Comparison

ScrollWager vs Doodle Pet

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

Head to head
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

About

Doodle Pet

Create a unique pet companion to motivate your study sessions. Your pet draws gifts as you focus, and you can unlock new items and features by earning coins. It also offers an app blocker to minimize distractions and a collaborative mode for studying with friends.

Highlights
  • Customizable pet creation
  • Focus timer with rewards
  • App and website blocking
  • Multiplayer focus sessions
  • Pet customization and house decoration
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
Features
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Meet your new study buddy, drawn by you. Doodle Pet is a cozy focus timer with a tiny pet you create yourself. Draw it from scratch or start from a cute shape, pick its eyes and smile, give it a name, and watch it come alive. Then start a focus session, and your study buddy stays by your side, quietly drawing you a little gift. DRAW YOUR OWN PET • Draw freely or start from a round, eared, long or winged shape • Choose from lots of cute eyes and mouths • No art skills needed. Every pet is one of a kind FOCUS, AND YOUR PET DRAWS FOR YOU • Pick any length, from a quick 5-minute sprint to a long deep-work session • Your pet draws while you focus. Longer sessions unlock bigger, prettier doodles • Hang your favourite drawings on your wall and keep them all in your sketchbook • Tag sessions (Study, Work, Reading, Writing, Coding...) and name what you're working on NEW: DEEP FOCUS, YOUR PET BLOCKS DISTRACTING APPS • Pick the apps, categories or websites that pull you away • They stay locked until your focus timer ends, then unlock on their own • Try to open one and your pet gently sends you back to focus • Your app choices stay private on your iPhone, powered by Apple's Screen Time FOCUS TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS • Share a 6-letter code and up to 5 pets focus side by side in one room • A virtual study buddy for your whole study group. Finish together and everyone earns a bonus DRESS UP & DECORATE • Earn coins every time you focus • Hats, glasses, scarves, necklaces and more for your pet • Wallpapers and furniture for every room • Unlock a whole cozy house, from the bedroom to the rooftop WATCH YOUR FOCUS GROW • Daily streaks and your best streak • Weekly charts by tag, a 5-week calendar and all-time totals • Gentle reminders that help you keep your streak ALWAYS WITH YOU • Live timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets with your pet, your streak and a one-tap focus button • Works on iPhone and iPad DOODLE PET PLUS Doodle Pet is free to download and use. Try Deep Focus free for 3 sessions. Doodle Pet Plus is an optional subscription that adds unlimited Deep Focus, special doodles your pet draws for you, more space on your wall and Plus-only outfits. Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwkIFQ__2GbmFqldKZrKXAq_qYuZ4kIyDyBDM9z9JJk/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KrHTZXH_lnqTnX8JTIWO6uhj0E0srgEY3vvFzvllnpo/edit?usp=sharing Made with love by a tiny indie team.

Screenshots

ScrollWager4 screens
Doodle Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScrollWager at 5.0 against Doodle Pet's 4.3. ScrollWager also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Doodle Pet's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Doodle Pet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScrollWager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of ScrollWager's written reviews are positive against 67% of Doodle Pet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScrollWager ships an update every 2 days, Doodle Pet every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ScrollWager versus Doodle Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollWagerDoodle Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB151 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaurice WolfHosein Haqiqian

Customer experience

ScrollWager

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Doodle Pet

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ScrollWager

Subscriptions9
  • ScrollWager Pro7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • ScrollWager Pro$7.997 Days
  • ScrollWager Pro$9.991 Month
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  • ScrollWager Pro$14.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro$24.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro$29.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro$39.991 Year
  • ScrollWager Pro$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Doodle Pet

Subscriptions2
  • Doodle Pet Plus - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Doodle Pet Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is ScrollWager free?
ScrollWager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Pet free?
Doodle Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScrollWager or Doodle Pet?
ScrollWager is rated higher. ScrollWager averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Doodle Pet averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do ScrollWager or Doodle Pet have ads?
ScrollWager shows ads; Doodle Pet does not.
Which is updated more often, ScrollWager or Doodle Pet?
ScrollWager ships an update every 2 days, and Doodle Pet every 5 days. Most recently, ScrollWager was updated on November 13, 2026 and Doodle Pet on November 13, 2026.

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