Comparison

Bloom vs Earn Screen Time

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

Head to head
About

Bloom

Features
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Your phone takes 4 hours a day. Bloom gives them back. Bloom is an app blocker that turns your screen time into a garden. Put your phone down and your flowers grow. Keep scrolling and they wilt. **HOW IT WORKS** 1. Pick the apps that drain you: social media, games, entertainment, or all of them at once. 2. Set your rule: a fixed schedule, a daily time limit, or a limit on how many times you can open an app. 3. Every day you keep your rules earns you a watering can. 4. Water your garden and watch it grow. Or let it wilt. **WHAT YOU CAN BLOCK** - Individual apps, or entire categories - Social media, games, entertainment, shopping, news - Schedule blocking: mornings, work hours, evenings - Daily time limit per app - Daily limit on how many times you open an app **WHY IT LASTS** Other screen time apps show you numbers. You look once, then you ignore them. Bloom is a garden that depends on you, every single day. It is simple, and it changes everything. **WHAT YOU GET BACK** Bloom gardeners cut their screen time by 38% on average in their first month. That is 28 hours a week, and 61 days a year. **YOUR GARDEN** Sunflowers, tulips, lavender and many more. Every week you keep unlocks new plants. Your garden becomes the visible proof of your discipline. **YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU** Bloom is built on Apple's Screen Time API. Your usage data never leaves your phone. Bloom requires a subscription to unlock all features. Pricing details are available in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Earn Screen Time

Features
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Your phone shouldn't be free. Earn it. Earnit locks the apps that eat your day and keeps them locked until you do something worth doing. Walk. Study. Do push-ups. Every effort turns into minutes you can actually spend. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you want blocked. They stay shielded by default. 2. Earn minutes โ€” steps from Apple Health, a focused study session, or push-ups counted on device. 3. Spend them in a deliberate 5, 10 or 15 minute session. When it ends, the shield comes back on its own. WHY IT WORKS WHEN TIMERS DON'T A timer asks you to stop. Earnit asks you to trade. There's no "15 more minutes" button, no snooze, no talking yourself past it โ€” the only way through the block is effort you actually did. That small friction is the whole product. WALK TO UNLOCK Steps come straight from Apple Health. Set a rate that suits you and every walk quietly refills your balance. STUDY TO UNLOCK Run a focused study session and bank the time you put in. Built for students who need the phone out of reach until the work is done. PUSH-UPS TO UNLOCK Counted on device, no wearable needed. A set of reps when you want minutes back. SEE WHAT CHANGES A 30-day journey, a daily ledger and monthly totals show screen time going down and effort going up โ€” without guilt, streak-shaming or red warning screens. BUILT PRIVATE Health and motion data stay on your iPhone. Which apps you blocked is never visible to us โ€” iOS keeps that private even from Earnit. Move first. Scroll later. โ€”โ€”โ€” Unlock Earnit Pro with a monthly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. The monthly plan includes a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Lifetime has no free trial or automatic renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.earnitscreen.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Bloom4 screens
Earn Screen Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bloom at none against Earn Screen Time's shown. Bloom also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Earn Screen Time's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Bloom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Earn Screen Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bloom ships an update every 10 days, Earn Screen Time every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Bloom versus Earn Screen Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloomEarn Screen Time
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodger Studio (Apps)Joaquin Balthasar De Weert

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bloom

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$4.997 Days
  • Bloom Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Earn Screen Time

Subscriptions2
  • Earnit Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Earnit Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Earnit Pro Lifetime$30.00

Questions

Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earn Screen Time free?
Earn Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bloom or Earn Screen Time have ads?
Earn Screen Time shows ads; Bloom does not.
Which is updated more often, Bloom or Earn Screen Time?
Bloom ships an update every 10 days, and Earn Screen Time every 5 days. Most recently, Bloom was updated on October 15, 2026 and Earn Screen Time on October 24, 2026.

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