HourLimit vs WidgetAim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
HourLimit
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Daily screen time limits are easy to break. You burn the whole allowance before lunch, and the rest of the day has no guardrails at all. HourLimit works in hours instead. Give an app 15 minutes per hour, and when those 15 minutes are gone the app is blocked ā until the top of the next hour, when the limit resets and you get a clean slate. Every hour, all day. It turns "I've blown it for today" into "I'll get another shot in 20 minutes." HOW IT WORKS ⢠Pick the apps that pull you in ⢠Give each one a limit between 1 and 60 minutes per hour ⢠HourLimit blocks the app the moment its limit is spent ⢠At the top of the hour, every limit resets automatically WHAT YOU GET ⢠Hourly limits, not daily ones ā a fresh start every 60 minutes ⢠Real blocking through Apple's Screen Time, so it works even when HourLimit is closed ⢠A calm dashboard showing what's left this hour for each app ⢠A heads-up notification when a limit is reached ⢠An optional reminder at the start of each new hour ⢠Quiet hours, so nothing buzzes while you sleep ⢠Adjust or remove any limit at any time ā changes apply immediately BUILT TO BE CALM No streaks, no scores, no shaming graphs. HourLimit blocks an app and tells you when it's coming back. That's the whole product. PRIVACY Your limits and Screen Time usage stay on your iPhone. There is no account and no analytics. HourLimit uses Apple's Screen Time framework, which never reveals which apps you limit or how you use them. Purchases are processed by Apple and managed through RevenueCat. FREE AND PRO Save as many apps as you like. Free lets you keep up to 3 app limits active at once. Pro lets you activate every saved limit, with a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. REQUIREMENTS HourLimit needs Screen Time (Family Controls) permission to block apps. iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
WidgetAim
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A new flashcard every time you pick up your phone. WidgetAim puts a flashcard on your Home Screen. Tap to see the answer and mark whether you knew it, right on the widget. Cards you don't know yet come back; cards you know make room for new ones. FREE READY-MADE DECKS Built into the app, no AI or internet needed: ⢠Everyday words and travel phrases in 11 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Turkish and Arabic ⢠Exam lists: YDS, TOEFL, JLPT N5, HSK 1 and English phrasal verbs Readings where they help (kana, pinyin, IPA), answers in your language, and you choose how many new cards a day. MAKE A DECK ABOUT ANYTHING Type a topic, like English for job interviews or the bones of the hand, and AI builds a deck at your level. Writing your own cards is always free. BIGGER WIDGETS, CARDS IN NOTIFICATIONS Large flashcard widgets show the reading, an example sentence, today's new and review cards, and your streak. Turn on a few cards a day at the hours you pick, and answer "I know it" or "Again" from the notification. MORE THAN CARDS The same widgets count down the days to a trip or an exam, add up savings, miles or pages with +1, keep a daily check-in streak, tick off lists, show what's paid and left of this month's bills, and give you real sentences to say out loud. With Pro, Apple Health fills in steps, sleep and weight, and Calendar keeps countdowns right. MAKE IT YOURS 26 hand-made scenes play once when your progress changes, then rest. Widget Studio previews 28 styles, your own colors, six typefaces and four layouts live. Free includes 8 styles, 2 typefaces, 2 layouts and a scene for every kind. Small to extra-large Home Screen widgets, plus Lock Screen widgets. ON YOUR WRIST An Apple Watch app in sync with your iPhone: answer a card, check in, add to a number, tick a list item or mark a bill paid. Complications included. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Your aims stay on your iPhone, backed up to your own iCloud. Anonymous usage statistics never include what's in your widgets, and you can turn them off. The app itself speaks the same 11 languages; switch inside the app. FREE AND PRO Free, with nothing that expires: up to 3 widgets, every ready-made deck, the cards, sentences and lists you write yourself, Lock Screen widgets, iCloud backup and your first aim on Apple Watch. Plus one AI try: make a deck about anything, or set up a widget from a sentence. WidgetAim Pro adds: ⢠All 28 styles and 26 scenes, your own colors, every typeface and layout ⢠Every aim on Apple Watch ⢠Apple Health and Calendar links ⢠Unlimited widgets ⢠Set up a widget from one sentence ⢠Fill in a form from a sentence ⢠AI flashcard decks on any topic ⢠AI sentence sets, every word explained ⢠Edit a widget by chatting ⢠A weekly summary of your aims AI features ask for your permission first and send only what each request needs. Widgets you made keep working, and keep their look, if Pro ends. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS WidgetAim Pro is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://widgetaim.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://widgetaim.com/privacy
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Verdict
HourLimit and WidgetAim are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HourLimit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and WidgetAim sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HourLimit ships an update weekly, WidgetAim every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HourLimit | WidgetAim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sercan PASPAL | AimPoly LLC |
In-app purchases
HourLimit
- HourLimit Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- HourLimit Pro Lifetime$14.99
WidgetAim
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$39.991 Year









