Comparison

Scrollar vs Idle Curiosity

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

Head to head
About

Scrollar

Transform study time into productive screen time. Earn timed access to your favorite apps by completing short learning sessions. Customize what you study and what you unlock, with options to create your own learning materials.

Highlights
  • Study-to-unlock app access
  • Customizable app/website blocking
  • Thousands of study questions
  • Passage-based reading packs
  • Progress tracking and spaced review
  • Create custom study packs (Premium)
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TURN STUDY INTO SCREEN TIME Scrollar is a self-directed study gate. Choose an app that pulls you off task, complete a short study session, and earn a timed unlock. When your time expires, Apple Screen Time shields the app again. This isn’t parental control. You decide what to limit, what to learn, and when to turn the gate off. STUDY TO UNLOCK • Choose the apps, categories, or websites you want behind the gate • Answer a question or complete a reading step • Earn a timed unlock and use the selected app normally • Return for another study rep when the timer ends LEARN WITH REAL STUDY TOOLS • Thousands of questions across exam preparation, languages, coding, and more • Passage-based reading packs for focused reading sessions • Accuracy, mastery, weak-area, streak, and daily-history tracking • Spaced review that brings back material you need to practice CREATE YOUR OWN PACKS WITH PREMIUM • Generate a study pack on any topic • Turn your notes, photos, and PDFs into editable questions • Choose how many questions earn how many minutes • Gate multiple apps, categories, and websites PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no sign-up. Your Screen Time selection stays on your device. Study progress is stored locally and can sync through your personal iCloud. FREE AND PREMIUM The free version includes the complete study-to-unlock loop with one selected item and a fixed 1-question / 5-minute gate. Scrollar Premium adds custom AI packs, custom gate rules, expanded blocking, and additional study tools. Scrollar Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Current pricing and any trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use: https://tryscrollar.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tryscrollar.com/privacy

About

Idle Curiosity

Discover twenty surprising and true facts daily across ten diverse categories. This app offers a unique learning experience, presenting information in visually appealing cards and encouraging sharing. It's designed to be an engaging alternative to mindless scrolling.

Highlights
  • Twenty surprising facts daily
  • Ten diverse categories
  • Full-screen card interface
  • Shareable daily receipts
  • Rare and Legendary fact finds
  • Pause cards with quotes
  • Streak tracking and trophy case
Features
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Twenty facts a day. Zero practical value. You'll be back. Idle Curiosity is a daily drop of twenty genuinely surprising, genuinely true facts — the kind that make you put your phone down and go "wait, really?" Then pick it back up to tell someone. It's built to be the thing you open instead of doom-scrolling. WHAT YOU GET, EVERY DAY • Twenty fresh facts, hand-tuned to be surprising, non-obvious, and actually defensible — swipe through them one gorgeous full-screen card at a time. • A voice that knows it's ridiculous. Dry, smart, and never trying too hard. • Ten categories: space, biology, history, language, psychology, tech, food, oceans, math, and the reliably strange. THE GOOD STUFF • Rare finds. Some facts are rarer than others — most are Common, but every so often you'll hit a Rare, or the genuinely uncommon holographic Legendary that tilts and shines like a foil trading card. They land in your collection. • Your daily receipt. Finish the day's twenty and Idle Curiosity prints a beautiful shareable receipt of everything you learned — favorite fact, stats, streak, the works. • Pause cards. Between the facts, the occasional quiet moment: a teaching from a great mind — Marcus Aurelius to bell hooks — with a question worth sitting with. Properly attributed, never made up. • Keep going forever. Read all twenty and the feed keeps flowing. You're never shown the same fact twice (until you've genuinely seen them all). • Streaks, saves, and a trophy case for your rarest finds. HONEST ABOUT THE MECHANICS No infinite outrage. No ads for things you don't want. No account required — open it and start. Just a small, daily dose of knowing things nobody asked you to know. Come for the octopus hearts. Stay because you're now measurably more interesting.

Screenshots

Scrollar4 screens
Idle Curiosity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Curiosity at none against Scrollar's 5. Idle Curiosity also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment and iOS requirement 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. Scrollar sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Idle Curiosity asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrollar ships an update every 2 weeks, Idle Curiosity every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scrollar versus Idle Curiosity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollarIdle Curiosity
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhi SitaparaAdam Siegel

Customer experience

Scrollar

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

Idle Curiosity

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Scrollar

Subscriptions4
  • Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
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  • Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99
None

Idle Curiosity

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrollar free?
Scrollar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Curiosity free?
Idle Curiosity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scrollar or Idle Curiosity have ads?
Scrollar shows ads; Idle Curiosity does not.
Which is updated more often, Scrollar or Idle Curiosity?
Scrollar ships an update every 2 weeks, and Idle Curiosity every 3 days. Most recently, Scrollar was updated on October 31, 2026 and Idle Curiosity on October 31, 2026.

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