Screen Time & Focus vs ScrollPause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Time & Focus
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Take back your time, without the guilt. Pausora is the gentle screen time app for students who want to focus, study, and scroll less. No punishment. No shame. Just a calmer relationship with your phone. Most app blockers treat you like the problem. Pausora doesn't. Instead of a hard wall, Pausora adds a mindful pause. The moment you reach apps, it checks in, reminds you of the goal you set, and helps you choose focus over autopilot. You stay in control, and the friction stays gentle, never a cage. WHAT PAUSORA DOES - A mindful pause, not a hard block When you open a distracting app, Pausora interrupts with a quick, kind check-in instead of a brick wall. One breath, one question, and you decide. - Block distractions on your schedule Pick the apps that pull you in and set focus hours for study time, sleep time, or deep work. Pausora keeps them gently out of reach using Apple Screen Time. - Take a break, on purpose Need an app for a moment? Choose a deliberate break instead of caving to a reflex. Pausora locks back automatically when your time is up. - A companion that never guilt-trips you Your companion celebrates progress and never "dies" or scolds you for a slip. Encouragement only, because shame doesn't build habits. - Forgiving streaks Miss a day? A streak freeze keeps your momentum alive. One bad day never erases your progress. - Progress you can feel See the hours you reclaimed, your focus streaks, and the distractions you avoided, all tied back to the personal goal you set on day one. - Calm, respectful reminders No spam and no nagging. Pausora nudges you only when it matters, with quiet hours by default. - Made for focus and study Beat doomscrolling, start a focus session, and get back to what actually matters to you. PERFECT FOR - Students who want to study without doomscrolling - Anyone trying a dopamine detox or a screen time reset - People who want to break a phone habit, gently - Focusing on deep work, better sleep, or simply being more present Whether it is one focus session or a whole semester, Pausora grows with you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your screen time data stays on your device. Pausora has no account database. You sign in with Apple, and we never sell your data. SUPPORT Questions, ideas, or bugs? We are here: pausora@support.aivoryvn.com PAUSORA MEMBERSHIP Pausora is an auto-renewable subscription with a free trial, so you can try everything first with no payment due today. Your plan and price are shown before you subscribe. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings, Apple ID, Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://pausora.aivoryvn.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pausora.aivoryvn.com/privacy
ScrollPause
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ScrollPause puts one moment of friction between you and the app you open without meaning to. Pick the apps that pull you in. The next time you open one, a pause screen appears first. It tells you which app you are opening and what time it is, and asks whether you really meant to. Tap "I'll pass" and the app closes. Tap through twice and you get five minutes, then the pause comes back. That is the whole idea. No streaks, no lectures, no shame. LOCK SCROLLPAUSE ITSELF WITH A PIN Every screen-time tool has the same weak point: the moment you decide to switch it off. Usually that moment arrives late at night, and it wins. Set a four-digit PIN and ScrollPause asks for it before it opens. Your quiet hours, your paused apps, your settings ā none of it can be changed by whoever is holding the phone. Including you, at 1am. ⢠The PIN is asked when the app opens, and again after thirty seconds away ⢠Five wrong tries and the waiting starts: thirty seconds, then five minutes, then fifteen, then an hour ⢠Moving the phone's clock forward does not shorten that wait ⢠The app switcher preview is covered, so a glance at your phone shows nothing ⢠Forgot it? A twelve-character recovery code, saved when you set the PIN and readable again from Settings whenever you want What the PIN honestly does and does not do: it guards ScrollPause. It cannot stop anyone from deleting the app, or from switching Screen Time off in iPhone Settings ā no app on iOS can do that, and any app that says otherwise is selling you something. WHAT ELSE YOU GET ⢠A pause screen in front of the apps you choose, drawn by iOS itself ⢠Two taps to get in, so going in is a decision rather than a reflex ⢠A count of how often you paused and how often you walked away ⢠A weekly summary in plain words: when you reach for your phone most, which day was hardest, how you compare to last week ⢠A home-screen widget with the minutes you kept today SCROLLPAUSE PRO ⢠Lock the app with a PIN ⢠Pause up to 50 apps instead of 3 ⢠Quiet hours: the hours where there is no five-minute pass at all ⢠Every past week, not just this one Pro is a yearly plan or a one-time lifetime purchase. There is no free trial that renews behind your back. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-in. No server. No ads. No analytics. No third-party code of any kind. The apps you choose are handled by Apple's Screen Time system, which hands ScrollPause an anonymous token for each one ā a value the app cannot read or turn back into a name. Your counts live in a database on your iPhone. Your PIN is stored as a one-way hash in the iOS Keychain and never leaves the device. Delete the app and all of it goes with it. Made by PrimeTruth Team. Questions: zenDesign219@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://primetruthteam.github.io/scrollpause/privacy/
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Verdict
Screen Time & Focus and ScrollPause are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Screen Time & Focus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and ScrollPause sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Screen Time & Focus | ScrollPause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AIVORY COMPANY LIMITED | Nguyen Dinh Chung |
In-app purchases
Screen Time & Focus
- Pausora Monthly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pausora Monthly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Pausora Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
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- Pausora Yearly Premium$79.991 Year
ScrollPause
- ScrollPause Pro ā Yearly$24.991 Year
- ScrollPause Pro ā Lifetime$59.99
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