Comparison

Screen Time Control vs Habitachi

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

Head to head
About

Screen Time Control

This app helps you build healthy habits by locking distracting apps until your goals are met. It uses photo proof for habit verification and offers a personalized visual world to motivate your progress. Rest days are accommodated without breaking your momentum.

Highlights
  • App blocking until habits are completed
  • Photo proof for habit verification
  • Customizable habit enforcement
  • Progress tracking that forgives missed days
  • AI-generated personalized visual worlds
  • On-device privacy for all data
Features
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LockLive is an app blocker and habit tracker in one. Choose the apps that distract you, and they stay locked until the habits that build your life are done. You already know the life you want: calmer mornings, a body you've cared for, real time with the people you love, a craft you actually returned to. And you know exactly where that time goes instead. The scroll. The game that was going to be ten minutes. The limits you set and ignore. The app you delete and download again by Thursday. Willpower isn't the plan anymore. LockLive is. YOUR APPS WAIT UNTIL YOUR HABITS ARE DONE Choose the apps that take your time - the feeds, the games, whichever ones pull you. Each day they stay locked until the habits you've gated are finished - then they open. No countdown to bargain with, no limit to dismiss. Apple's Screen Time technology does the blocking, entirely on your device. THE HABIT APP THAT CAN'T BE LIED TO Anyone can tap Done and keep scrolling. When it matters, LockLive asks for proof: snap a photo of the made bed, the shoes on your feet, the page you wrote. Your promise to yourself, protected from your own five seconds of weakness. YOU CHOOSE THE TEETH Every habit gets exactly the enforcement you give it: just track it, prove it with a photo, or lock apps behind it. Every lock is set by you and only you. Lock & Live is your own hand on the door - never a nanny. PROGRESS THAT FORGIVES YOU Firm about today, kind about yesterday. There are no streaks to break: a missed day is a dip in your score, not a reset to zero. The gate holds today's line; it never punishes you for yesterday's. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Rest days are part of the plan, not a failure of it. Rest a habit for sickness, travel, or a hard week, and its progress holds while Lock & Live picks back up with you. There is always an honest way through a hard day - that's what makes the locks livable. A WORLD PAINTED FOR WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING Describe what you're working toward in a few words, and Lock & Live's AI paints you a space for it: a beautiful, personal world made just for you. Your habits live inside that space, building the life it pictures. It's a glimpse of who you're becoming, not another gray checklist. PAINTING CREDITS & PURCHASES Painting your space is powered by AI, so it runs on credits. Your subscription includes 30 painting credits each month, and creating or changing a painting uses one. If you want to keep adjusting beyond your monthly amount, you can buy an optional one-time pack of 50 extra credits ($4.99) that never expire. Everything else - all your habits, locks, history, and core features - is included with your subscription and never uses credits. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account, no cloud, no one watching over your shoulder. Even proof photos never leave your phone. The reward was never the phone. It's the mornings, the body, the work, the people - the life your habits build while the feed waits its turn. Your apps can wait. Your life can't. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.locknlive.com/privacy

About

Habitachi

Features
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Habitachi turns your habits into something you actually want to keep: a Tachi that grows with you. Every time you check off a habit, your Tachi earns experience, levels up, and evolves — from egg to baby, young, adult, and, if you stay consistent, its legendary form. Missing a day never punishes you: no lives, no broken streaks that shame you, no guilt. Just tomorrow's habit, waiting. CARE FOR YOUR TACHI • Feed it, pet it, give it a bath — purely cosmetic, never mandatory. • Watch it sleep at night and wake up with the sun. • Dress it up with hats, glasses, scarves, and backgrounds you unlock along the way. PLAY WITH IT • Catch falling fruit in a relaxed mini-game. • Jump obstacles in an endless runner, inspired by the offline dinosaur game. • Earn coins by playing — no need to spend real money. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Weekly heatmap of your habits. • Current and best streaks per habit. • Achievements that unlock accessories as you hit milestones. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Keep your Tachi with you without opening the app. REAL PRIVACY Habitachi has no accounts, no servers, no analytics, no ads. Everything is stored on your device. We never sell or share your data with anyone. Free lets you keep up to 4 habits at a time. Habitachi+ (monthly or yearly) unlocks unlimited habits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Screen Time Control4 screens
Habitachi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Time Control at every 2 days against Habitachi's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Screen Time Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Habitachi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Time Control ships an update every 2 days, Habitachi every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Screen Time Control versus Habitachi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time ControlHabitachi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn EnglemanJorge Valderrama Sanchez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions2
  • Sona Habits Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Sona Habits Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • 50 Painting Credits$4.99
2 purchases

Habitachi

Subscriptions2
  • Habitachi+ Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Habitachi+ Annual$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habitachi free?
Habitachi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screen Time Control or Habitachi have ads?
Neither Screen Time Control nor Habitachi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screen Time Control or Habitachi?
Screen Time Control ships an update every 2 days, and Habitachi every 3 weeks. Most recently, Screen Time Control was updated on October 7, 2026 and Habitachi on October 7, 2026.

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