Comparison

DOTS vs No Scroll

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DOTS

Visualize your finite time and protect it from distractions. Set daily app limits, schedule downtime, and track reclaimed hours to live more intentionally. Features include a life grid, focus mode, and weekly reflections.

Highlights
  • Life grid visualization
  • Focus mode to block distractions
  • Daily app time limits
  • Scheduled downtime
  • Weekly reflections
  • Time reclaimed tracking
Features
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You have one life. About 4,000 weeks, if you're lucky. DOTS shows you every single one - as a grid of dots - so the time you have stops being an abstraction and starts feeling real. Then it helps you protect it. THE LIFE GRID Each dot is one week of your life. See the weeks you've already lived, the one you're in right now, and the ones still ahead. It's a quiet, powerful reminder that your time is finite - and worth defending. FOCUS MODE Start a focus session and DOTS shields the apps that pull you away. No willpower battles, no endless scrolling. Just the space to do what actually matters to you. DAILY LIMITS Set a daily time budget for the apps that eat your hours. When you hit your limit, DOTS steps in with a calm reminder of the commitment you made to yourself not a guilt trip, just a nudge back to your intentions. MINDFUL BLOCKING Choose the apps and categories you want to manage. DOTS uses Apple's Screen Time technology to block them on your terms, for the time you decide. Everything is opt-in and fully in your control. WEEKLY REFLECTIONS Look back on how you spent your time, notice your patterns, and set intentions for the week ahead. Small, honest check-ins that compound into real change. BUILT FOR YOU, AND ONLY YOU DOTS manages your own device, for your own goals. It is not a parental-control or tracking app. Your usage data stays private - stored on your device and synced only to your personal iCloud. We don't collect it, sell it, or share it. WIND-DOWN The "just ten minutes" that becomes two hours, fixed. Set a bedtime window and a short allowance. You get your few minutes, a gentle heads-up as the time runs low, then your apps wind down until morning. Keep it and your sleep streak grows. SCHEDULED DOWNTIME Block the apps that pull you away on a schedule that fits your life - work hours, school, dinner, deep work. Set it once and it runs every day, on its own. PER-APP LIMITS Give each app its own daily budget instead of one shared timer. Keep essentials like Maps, your bank, and Messages always allowed, and get a heads-up a few minutes before a limit is reached. TIME WON BACK See the hours you reclaim from focus sessions and protected nights add up as a growing field of green dots. The cost of a screen is easy to feel - now the winnings are too. LIFE LIVED A ten-second daily check-in: did you actually use the time you saved the way you meant to? It builds a quiet record of the days you showed up for your own life, not just the time you saved. MILESTONES Count down to the dates that matter - a birthday, a goal, a someday - in weeks. Seal a letter to your future self that opens on the very day it arrives. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND WITH SIRI Follow your focus countdown live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and start or end a session hands-free with a Shortcut. WHY DOTS IS DIFFERENT Most screen-time apps treat the symptom. DOTS starts with the why: a clear, visceral picture of how precious your time is. Once you feel that, blocking an app stops feeling like a restriction and starts feeling like a choice - your choice. Privacy Policy: https://novarch.lol/dots-privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://novarch.lol/dots-terms Your life. Your time. Your choice. Download DOTS and start protecting the weeks you have left.

About

No Scroll

Features
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Your time is too valuable to lose to one more scroll. Fella is a simple, powerful app blocker that helps you reduce screen time, block distracting apps, and stay focused when it matters. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Choose the social media, games, entertainment, news, shopping, or other apps that pull you in. No complicated system. Pick what distracts you. Start a block. Get back to your life. MAKE FOCUS AUTOMATIC Create routines for work, studying, mornings, bedtime, reading, exercise, family time, or any part of your day you want protected from distraction. Set your routine once and let Fella create the boundary before the scrolling starts. Fella keeps your selected apps out of reach so you can spend your attention where you meant to. REDUCE SCREEN TIME WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR PHONE You do not need a dumbphone or another complicated productivity system. Fella helps make distraction harder without removing the apps you still need. Use Fella to: • Block social media while you work or study • Reduce mindless scrolling and doomscrolling • Protect your mornings and bedtime • Stay present with friends and family • Create more time for reading, fitness, sleep, and real life BUILD BETTER PHONE HABITS See your progress, build momentum, and turn focused time into a habit. Instead of only measuring the screen time you lost, see the time you took back. EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN LIFE HAPPENS Sometimes you genuinely need a blocked app. Fella includes limited emergency access for those moments while keeping the app blocker strong enough to stop casual, impulsive scrolling. The goal is not to make your phone unusable. It is to make distraction a choice instead of a reflex. SIMPLE BY DESIGN Fella is designed to feel calm, clear, and easy to use. Choose what to block, start focusing, and move on with your day. POWERED BY APPLE SCREEN TIME Fella uses Apple’s Screen Time technology to block the apps you choose. You stay in control of what is blocked and when blocking is active. TAKE YOUR TIME BACK Block distracting apps. Reduce screen time. Stay focused. Build better habits. Make your phone work for you instead of against you. Download Fella and get your time back. Some features require a Fella+ subscription Terms of Use (EULA): https://usefella.com/terms

Screenshots

DOTS4 screens
No Scroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: No Scroll at 17.0 against DOTS's 26.1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DOTS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and No Scroll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DOTS ships an update every 8 days, No Scroll weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DOTS versus No Scroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDOTSNo Scroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB102 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNovarch LLCMatas Klemenis

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DOTS

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
4 purchases

No Scroll

Subscriptions4
  • Fella+ Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Fella+$9.991 Month
  • Fella+$34.991 Year
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  • Fella+ Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is DOTS free?
DOTS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is No Scroll free?
No Scroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DOTS or No Scroll have ads?
Neither DOTS nor No Scroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DOTS or No Scroll?
DOTS ships an update every 8 days, and No Scroll weekly. Most recently, DOTS was updated on October 31, 2026 and No Scroll on October 28, 2026.

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