Yoink vs ScrollTide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoink
This app helps friends reduce screen time together through shared minutes, app blocking, and real-world challenges. Create a squad, pick apps to cut back on, and share screen time. Earn minutes back by completing activities and motivate each other to spend less time on phones.
- Shared screen time balance
- App blocking
- Real-world activity challenges
- Squad creation and management
- Progress tracking
- Motivation and accountability
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YOUR FRIENDS CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN TIME!! Yoink helps friends reduce screen time together through shared minutes, app blocking, and real-world challenges. Create a squad, pick the apps you want to cut back on, and share your screen time. Use some minutes, and there's less for the squad. Earn them back, and everyone gets more. BUILT FOR SQUADS Yoink is made for: • Friends who want to stay accountable • Students reducing social media distractions • Anyone who finds goals easier with support SHARE YOUR MINUTES Your squad works with one shared screen-time balance. Use less and leave more minutes for everyone. Use more and the squad sees it in the chat. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Choose the apps you want to cut back on. Selected apps stay blocked until you Yoink time from the shared pool. If the pool is empty, your squad can earn minutes back. YOINK WHEN YOU NEED IT Need a few minutes? Yoink the time you need, use the app, and move on. Your squad can see the activity, so your screen time stays visible without making things overly strict. EARN MINUTES BACK Step away from your phone and help your squad recover time. Complete activities like steps, workouts, push-ups, check-ins, and other challenges to earn minutes back. KEEP EACH OTHER MOTIVATED Chat with your squad, celebrate wins, and battle other squads every week to make screen-time goals feel less lonely. HOW YOINK WORKS 1. Create or join a squad. 2. Choose the apps you want to cut back on. 3. Share a screen-time balance. 4. Yoink time when you need it. 5. Earn minutes back through real-world activities. 6. Chat, compete and keep each other going. Yoink turns reducing screen time into something shared, visible, and rewarding. Spend less time on your phone, together. Yoink is free. Premium is an optional monthly subscription that renews automatically. Get it just for you (Individual), or for your whole squad of up to 6 (Group). Premium unlocks unlimited apps, unlimited chat, bigger squads, more ways to earn, full stats and Strict Mode. Try it free for 7 days, with no payment details needed! Prices vary by region. Terms of Use: https://www.yoinktime.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.yoinktime.com/privacy
ScrollTide
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Less scrolling. Together. ScrollTide helps you reduce your screen time with friends. Choose the apps you want to limit, share a daily time budget, and encourage each other to scroll less. Your group shares a cove, with a fish for each friend. As you spend your shared time, the water level drops. Each night, the tide brings a fresh budget. • Create a group and invite up to three friends. • Limit distracting apps and choose when to unlock them. • Each unlock counts toward your shared daily budget. • Follow your progress with personal and group stats. SUBSCRIPTION App blocking and unlocks require a ScrollTide subscription. One subscription covers your group of up to four people. Weekly and annual plans are available, with prices shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://scrolltide.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://scrolltide.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScrollTide at every 2 days against Yoink's weekly. Yoink's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Yoink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ScrollTide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Yoink ships an update weekly, ScrollTide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yoink | ScrollTide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DEVESH DUPTALA | Adrian Neithert |
In-app purchases
Yoink
- Premium Individual$3.991 Month
- Group Pass$9.991 Month
ScrollTide
- ScrollTide Pro – Weekly$9.997 Days
- ScrollTide Pro – Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
- ScrollTide Pro – Yearly$49.991 Year








