Patsspace vs Screen Time Limit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Patsspace
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Stay focused, block distractions, and grow your own little space. Patsspace combines practical productivity tools with a cozy garden experience that makes studying and working feel more rewarding. Focus with Pat, complete sessions, grow your garden, and turn your productivity into visible progress. Patsspace combines practical focus tools with a soft, playful experience that makes studying and working feel more enjoyable. With different focus modes, app blocking, progress tracking, and a growing garden, Patsspace helps you stay consistent without the pressure of traditional productivity apps. With Patsspace, you can: ⢠use focus modes like Pomodoro and stopwatch ⢠block distracting apps during focus sessions ⢠earn rewards by completing focus sessions ⢠grow plants and build your own garden ⢠unlock different plants, pots, and decorations ⢠track your focus progress and statistics ⢠stay motivated with Pat, your focus companion ⢠focus together with friends and groups ⢠use relaxing focus sounds and ambient audio Every completed session helps your space grow. Plant new flowers, take care of your garden, collect rewards, and create a space that reflects your progress over time. Patsspace is great for: ⢠studying for school or university ⢠staying focused while working ⢠reducing phone distractions ⢠building consistent focus habits ⢠using Pomodoro for deep work ⢠creating a calmer daily routine ⢠making productivity feel more rewarding Whether you are looking for a study timer, Pomodoro timer, app blocker, productivity app, or a cozy focus companion, Patsspace helps you focus in a way that feels calm, personal, and rewarding. Focus. Grow. Make your space yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anpalabs.com/apps/patsspace/privacy-policy/
Screen Time Limit
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Block distracting apps and get your hours back ā with a pause that actually changes the habit. Most app blockers put up a wall, so you find a way around it. Focus gives you a breath and an honest question instead. Most people put the phone down right there. THREE WAYS TO BLOCK, ONE QUESTION EACH: WHEN DO MY APPS COME BACK? SPRINT ā NO EARLY EXIT Pick a length, start the countdown and your chosen apps are blocked until the timer runs out. Once a Sprint starts it cannot be ended early, not even from inside Focus. That's the point. Use a preset or set your own length. RHYTHM ā RECURRING FOCUS WINDOWS Block apps on a schedule: weekday mornings, every evening, weekends, whatever your week looks like. Add multiple windows, switch them on and off, and run windows overnight for better sleep. ALLOWANCE ā A DAILY TIME LIMIT Give yourself a daily budget of minutes. Spend it however you like; when it's gone the apps close until tomorrow, when the budget resets. See how many minutes are left today at a glance. MINDFUL UNLOCK ā A BREATH, NOT A WALL Reach for a blocked app and Focus offers ten seconds of breathing first. Then it asks what you need the app for: someone needs you, it's for work, looking something up, boredom, or just habit. Boredom and habit get a gentle second look before you go in. If you still open it, it's only for a few minutes, then the app goes back behind the shield on its own. FOCUS STREAKS Every day you hold your limits counts. Keep apps blocked for an hour, or finish the day inside your Allowance, and your streak grows. Follow your run on a 12-week heatmap and unlock milestones: 3 Day Spark, One Week Strong, Fortnight Focus, Month of Clarity and Hundred Days. INSIGHTS See your real screen time, your daily breakdown and the apps you use most, alongside the time you held, focused days and blocked attempts. Mindful Unlock shows how often you put the phone back down, and what you reach for it out of. BLOCK ANY APP OR CATEGORY Choose individual apps or whole categories: social media, video, games, shopping, news and more. Block Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X or anything else that pulls you away. Each mode keeps its own list. LOCKED DOWN, ON YOUR SIDE Protect your blocks with a passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, so changing a limit takes a real decision, not a reflex. Auto-Lock keeps Focus itself locked when you step away. GENTLE REMINDERS Get a notification when a session ends and when your streak is at risk. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Focus is built on Apple's Screen Time framework. Your screen time is calculated on your device and never handed to us. Light and dark appearance, built for iPhone and iPad. A Plus subscription unlocks every mode, unlimited apps and Sprints of any length. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://stechza.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://stechza.org/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Screen Time Limit at none against Patsspace's shown. Patsspace's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Patsspace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Screen Time Limit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Patsspace ships an update every 6 days, Screen Time Limit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patsspace | Screen Time Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days ā better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Starkmann | Muhammad Zikaria |
In-app purchases
Patsspace
- Patsspace Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Patsspace Pro Yearly$11.991 Year
- Patsspace Pro Lifetime$22.99
Screen Time Limit
- Subscriptions$3.997 Days
- Subscriptions$9.991 Month
- Subscriptions$19.991 Year
- Subscriptions$49.99



