GladeFocus Screen Time Control vs Nomato
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GladeFocus Screen Time Control
This app helps you stay focused by blocking distracting apps and websites. Earn virtual currency by completing focus sessions to grow a personalized digital garden and compete on a global leaderboard. Achieve milestones and unlock special trees to enhance your virtual landscape.
- Fully locked app and website blocking
- Gamified focus sessions with Acorn rewards
- Grow and customize a digital garden
- Global and friend leaderboards
- Scheduled, recurring, and Pomodoro sessions
- Cross-device synchronization
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GladeFocus turns "I'll stop scrolling in a minute" into focus you can actually see grow. Start a session, and GladeFocus blocks your distracting apps and websites until your time is up. Every minute you stay focused earns Acorns and grows a garden that's entirely your own. Finish sessions, plant seeds, watch your trees mature, and climb the monthly leaderboard. Your focus is the only thing that grows it. FULLY LOCKED BLOCKING - Blocks distracting apps with no easy way to bypass - Blocks distracting websites in every browser, not just one - Blocking holds even if you try to wriggle out mid-session - Build blocklists once and reuse them for any session GROW YOUR GLADE - Every focused minute earns Acorns - Spend Acorns in the Seed Shop and plant your garden - Trees grow as you keep focusing, then harvest for more Acorns - Hit focus milestones to earn golden keepsake trees CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD - See how your focused time stacks up against the community - Monthly rankings that reset so there's always a fresh start - Compete with friends globally for rewards BUILT FOR REAL FOCUS - Schedule future sessions, recurring sessions, and pomodoro sessions - A session history so you can see your streaks and your slips - Your Glade: watch your focused time add up over the days - Clean, distraction-free design that gets out of your way SYNCS EVERYWHERE GladeFocus shares one account across iPhone, Mac, and Chrome. Your blocklists, sessions, garden, and history follow you across every device. GLADE PRO Upgrade to Glade Pro for unlimited blocklists and advanced session types (scheduled, recurring, and pomodoro). Pro is an auto-renewable subscription billed through your Apple ID. Everything else in the app, including all blocking and free session types, works without Pro. Sign in with Apple. No ads, no third-party tracking. Ready to actually get the thing done? Plant your focus. Start a session. Terms of Service: https://gladefocus.com/terms
Nomato
This app helps you reclaim your time by blocking distracting applications. It uses a focus timer and strict unlock methods to prevent mindless scrolling, encouraging better digital habits. Monitor your progress and set custom rules for different times of the day.
- App blocking
- Focus timer with countdown
- Customizable lock rules
- Strict unlock mechanism
- Uninstall guard
- Progress tracking
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Your phone is built to keep you scrolling. Nomato is built to get you your time back. Pick the apps you can't stop opening, like TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. Nomato locks them with Apple's Screen Time, and makes it genuinely hard to sneak back in. HOW IT WORKS • Pick your apps. Only the ones you choose get locked. Calls, maps and everything else keep working. • Focus in rounds. Start a session and your apps lock until it ends. A tomato timer counts down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Set rules. Lock apps at bedtime, during work hours, or after a daily time budget runs out. • Watch your time come back. See your focus time each week and how close you are to your goal. WHY IT ACTUALLY WORKS • No one-tap "ignore". To open a locked app early you say why, then type a fresh random code by hand. Copy and paste don't work. The code gets longer every time you unlock in a day. • You can't delete it on a bad day. Turn on the uninstall guard and your iPhone won't let apps be deleted until you switch it off inside Nomato. • Pick how strict it is. Soft gives short codes, Serious makes them grow, and No mercy means no unlocks at all until the lock ends. MEET NOMATO A small, slightly judgmental tomato who's on your side. He'll cheer when you resist and sulk a little when you cave. ALSO • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your week at a glance • Notifications when a round ends, when your break is over and when a session is complete • Sign in with Apple or Google so your setup and progress follow you to a new phone • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Italian PRIVATE BY DESIGN Apple's Screen Time keeps your app list private, even from us. We never see your messages, photos or browsing, and there are no ads. PRICING Try it free for 3 days on the weekly plan ($6.99/week after the trial), or pay $10.99 once for Lifetime access. Prices may vary by country. The weekly subscription renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID is charged within 24 hours before each renewal. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://nomato-app.vercel.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://nomato-app.vercel.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nomato at every 10 days against GladeFocus Screen Time Control's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. GladeFocus Screen Time Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Nomato sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GladeFocus Screen Time Control against 5.0 for Nomato. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
GladeFocus Screen Time Control ships an update every 3 weeks, Nomato every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GladeFocus Screen Time Control | Nomato |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | WILLIAM LIU | Amarendra Mishra |
Customer experience
GladeFocus Screen Time Control
Nomato
In-app purchases
GladeFocus Screen Time Control
- Pro Monthly$10.001 Month
- Glade Pro Yearly (Special Offer)$40.001 Year
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$60.001 Year
Nomato
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Lifetime Access$24.99
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