Comparison

WiredIN vs Pailtime

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

Head to head
About

WiredIN

This app helps you regain focus by blocking distracting applications and websites. It offers customizable focus sessions, location-based blocking, and social accountability features to combat phone addiction and improve productivity.

Highlights
  • App and website blocking
  • Location-based focus zones
  • Customizable focus sessions
  • Night Shield for bedtime blocking
  • Social focus sessions with friends
  • Ambient soundscapes for focus
  • Focus statistics and streaks
Features
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Stop doomscrolling, your way. Block an app completely, limit it, make yourself earn it, or shrink it down to just the parts you need. Free to use. Most blockers give you one switch: on or off. Real life doesn't work like that. You need Maps at work, messages at night, and nothing at all during an exam. WiredIN gives you four ways to take back your time, and lets you pick how hard each app gets locked. FOUR WAYS TO STOP THE SCROLL Block: shut out the apps and websites that pull you away, from a gentle nudge to Extreme, where quitting early is genuinely hard. Limit: give an app a daily budget, in minutes or in opens. Five opens a day hits differently than thirty minutes. Earn it: each open costs a breath, a quick check-in about why you're reaching for it, or something small you learn first. Most reaches end right there. Shrink it: open a stripped-down version of your social apps. Messages stay. The endless feed doesn't. IT RUNS ITSELF The moment you most need a blocker is the moment you're least likely to open one. So WiredIN doesn't wait for you. Routines: a study block every weekday, a Night Shield for the 1am scroll, on the days and hours you choose. Focus Zones: pin the library, your office or your desk. Walk in and your apps lock. Walk out and they come back. One tap from anywhere: widgets and a Control Center button start a session without opening the app. WHO IT'S FOR Students who open a textbook and end up on their phone 40 minutes later Builders and deep workers who need hours, not minutes Night scrollers who meant to sleep an hour ago Anyone who has deleted an app, redownloaded it, and deleted it again STAY WITH IT Focus Rooms: lock in alongside friends in real time Streaks and weekly challenges that turn focus into a habit Stats that show where your time went and which blocks held FREE, FOR GOOD Every focus mode, one Focus Zone, two routines at once, one app limit, three focus recipes and your last 7 days of stats. WIREDIN PRO, $0.99 A MONTH OR $3.99 ONCE Unlimited zones, routines, limits and recipes, the Earn It and Shrink It styles, and every stats range with insights on when you focus best. PRIVATE BY DESIGN WiredIN is built on Apple's Screen Time, so blocked apps are stopped by iOS itself and blocked websites are filtered in every browser. The apps you choose never leave your iPhone: iOS gives WiredIN an unreadable token, not a list of what you use. Your location is checked on your phone and never sent or stored. Nothing on your Home Screen is ever moved or removed. Your phone should work for you. Get your hours back. WiredIN Pro is $0.99 a month with a 7 day free trial through Apple, or $3.99 once for life. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. Terms: https://hiteshvj.github.io/wiredin-legal/terms/ Privacy: https://hiteshvj.github.io/wiredin-legal/privacy/

About

Pailtime

This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by setting daily limits for specific apps. Instead of outright bans, it offers a "scrolltime bucket" that drains as you use apps, locking them when time is up. You can also earn back scrolltime by engaging in productive activities.

Highlights
  • Daily scrolltime bucket
  • App blocking with time limits
  • Live countdown on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Earn scrolltime back with activities
  • Gradual "Half Plan" for reduced usage
  • Usage insights and streaks
Features
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Doom-scrolling steals time in tiny pieces. Five minutes turns into twenty. Twenty turns into an hour. And suddenly, the time you meant to spend reading, moving, creating, resting, or being with people you care about is gone. Pailtime helps you take that time back. Instead of banning the apps you love, Pailtime gives your scrolling a limit you can actually feel: a daily bucket of scrolltime. Choose how much time you want before you start. Watch the bucket drain while you scroll. When the time is gone, the apps lock again. And when you spend time doing things that actually make your day better, you can earn some scrolltime back. No guilt. No cold turkey. No endless blocking. Just a calmer, more intentional way to use your phone — and slowly scroll half as much. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you tend to doom-scroll. Pailtime locks them using Apple’s Screen Time framework. 2. Want to scroll? Choose your limit first. Pour out 5, 10, or 15 minutes. 3. Your apps unlock, and your bucket drains live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 4. When time runs out, the apps lock again. Done is done. 5. Recharge to earn scrolltime back. THE HALF PLAN You don’t have to quit scrolling. You just need it to take up less of your life. Tell Pailtime how much you scroll today, and the Half Plan builds a gentle path toward cutting that time in half. Your daily limit decreases a few minutes at a time, making the change feel achievable instead of extreme. You’ll see the full projection from day one and watch your progress build every day after. WHY IT WORKS - Intention before impulse - Choosing your limit before opening an app turns automatic scrolling into a conscious choice. - Time becomes visible - A draining bucket makes every minute feel real instead of disappearing unnoticed. - Earned, not banned - Recharge rewards the things you want more of in your life instead of punishing you for scrolling. - Recharge with brain games - Small steps are easier to keep - The Half Plan reduces your limit gradually, helping you change without feeling deprived. FEATURES • Scrolltime Bucket — your daily scrolling budget, visualized as living liquid • App Blocker — chosen apps stay locked until you intentionally start a scroll session • Live Countdown — see remaining time on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Recharge — earn scrolltime through focus, meditation, reading, workouts, walks, learning, creating, and connecting and also by playing brain games • Half Plan — a gradual path toward scrolling 50% less • Resist — turn the urge to scroll into a challenge and climb the ranks as you resist • Insights — track today’s scrolltime, weekly trends, and urges resisted • Streaks — build momentum over time • Satisfying haptics and fluid bucket physics • Dark, calm, distraction-free design PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your attention is personal. Your data should be too. Pailtime uses Apple’s Screen Time framework. Your app choices are protected by Apple, and Pailtime cannot see what you do inside your apps. Your data stays on your iPhone. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your time is too valuable to lose one scroll at a time. Scroll on purpose. Fill your day with everything else. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://banimo.net/apps/pailtime/privacy

Screenshots

WiredIN4 screens
Pailtime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WiredIN at 16.4 against Pailtime's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. WiredIN sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Pailtime sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WiredIN against 5.0 for Pailtime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WiredIN ships an update every 2 weeks, Pailtime every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
WiredIN versus Pailtime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiredINPailtime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHitesh VijayBanimo

Customer experience

WiredIN

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pailtime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WiredIN

Subscriptions2
  • WiredIN Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • WiredIN Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • WiredIN Pro Lifetime$3.99
1 purchases

Pailtime

Subscriptions1
  • Pailtime Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is WiredIN free?
WiredIN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pailtime free?
Pailtime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WiredIN or Pailtime?
WiredIN and Pailtime are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do WiredIN or Pailtime have ads?
Neither WiredIN nor Pailtime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WiredIN or Pailtime?
WiredIN ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pailtime every 10 days. Most recently, WiredIN was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pailtime on October 31, 2026.

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