Timeout vs FeedOff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timeout
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Timeout ships an update every 5 days, FeedOff weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timeout | FeedOff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alenka Sever | Peter Khalil |
In-app purchases
Timeout
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- Monthly$3.991 Month
FeedOff
No in-app purchases









