App Blocker vs ScreenLocation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
App Blocker
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RYZR is an alarm clock and app blocker for mornings lost to scrolling. When your alarm rings, your chosen apps are blocked while you get up. Complete a simple First Move or wait until your chosen time, then build a wake routine you can keep. When your RYZR alarm rings, the apps you choose are blocked. Stop or snooze the alarm as usual. App blocking continues while you wake up. Choose a wait time that fits your morning. Your apps unblock automatically when it ends. You can also complete an optional First Move to unblock them earlier. CHOOSE A FIRST MOVE THAT FITS YOU Step outside for daylight, walk, complete a short movement, drink water, say your wake plan or connect with someone. You can also choose no First Move and simply wait for your apps to unblock automatically. BUILD A WAKE ROUTINE YOU CAN KEEP Set realistic wake times for weekdays and weekends. RYZR turns them into a morning plan you can repeat without demanding a perfect streak. Sleep research suggests that regular sleep patterns matter alongside sleep duration. RYZR focuses on one practical part: helping you follow wake times that fit your life. Morning daylight and movement can act as cues for your sleep-wake rhythm. RYZR includes First Moves that help you put those cues into practice. RYZR is not a sleep tracker and does not diagnose or treat sleep problems. WHAT YOU CAN DO Block chosen apps, categories and websites when your alarm rings Let apps unblock automatically after your chosen wait time Complete an optional First Move to unblock apps earlier Choose from movement, daylight, hydration, voice and connection First Moves Set different wake times for weekdays and weekends Add an evening wind-down app block before bed Use guided breathing and gratitude tools at the end of the day See your wake routine take shape without streak pressure BUILT FOR REAL MORNINGS Miss a morning? Nothing resets. RYZR keeps the mornings you completed and gives you a clear way to begin again. RYZR was designed by a Master Health Coach to make a consistent wake time easier to put into practice when your phone is already pulling you in. ACCESS Try every RYZR feature free for 7 days. No payment details are required. Nothing renews or charges automatically. After 7 days, app blocking and First Moves pause, while your saved wake alarm stays scheduled. Unlock RYZR once for lifetime access. This is a one-time purchase with no renewal or expiry. Existing monthly and annual subscribers keep access while their subscription remains active and can restore their purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ScreenLocation
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Block the apps you lose time to, at the places you lose it. ScreenLocation notices the places you go, names them using Apple's own map data, and lets you shut distracting apps off while you are there. Block social media at your desk. Block games at the gym. They come back on their own the moment you leave. You never tag a location, name a place, or confirm anything. SET A LIMIT - Pick a place, pick the apps, done - Those apps are blocked while you are there and released when you leave - Turn a limit off for an afternoon without deleting it - Limits follow the place, not a schedule you have to maintain SEE WHERE IT GOES - Screen time attributed to each place you visit - Ranked, so you can see which places actually cost you - Every day charted by place, over any date range - Every place gets a street address, whether or not a business was identified HOW THE NAMING WORKS Home and Work are worked out purely from your own pattern - where your phone spends its nights, and where it spends weekday working hours. Anywhere else, the app asks Apple's map data what business sits at that spot. If nothing is listed, it uses the street name. It will not guess. If two shops sit side by side and a visit cannot tell them apart, it shows the address and offers you the choice. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no sync, no analytics, no ads, no third parties. The only network use is a single map lookup when a brand-new place is first detected, so that it can be given a name. FREE TRIAL, THEN ONE PAYMENT Everything is unlocked for 7 days. After that, tracking and the limits you have already set keep working. Adding new limits and the Trends tab need a one-time $1.99 purchase - kept for good, on every device signed in to your Apple Account. No subscription. WHAT IT NEEDS - "Always" location access, so places can be detected while the app is closed. It uses Apple's low-power visit monitoring, not continuous GPS tracking. - Screen Time access, Apple's own permission for setting app limits and reading usage. A NOTE ON ACCURACY iOS does not give third-party apps a live running total of usage, so per-place minutes are estimated from usage thresholds and will not add up exactly to the figure in Settings. Time spent travelling between places is deliberately left out rather than assigned to whichever place happened to be nearest. Apple's own exact daily total is shown inside the app so you can always compare.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ScreenLocation at 17.0 against App Blocker's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. App Blocker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and ScreenLocation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | App Blocker | ScreenLocation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | qalvapps | Andrew Meyers |
In-app purchases
App Blocker
- RYZR Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- RYZR Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
ScreenLocation
- Trends$1.99









