Comparison

Timeout vs FeedOff

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

Head to head
About

Timeout

Features
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Timeout: Study Smarter, Scroll Less Stuck in a scrolling loop when you should be studying? Timeout breaks the cycle. Every 10-15 minutes, Timeout locks your screen and asks you 3 quick questions from your own flashcards. Get them right, and you're back in. No shortcuts, no snoozing, no excuses. It's a screen-time blocker that actually makes you learn something before it lets go. How it works: Add your own flashcards for any subject: school, language learning, exam prep, anything Timeout gently locks your phone at set intervals throughout the day Answer 3 random questions correctly to unlock and keep going Built on Apple's Screen Time framework, so it works system-wide, not just in one app Why it works: Passive blockers just annoy you until you turn them off. Timeout uses active recall, the same method top students use, so every interruption becomes a tiny study session instead of a wasted moment. Subscription required: Timeout requires an active Pro subscription to function. Choose the plan that fits you: Weekly Pro: €1.99 / $1.99 per week Monthly Pro: €4.99 / $4.99 per month Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://usetimeout.app/tos Privacy Policy: https://usetimeout.app/privacy

About

FeedOff

This app provides a calmer browsing experience for social media and video platforms by hiding distracting elements like feeds, recommendations, and ads. It allows users to customize which features are visible for each platform, offering a more focused and private way to access content.

Highlights
  • Hide Reels, Shorts, and For You pages
  • Block ads and autoplay
  • Customize platform views
  • Schedule app blocking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Instagram without the Reels. YouTube without the Shorts. X without For You. Free. FeedOff opens Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit, LinkedIn and Facebook in a calmer browser with the parts built to keep you scrolling hidden: Reels, Shorts, Explore, For You, suggested posts, ads and autoplay. Your DMs, stories, profiles, search, subscriptions and posting all keep working. It's the real site, with less of it. THE CALM BROWSER • Instagram: no Reels tab, no Explore, no suggested posts, no ads. Home feed of people you follow, stories, DMs, profiles and posting stay. Optional: hide AI-labelled posts, hide reposts, or hide the whole feed and keep only stories. • YouTube: opens on your Subscriptions. No Shorts, no Home recommendations, no autoplay-next, no video ads. Search, watch, history and playlists stay. • X: opens on Following. No For You, no trends, no promoted posts. • Reddit: your communities, no Home or Popular feed, no ads, no "Open App" prompts. • LinkedIn: messages, notifications and jobs, no feed. • Facebook: groups, Marketplace, messages and events. No News Feed, no Reels, no 'People you may know'. • Every one of these is a toggle. Want Explore back? Flip it. • Grayscale per app, if colour is what pulls you in. THE SHIELD • Block the real apps on a schedule, or always. They open to a calm block screen that points back to FeedOff. Works for TikTok and any other app too. • Built on Apple's Screen Time, so it's reliable and private: FeedOff never sees which apps you pick or how long you use them. • Notifications from the real apps still arrive, so you never miss a message. • Someone sent you a link? Copy it and open FeedOff: the post opens here, without the feed. WIDGETS • Each platform as a Home Screen and Lock Screen widget. Put them where the real icons used to be. One tap, no feed. • Control Center buttons and Siri shortcuts too. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up. You log in to each site directly, in Apple's standard web view. FeedOff never sees your password. • Everything stays on your phone. No analytics, no tracking, no server. • The only thing FeedOff downloads is a small public file of filter rules, so fixes reach you without waiting for an app update. Read it on GitHub. FREE No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. The paid apps in this category charge monthly for app blocking and ad hiding. FeedOff includes both. FeedOff is an independent app. It isn't made by or connected to Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit, LinkedIn or Facebook. Made for people who want their evenings back.

Screenshots

Timeout4 screens
FeedOff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FeedOff at none against Timeout's 2. FeedOff also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Timeout sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FeedOff asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeout ships an update every 5 days, FeedOff weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timeout versus FeedOff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeoutFeedOff
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlenka SeverPeter Khalil

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timeout

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
None

FeedOff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timeout free?
Timeout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FeedOff free?
FeedOff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timeout or FeedOff have ads?
Neither Timeout nor FeedOff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeout or FeedOff?
Timeout ships an update every 5 days, and FeedOff weekly. Most recently, Timeout was updated on October 31, 2026 and FeedOff on November 10, 2026.

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