals.
- Block distracting apps
- Earn screen time through focused activity
- Build healthy boundaries
- Reduce mindless scrolling
- Increase momentum towards goals
- Promotes deliberate phone use
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Take back control of your time. FocusFirst helps you spend less time scrolling and more time on the things that actually move your life forward. Whether you’re studying, building a business, learning a language, reading, exercising, or simply trying to be more intentional with your day, FocusFirst gives you a better way to protect your attention. Most apps compete for your focus. FocusFirst helps you reclaim it. Instead of relying on willpower alone, FocusFirst helps you build healthy boundaries around the apps that pull you off course. Block the distractions that interrupt your momentum, focus on something meaningful, and earn time back as you make progress. It’s a simple idea, but it changes the feeling of using your phone: - less mindless checking - less guilt - less friction when you want to stay on track - more momentum toward the work, habits, and routines you care about FocusFirst is built for people who want a calmer, more deliberate relationship with their phone. Not punishment. Not shame. Just a clearer way to stay aligned with your priorities. Focus first. Scroll later. FocusFirst is free to download, but a subscription is required to use the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tenki
Block distracting apps, websites, and categories to reclaim your focus for studying, work, or personal time. Offers flexible session controls, scheduling, and private data handling. Includes motivational quotes and usage analytics.
- Block apps, categories, and websites
- Flexible session modes (timer, until ended, scan to pause)
- Scheduled sessions and profiles
- Strict mode for App Store and deletion blocking
- Motivational quotes and usage analytics
- Private by design, no account or tracking
- Live Activities and widgets for quick access
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Tenki blocks distracting apps and websites until you decide you're done. It keeps the noise out while you give your time to what matters: studying, work, reading, family, friends, an evening that stays yours. Free for seven days, then one purchase if Tenki helps. No subscription, no ads, no account. Nothing leaves your iPhone. HOW IT WORKS • Choose what distracts you: apps, categories and websites. Tenki can't see which ones. • Start a session. With one tap, from a widget or Shortcuts, or on a schedule. • End it your way: in the app, when a timer runs out, or by scanning a code or tag. FOUR WAYS TO RUN A SESSION • Until you end it: apps stay blocked until you end the session. The simplest way. • Timer: pick a duration. Apps unblock by themselves when time is up. • Pause by scan: the session keeps running. The only way to pause is to scan your code or tag. • Short opens: apps stay blocked, but you can open them briefly a few times. YOUR CODE, YOUR PLACE Any QR code, barcode or NFC tag can start and end your sessions. A code doesn't even have to be printed. Keep your code or tag wherever works best for you: another room, another floor, at work, in the car, or with a friend or family member. Get a free Tenki code at gettenki.com/qr. STRICT WHEN YOU NEED IT • Strict mode: while a session runs, the App Store is blocked and no app can be deleted, Tenki included. • Breaks: timed breaks, a daily break limit, or none at all. • Schedules: start a profile automatically on the days and hours you choose. • Emergency unblock: a limited way out for real emergencies. • Profiles: "Study", "Evenings", "Weekend". Each with its own apps, websites and rules. SEE THE HOURS ADD UP A calendar heatmap, weekly and monthly charts, your run of intentional days and your longest session. Honest numbers, no points. Export your sessions as a CSV file whenever you like. WORDS THAT HELD 51 quotes from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Laozi and others, each with its source, what it means and who said it. Star your favorites, and the top one waits for you on the home screen. ALWAYS ONE TAP AWAY A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, widgets, a Control Center control, and Shortcuts to start and stop profiles. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Apple hands Tenki sealed tokens instead of app names, so Tenki can't see which apps you block or how you use your phone. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no servers. Everything stays on your iPhone. QUIET BY DESIGN No points, no pets, no trees to kill. No ads, no upsells. Tenki does one thing: it keeps the noise out, so your time stays yours. SEVEN DAYS FREE, THEN ONCE Tenki is free to download. The first three days are simply free, nothing to confirm. Start your free week with one tap and use everything in it. It isn't a subscription, and nothing is charged automatically. After seven days you decide, once: keep Tenki with a single purchase, and it's yours. If you don't, new sessions can't be started, and a running session can always be ended. Bought Tenki before it was free to download? It stays yours. GOOD TO KNOW Tenki needs a device passcode. A QR code is all you need, and NFC tags are optional. You can also do without a code or tag: use the timer, or simply start and stop in the app. Tenki speaks your language: 12 languages, from English and German to Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Choose yours on first launch and change it any time in Settings. 天気 tenki means weather. 転機 tenki means turning point. You can't stop the storm around you, but you can set your sails. Make this your turning point.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tenki at paid against FocusFirst Screen Time Control's subscription. Tenki also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. FocusFirst Screen Time Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Tenki sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FocusFirst Screen Time Control ships an update every 2 weeks, Tenki every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusFirst Screen Time Control | Tenki |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Paid — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Riehl | Nico Russillo |
Customer experience
FocusFirst Screen Time Control
Tenki
In-app purchases
FocusFirst Screen Time Control
- Focus First | Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Focus First | Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Focus First | Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Tenki
- 7-day TrialFree
- Keep Tenki$6.99
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