Comparison

Scroll Brake vs Across Pro

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

Head to head
About

Scroll Brake

This app helps you manage screen time by presenting quick math challenges when your app usage limit is reached. It encourages conscious choices over automatic reactions to boredom, allowing discreet use anywhere. Track your progress and gain intentional focus time back.

Highlights
  • Adaptive math difficulty
  • Strict mode for hard limits
  • Discreet mental math unlocks
  • Daily discipline, no exceptions
  • App and website limits
  • Screen time statistics
Features
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Scroll Brake helps you manage your screen time and stop opening distracting apps on autopilot. Turn mindless tapping into a conscious daily choice with quick mental math challenges. The app's goal is not to strictly ban apps or forcibly restrict your time on social media. The real goal is to turn mindless tapping into a conscious choice rather than an automatic reaction to boredom. The concept is straightforward: once your daily limit for an app or website runs out, access is paused behind a quick math problem. To continue using the app, solve the equation in your head. That brief pause gives you just enough time to reset. You can make this conscious choice anywhere - on public transit, in meetings, or in quiet rooms - completely discreetly and without disturbing anyone. No awkward physical exercises, loud alarms, or barcode scanning: just a few seconds of quiet mental focus. If you opened the app out of boredom, you can easily put your phone down. If you genuinely need it for work or communication, solve the puzzle and continue. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps and websites you want to limit. 2. Set your daily time allowance. 3. When time expires, Scroll Brake shields the screen with a math problem. 4. Solve the equation to unlock access. PRO TIP: SPLIT LIMITS & STRICT MODE Instead of one broad 1-hour limit, set a 10-minute session interval and cap daily unlocks at 6 in Strict Mode. You still get that same hour, but every 10 minutes a math puzzle breaks the endless feed hypnosis. Once those 6 unlocks are used up, the app stays firmly locked until tomorrow. KEY FEATURES • Adaptive Math Difficulty Equations adjust to your mental calculation speed. You can calibrate the baseline difficulty during setup - from quick single-step arithmetic to more challenging puzzles. • Strict Mode Need an unyielding barrier? Set a daily cap on unlock attempts. Once you reach it, apps are strictly locked until tomorrow, with no way to solve your way in. • Conscious Choice Anywhere No awkward tasks, loud sounds, or scanning barcodes. Solving an equation in your head takes seconds and allows you to make an intentional choice in any setting - on transit, at work, or at home - without disturbing anyone. • Daily Discipline, No Weekday Exceptions There are deliberately no day-of-week schedules. Bad habits don't follow a work calendar: restricting screen time Monday to Friday only to binge all weekend won't break the loop. Scroll Brake keeps your focus consistent every day. • App & Website Limits Limit individual apps, categories, or infinite scroll websites in Safari. Up to 3 separate daily limit schedules covering an unlimited number of apps and websites are free forever. • Screen Time Stats Keep track of your daily progress and see how much intentional focus time you gain back each week. • Privacy & Battery Efficiency Built directly on Apple's native Screen Time API: highly optimized, zero background battery drain, and no tracking. All calculations and statistics stay strictly on your device. • Zero Push Notifications Scroll Brake never requests notification permissions. It is built for uninterrupted quiet and focus, so it will never spam you with push alerts, sounds, or reminders. Spend your attention on what genuinely matters. Download Scroll Brake and make phone use intentional again. TERMS, PRIVACY & CONDITIONS Read on https://novasynapse.com/products/scroll-brake/privacy/ & https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Across Pro

This app helps freelancers and solo consultants plan their weekly workload and track billable hours. It provides real-time utilization rings and alerts for overbooking, along with trend analysis and projected billables.

Highlights
  • Weekly capacity quotas per client
  • Live utilization ring
  • Over/under-booked alerts
  • Sessions log grouped by day
  • Eight-week trend analysis
  • Projected billables
Features
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Across helps freelancers and solo consultants plan a realistic, profitable week. Give every client a weekly hour capacity, then log work sessions as you go. The Overview tab shows a live utilization ring of logged hours against your weekly capacity, with a clear warning the moment you are overbooked or a single client runs past its quota. FEATURES - Weekly capacity quotas per client - Live utilization ring and over/under-booked alerts - Sessions log grouped by day - Eight-week trend, hours-per-client breakdown, and projected billables - Optional Cloud AI to tidy up a session note Utilization and projected billables are planning estimates, not financial advice.

Screenshots

Scroll Brake4 screens
Across Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Across Pro at none against Scroll Brake's 3. Across Pro also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scroll Brake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Across Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scroll Brake against 5.0 for Across Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Across Pro has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scroll Brake ships an update every 9 days, Across Pro daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scroll Brake versus Across Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScroll BrakeAcross Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings215 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNovaSynapse OUMH05 GmbH

Customer experience

Scroll Brake

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Across Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Scroll Brake

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$17.99
None

Across Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scroll Brake free?
Scroll Brake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Across Pro free?
Across Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scroll Brake or Across Pro?
Scroll Brake and Across Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do Scroll Brake or Across Pro have ads?
Neither Scroll Brake nor Across Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scroll Brake or Across Pro?
Scroll Brake ships an update every 9 days, and Across Pro daily. Most recently, Scroll Brake was updated on October 31, 2026 and Across Pro on October 31, 2026.

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