Block Screen Time vs DetoxBrain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Screen Time
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You already know something's been "off" for a while but can't quite place the feeling. The constant scrolling. The extra heavy brain fog. The feeling of moving through each day on complete autopilot and then wondering where your time went... Yeah, that's not you. It's just the world we live in. There are external systems put in place to keep you overstimulated, anxious, and at best, barely functioning. Your nervous system has been running on empty trying to bridge the emotional gap. Monk Space is your dopamine detox safe space to just be... you. Not just another meditation app or some screen time blocker that makes you feel guilty. This is your personalized space to decompress, reset, reflect, and reconnect with the your favorite version of you, the version that existed before the outside noise took over. Ten minutes or less. That's all it takes. In those ten minutes you get a guided session built around your goals, a micro journal to process what you're actually feeling, and a daily mood check-in that tracks your mental health patterns over time. No leaderboards or any unnecessary noise to keep you hooked. Just you, and some sweet peace and quiet. -Who is this for?- The people who use Monk Space consistently report the same things. Better sleep. Longer focus. Lowered anxiety. The feeling of being present in a conversation instead of somewhere else in their head. These are not dramatic transformations, but they are the small, compounding results for giving your nervous system a daily off-ramp. This app was built for the people that are tired of feeling "stuck" in life and who are craving something different. Here's a deeper dive for what's inside: -Daily Sessions. A focused timer with optional soundscapes including white noise, brown noise, rain, and ocean sounds. -Voice and Text Journal. Record a short voice memo or write a few lines after each session. Over time your journal eventually becomes a pattern and you get clear analytics as to what that pattern is telling you. -Clarity Score. A weekly view of how steady your mind has been. Not a random vanity metric, but a real signal, based on your sessions, your mood check-ins, and your consistency over time. -Mood Check-ins. A simple post-session question with no right answer, eventually building into something more valuable the more you show up. Now if we're being completely honest, Monk Space probably won't fix your life in a week. Nothing will. But if you give it ten minutes a day for thirty days, you'll notice a subtle shift. The space between an emotional trigger and your reaction gets a tiny bit wider, the urge to pick up your phone gets a little quieter, and most importantly you start making conscious choices instead of just surviving. That's the whole point... Your safe space to get more space and just be... you. See you in there. Subscription details: Monk Space Premium is an auto-renewing weekly, monthly, or annual subscription that unlocks unlimited access. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: hello@getmonk.space
DetoxBrain
This app helps you regain control of your digital habits by blocking distracting applications and setting screen time limits. It offers focus sessions, detailed insights into your usage, and privacy-focused architecture that keeps your data on your device.
- Block distracting apps with enforced system-level blocking
- Set daily time and open-count limits per app
- Recurring schedules for bedtime, work, and mornings
- Timed sessions with growing delays before app access
- Focus sessions for uninterrupted work or study
- Detailed usage insights and streaks
- Privacy-first architecture with data stored locally
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You didn't mean to spend two hours on that app. DetoxBrain puts a moment of friction between the reflex and the scroll — and makes blocking that actually holds. 1. Block distracting apps - Pick the apps that pull you in. DetoxBrain shields them — enforced by your phone's own system, so it works even when DetoxBrain isn't open, even offline, even after a restart. - Multiple independent block groups: your bedtime rules don't have to fight your work rules. - A "Fix blocking" button and self-healing shields, because a blocker that silently stops blocking is worse than no blocker. 2. Screen-time limits that fit a real life - Daily time budgets per app, plus open-count limits — for the apps you don't spend long in, you just open forty times. - Recurring schedules: bedtime, mornings, work hours. - A pause and an intention prompt before you go in, with a delay that grows as the day's opens add up: 10 seconds, then 30, then a minute. - Need in anyway? Take a timed session — 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes — and it re-locks itself. A decision, not a slip. 3. Focus sessions - Start a 25, 50, or custom-length session. Your blocked apps stay blocked; the timer keeps running in the background. - Finish, and your streak grows. 4. Insights & streaks — free, all of it - Today's total, per-app breakdown, pickups, yesterday's comparison, a 7-day chart, a calendar heatmap. - Distraction-only mode: only the apps you chose count. Maps, music and messages don't get held against you. - A brain-health score with real long-term progression — yesterday's discipline doesn't get erased overnight. 5. Private by default — not as a promise, as an architecture Your usage data never leaves your device. Not "we don't look at it" — we can't. Apple's Screen Time framework confines your screen-time data to a sandbox on your phone, and we built no server that could receive it. Your app list, your blocklist, how long you spend where: all of it stays on the device. Nothing to sell, nothing to leak. No account required to use any of it. 6. Premium The free tier is meant to be genuinely useful — full stats, three blocked apps, the friction layer, streaks, and your emergency pass are free forever. Upgrade for: - Block as many apps as you want, organized into separate groups — and block a whole category, like Social, in one tap - Strict mode: once a focus session starts, you can't switch it off from inside the app. Your weekly emergency pass still works, and "Remove all shields" is always there — it just takes two hours to land. - Custom shield screens - Detailed weekly insights Monthly, annual (with a 7-day free trial) and lifetime plans. No full-screen ads, ever — an app about protecting your attention has no business interrupting it. 7. There's always a way out An emergency pass, once a week. A "Reset all shields" button that's never behind a paywall. If your subscription lapses, everything you set up keeps running exactly as it was — nothing is switched off, nothing is deleted. To change it you'd come back to Premium or trim down to the free tier, but the way out is never for sale. Getting locked out of your own phone is a bug, not a feature. Built with care by a solo developer in Hanoi. Email me — I actually reply: support@detoxbrain.web.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DetoxBrain at none against Block Screen Time's shown. DetoxBrain also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence 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. Block Screen Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and DetoxBrain sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Block Screen Time ships an update every 9 days, DetoxBrain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen Time | DetoxBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LU-APP, LLC. | Duc Hoan Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Block Screen Time
- Unlimited Access - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Unlimited Access - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
DetoxBrain
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$69.99
- Premium Lifetime$119.99









