Comparison

DetoxBrain vs StillMode

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

Head to head
About

DetoxBrain

This app helps you regain control of your digital habits by blocking distracting applications and setting screen time limits. It offers focus sessions, detailed insights into your usage, and privacy-focused architecture that keeps your data on your device.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps with enforced system-level blocking
  • Set daily time and open-count limits per app
  • Recurring schedules for bedtime, work, and mornings
  • Timed sessions with growing delays before app access
  • Focus sessions for uninterrupted work or study
  • Detailed usage insights and streaks
  • Privacy-first architecture with data stored locally
Features
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You didn't mean to spend two hours on that app. DetoxBrain puts a moment of friction between the reflex and the scroll — and makes blocking that actually holds. 1. Block distracting apps - Pick the apps that pull you in. DetoxBrain shields them — enforced by your phone's own system, so it works even when DetoxBrain isn't open, even offline, even after a restart. - Multiple independent block groups: your bedtime rules don't have to fight your work rules. - A "Fix blocking" button and self-healing shields, because a blocker that silently stops blocking is worse than no blocker. 2. Screen-time limits that fit a real life - Daily time budgets per app, plus open-count limits — for the apps you don't spend long in, you just open forty times. - Recurring schedules: bedtime, mornings, work hours. - A pause and an intention prompt before you go in, with a delay that grows as the day's opens add up: 10 seconds, then 30, then a minute. - Need in anyway? Take a timed session — 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes — and it re-locks itself. A decision, not a slip. 3. Focus sessions - Start a 25, 50, or custom-length session. Your blocked apps stay blocked; the timer keeps running in the background. - Finish, and your streak grows. 4. Insights & streaks — free, all of it - Today's total, per-app breakdown, pickups, yesterday's comparison, a 7-day chart, a calendar heatmap. - Distraction-only mode: only the apps you chose count. Maps, music and messages don't get held against you. - A brain-health score with real long-term progression — yesterday's discipline doesn't get erased overnight. 5. Private by default — not as a promise, as an architecture Your usage data never leaves your device. Not "we don't look at it" — we can't. Apple's Screen Time framework confines your screen-time data to a sandbox on your phone, and we built no server that could receive it. Your app list, your blocklist, how long you spend where: all of it stays on the device. Nothing to sell, nothing to leak. No account required to use any of it. 6. Premium The free tier is meant to be genuinely useful — full stats, three blocked apps, the friction layer, streaks, and your emergency pass are free forever. Upgrade for: - Block as many apps as you want, organized into separate groups — and block a whole category, like Social, in one tap - Strict mode: once a focus session starts, you can't switch it off from inside the app. Your weekly emergency pass still works, and "Remove all shields" is always there — it just takes two hours to land. - Custom shield screens - Detailed weekly insights Monthly, annual (with a 7-day free trial) and lifetime plans. No full-screen ads, ever — an app about protecting your attention has no business interrupting it. 7. There's always a way out An emergency pass, once a week. A "Reset all shields" button that's never behind a paywall. If your subscription lapses, everything you set up keeps running exactly as it was — nothing is switched off, nothing is deleted. To change it you'd come back to Premium or trim down to the free tier, but the way out is never for sale. Getting locked out of your own phone is a bug, not a feature. Built with care by a solo developer in Hanoi. Email me — I actually reply: support@detoxbrain.web.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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StillMode

Features
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StillMode helps you put your phone down more often, without giving it up. Shield the apps that pull at you, keep feeds out of your mornings and nights, and take a short, calm break when you truly need one. Still, a soft little cloud-pebble buddy, keeps you company along the way. ◆ WHAT CHANGES ◆ • Calmer nights: feeds go quiet before bed • Clearer focus: work and study time stays yours • Hours back: see exactly where your day goes • Better habits: earn screen time with things that matter to you • Fewer impulse buys and ad rabbit holes ◆ SHIELD ANY APP OR WEBSITE ◆ Shield single apps, whole categories (Social, Games, Shopping, News…) or websites in every browser. Works with Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Reddit, Facebook, Netflix and any other app on your iPhone. ◆ SHIELDS FOR EVERY PART OF YOUR DAY ◆ • Focus now: shield apps for 30 min, an hour, or as long as you like • On a schedule: quiet hours for work, mornings or nights • Lock an app: a few visits a day, then it rests • Daily limit: a time budget, then the shield goes up • Earn with habits: finish a habit, open your apps • A Preset library to start in one tap: Nine to Five, Lights Low, Slow Sunrise, Long Focus and more ◆ BREAKS, ON YOUR TERMS ◆ Before a break, StillMode can ask for a short pause, a quick "why", or a code to copy. That small moment is often all it takes to change your mind. ◆ LOCKDOWN ◆ For the days you know you'll be tempted: Lockdown keeps a shield exactly as it is until it's over. An Emergency unlock is always there if something urgent comes up. ◆ PAUSE SCREENS ◆ Open a shielded app and you'll see a gentle thought, something else to do, or a note you wrote to yourself. ◆ CIRCLES ◆ Slow down together. Start a circle with friends, family or teammates, see who had the calmest day and cheer each other on. ◆ YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE ◆ Daily and weekly screen time, pickups, most-used apps, and a quick "Worth it?" check on the apps you used. ◆ PRIVATE BY DESIGN ◆ StillMode is built on Apple's Screen Time API. Which apps you use stays on your device. We never see your app list, your messages or your browsing. If you join a circle, only your daily total is shared with it. ◆ STILLMODE PLUS ◆ Unlimited shields, Lockdown, habits, your own pause screens and full reports. • $5.99 / month • $29.99 / year (3-day free trial) • $99.99 lifetime (one-time purchase) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://stillmode-api.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/terms Privacy: https://stillmode-api.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

DetoxBrain4 screens
StillMode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: DetoxBrain at 3 against StillMode's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. DetoxBrain sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and StillMode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
DetoxBrain versus StillMode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDetoxBrainStillMode
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuc Hoan NguyenTarun Yadav

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DetoxBrain

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime$69.99
  • Premium Lifetime$119.99
3 purchases

StillMode

Subscriptions2
  • StillMode Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • StillMode Plus Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • StillMode Plus Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is DetoxBrain free?
DetoxBrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StillMode free?
StillMode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DetoxBrain or StillMode have ads?
Neither DetoxBrain nor StillMode shows ads.

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