Comparison

Alibi vs ScrollWager

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

Head to head
About

Alibi

Features
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Alibi turns your goals into receipts. Say you're going to do something: read a chapter, hit the gym, finish the project. Then prove it with a photo. No pic, no alibi. HOW IT WORKS - Set a commitment (one-time or recurring) with a deadline - Complete it and snap a photo as proof - Your group sees it, reacts, and can vouch for you - Miss it, and everyone sees that too BUILT FOR SMALL GROUPS Create a private group with friends, roommates, or a study squad. Compete on a weekly leaderboard ranked by completion rate, promptness, or total points. No public feed, no strangers, just the people actually holding you accountable. TRACK WHAT'S REAL See your commitment rate, promptness, current streak, and lifetime points. Weekly trend charts show whether you're actually improving, not just showing up once. RECURRING COMMITMENTS Set it once ("Gym, every Mon/Wed/Fri") and Alibi keeps generating the task automatically, in your timezone. Alibi is built on one rule: if you can't prove it, it didn't happen.

About

ScrollWager

This app locks your applications, requiring you to earn screen time by completing challenges or physical activities to unlock them. It aims to make app usage a conscious decision rather than an automatic habit. Earned minutes carry over, and a hard daily limit prevents excessive challenges.

Highlights
  • Apps locked around the clock
  • Unlock one app at a time
  • Earn minutes by moving
  • Hard daily challenge limit
  • Strict Mode for deletion prevention
  • Streak and milestone tracking
  • Usage history
Features
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Your apps are locked. All day, every day. To get in, you spend screentime you earned. Tap a locked app and ScrollWager asks one question: how much of your screentime is this worth? Set the amount, take the challenge, live with the result. Win and the app opens for exactly the minutes you set. Lose and it stays locked. That is the whole idea. Scrolling stops being automatic and becomes a decision. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you want locked. They stay locked around the clock — no schedules, no time windows, nothing that opens on its own. 2. Tap one. ScrollWager asks how many minutes it is worth to you, starting at 5. 3. Take on the challenge. Flip a coin, spin a wheel, play a hand, clear a grid or drop a ball. 4. Win and the app opens for the minutes you chose. Lose and those minutes are gone. 5. Out of minutes? Earn more. Walk, do pushups in front of the camera, or solve a quick puzzle. WHAT YOU GET - Locked around the clock. No schedule to set, no window that opens by itself. - One app at a time. An unlock opens the app you tapped, not your whole phone. - A daily allowance. Each morning your balance is topped up to the daily limit you chose. Minutes you earn on top stay until you spend them. - Earn by moving. Steps and camera-counted pushups both pay into your balance. - Earn by thinking. A daily Word Guess, Word Groups, Logic Grid and Sudoku, plus Quick Math and Trivia anytime. - Strict Mode. While it is on, no app can be deleted, ScrollWager included, and locked apps cannot be taken off your list. Adding more is always allowed. - Streaks and milestones. Every day the lock holds counts. - History. What you earned, what you spent, and what it cost you. BUILT FOR - Anyone who opens the same app without deciding to - People who have tried blockers and tapped straight through them - Students and anyone protecting a block of work - Anyone who wants scrolling to cost something instead of being forbidden PRIVACY ScrollWager uses Apple's Screen Time API. Which apps you pick and how you use them stays on your device — Apple's system does not let that data out. SUBSCRIPTION ScrollWager needs an active subscription to lock and unlock apps. Without one the locks come off, and your app list, balance and streak stay where they are. Privacy Policy: https://scrollwager.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://scrollwager.app/terms Support: https://scrollwager.app/support

Screenshots

Alibi4 screens
ScrollWager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alibi at none against ScrollWager's 3. Alibi also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). ScrollWager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price 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. ScrollWager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Alibi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alibi ships an update every 2 weeks, ScrollWager every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Alibi versus ScrollWager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlibiScrollWager
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB29 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDavi GuidelliMaurice Wolf

In-app purchases

None

Alibi

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ScrollWager

Subscriptions3
  • ScrollWager Pro$7.997 Days
  • ScrollWager Pro$24.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Alibi free?
Alibi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScrollWager free?
ScrollWager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alibi or ScrollWager have ads?
ScrollWager shows ads; Alibi does not.
Which is updated more often, Alibi or ScrollWager?
Alibi ships an update every 2 weeks, and ScrollWager every 2 days. Most recently, Alibi was updated on October 4, 2026 and ScrollWager on October 13, 2026.

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