Comparison

Screen Time Blocker vs why?

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

Head to head
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Screen Time Blocker

Features
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Your phone is not the problem. The four hours it takes without asking, that is the problem. Copal blocks the apps that pull you in and gives you back the hours you did not know you were losing. Set one rule. Copal holds the line, even on the days you would rather it did not. BLOCK WHAT ACTUALLY DISTRACTS YOU Pick your distracting apps and websites once. Copal guards them with Apple Screen Time, so a block actually holds instead of sitting one tap away. FOUR WAYS TO SET A RULE • Session: shut everything down for 30 minutes, an hour, or until you say stop • Schedule: recurring windows, like 9 to 5 on weekdays or every night after 10 • Time Limit: 45 minutes a day on the apps you choose, then they close • Open Limit: 10 opens a day, because most of them were never on purpose HARD MODE, FOR THE DAYS YOU NEED IT A normal block asks you to stop and think. Hard Mode makes walking away from your own rule cost something. Turn on Disable Resets and you cannot talk your way out of it. A CHECK-IN, NOT JUST A WALL Open a blocked app and Copal reminds you what you promised yourself, then asks if you still want in. Most of the time the answer is no. AUTOFOCUS KEEPS YOU HONEST Set a daily goal. Copal nudges you 15 minutes before you reach it, again when you pass it, and once more an hour later. Quiet, well timed, never nagging. SEE THE TIME YOU TOOK BACK Your week, day by day and app by app. Protected hours, current streak, longest run, and cards that turn the numbers into something you can feel. "You protected 9 hours this week. That is three novels you could have finished." A COMPANION THAT GROWS WITH YOU Every focused hour hardens into copal, a piece of amber stone. Your koala holds on to it and glows a little brighter as your streak grows. Rest a day and it rests with you. Keep going and you unlock new milestones for your collection. WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Your streak and your active rules, sitting right where you unlock. A reminder before you even open anything. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Copal runs on Apple Screen Time. Apple never tells us which apps you picked, only how many. Your usage data stays on your phone. Available in 13 languages. Two hours a day is 30 days a year. Start with one rule. PREMIUM The free plan covers one app per rule. Premium unlocks unlimited rules, unlimited app blocking, and every feature always on. Start with a free trial and cancel any time. Privacy policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Privacy-Policy-for-Copal-3aed885fc93080e6b119d6301d714009?source Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact us: info@appricott.ai

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why?

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why? We don’t think your phone is the enemy. And we don’t think every minute on your screen is a minute wasted. Sometimes you open Instagram because you need to reply to someone. Sometimes you open YouTube because you want to watch something. Sometimes you just want to do nothing. That’s okay. The problem isn’t using your phone. The problem is using it without choosing to. We unlock. We tap. We scroll. And somewhere along the way, we stop knowing why we started. So we built why? Not to block you. Not to shame you. Not to tell you how many hours of your life you’ve wasted. Just one small question, at the moment it matters: Why? Why are you opening this? What are you looking for? What do you actually want to do? Sometimes, asking the question is enough. Sometimes, you’ll realize you do want to continue. Good. Continue. Sometimes you’ll realize you don’t. Good. Close it. Both are wins. Because the goal isn’t less screen time. The goal isn’t perfect discipline. The goal isn’t becoming someone who never scrolls. The goal is something much simpler: To put you back in the driver’s seat. A phone should be a tool you pick up, not a place you disappear into. So pause. Ask yourself. And choose. Why? FREE & PRO why? is free for two apps. Pro removes the two-app limit. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and, for renewals, within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. REQUIREMENTS why? requires Screen Time access, which iOS requests during setup. You can withdraw this permission at any time. Showing all three answers together requires iOS 26.4 or later. On earlier versions, the question still appears with one answer and a way back. Fifteen minutes is the shortest access window Apple’s system allows. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device. TERMS Privacy Policy: commalabs.co/why/privacy Terms of Use: commalabs.co/why/terms Apple Standard EULA: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Screen Time Blocker4 screens
why?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Screen Time Blocker at 16.4 against why?'s 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Screen Time Blocker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and why? sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Screen Time Blocker versus why?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Time Blockerwhy?
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETIComma Labs

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Screen Time Blocker

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Offer$39.991 Year
3 purchases

why?

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Screen Time Blocker free?
Screen Time Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is why? free?
why? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screen Time Blocker or why? have ads?
Neither Screen Time Blocker nor why? shows ads.

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