Comparison

Recharge vs Offline Streak

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

Head to head
About

Recharge

This app helps you manage your screen time by creating app groups with rechargeable batteries. When a battery drains, those apps are temporarily blocked until you've recharged. It offers features like emergency unlocks and accountability partners.

Highlights
  • App grouping with rechargeable batteries
  • Customizable battery presets
  • Emergency unlock feature
  • Accountability partner option
  • Cross-device sync
  • Yearly usage wrap-up
Features
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Recharge turns Screen Time into a battery. Group the apps you want to use less. Each group gets a battery that drains as you use them and recharges while you're away. Hit 0% and those apps shield until you've recharged. It's a budget, not a wall. HOW IT WORKS • Make a battery for a habit: social, games, video • Pick a preset (Saver, Standard or Extended) and tune it any time • Start a session right from the shield and watch it drain • Time away refills it BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Emergency unlock, at a cost you choose • Low-battery warnings before you run out • Streaks, goals and a yearly Wrap built from your own sessions • Optional accountability partner • Sync your setup across your devices with Sign in with Apple PRIVATE BY DESIGN iOS never tells Recharge which apps you picked. No ads, no trackers, no selling data. RECHARGE PLUS (optional subscription) Unlimited batteries, full tuning, widgets and Live Activities, days off, themes and more. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Plus renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://solvrlabs.com/recharge/terms Privacy Policy: https://solvrlabs.com/recharge/privacy

About

Offline Streak

This app helps you reduce phone usage by blocking distracting apps and websites. Set custom schedules, daily limits, and track your progress with streaks and stats. It offers a focus timer and eye-break reminders for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • App and website blocking
  • Customizable schedules
  • Daily app limits
  • Streak tracking
  • Focus timer
  • Eye-break reminders
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Offline Streak helps you spend less time on your phone. It uses Apple's Screen Time to pause the apps you choose, when you choose, and turns the days you meet your goal into a streak. All features free. No account needed. BLOCK WHAT DISTRACTS YOU • Blocks for the apps, categories and websites you pick with Apple's Screen Time picker • Schedules with several time ranges, all-day schedules and ready-made routines such as quiet mornings, focused work, dinner and better sleep • Start a block now, for a set time or until a time you choose • Daily limits for groups of apps, on the days you choose, with a heads-up 5 minutes before • Pause a rule for 1 to 30 days, or pause everything at once • Optional adult-website filter, and blocking of app installs and in-app purchases A BREATH BEFORE YOU OPEN • The block screen shows when the block ends and how many opens you have left • "Open for a moment" asks for a short breath, then 1, 5, 15 or 30 minutes, and the block comes back by itself • Optional opens per day, a wait between opens and a "What for?" question • Strict mode (optional): no early opens, edits or deletes while a block is on, with emergency passes YOUR STREAK AND STATS • A daily goal for time away from your phone; your sleep hours never count • Your streak uses the Screen Time history already on your iPhone, so it can start today • Today: an hour-by-hour chart, pickups, notifications, the longest quiet stretch and your most-used apps • Week and month: change against last week, a calendar, your current and best streak, and milestones • Phone-free hours this week, last week and in your best week • Personal challenges of 3, 7, 14 or 30 days FOCUS AND REST • A focus timer: countdown, Pomodoro or open-ended, with labels and a history • 20-20-20 eye-break reminders • Reminders you choose: block start and end, limit heads-ups, a Sunday summary and an evening goal nudge • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with the active block and time left PRIVATE BY DESIGN The apps you choose are private Screen Time tokens: we can't see which apps or websites you pick, and your usage stays on your iPhone. An optional account (18+) can back up your setup; app choices and Screen Time data are never included. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL AD-FREE PLAN All features are free. The free version shows occasional, dismissible promotions for our own apps only, with no third-party ads. An optional subscription (weekly, monthly or yearly) removes all ads in all our apps on this iPhone. It unlocks no extra features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription. IMPORTANT Offline Streak is a self-help tool built on Apple's Screen Time. Blocking can be turned off by the person using the phone, so treat it as a helpful nudge rather than a guarantee. Screen Time totals come from iOS and can be delayed or differ from Apple's own report. It isn't a parental-control tool. Phone calls, emergency calls and Emergency SOS always keep working. Needs Screen Time access on iOS. Terms of Use: https://offlinestreak.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://offlinestreak.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Recharge4 screens
Offline Streak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Recharge at weekly against Offline Streak's fortnightly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Recharge sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Offline Streak sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Recharge against 5.0 for Offline Streak. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recharge ships an update weekly, Offline Streak fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Recharge versus Offline Streak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRechargeOffline Streak
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolvr LabsTimothy Hess

Customer experience

Recharge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Offline Streak

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Recharge

Subscriptions1
  • Recharge Plus$2.991 Month
3 purchases

Offline Streak

Subscriptions3
  • Ad-free Supporter Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Ad-free Supporter Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Ad-free Supporter Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Recharge free?
Recharge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Offline Streak free?
Offline Streak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recharge or Offline Streak?
Recharge and Offline Streak are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Recharge or Offline Streak have ads?
Neither Recharge nor Offline Streak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recharge or Offline Streak?
Recharge ships an update weekly, and Offline Streak fortnightly. Most recently, Recharge was updated on October 31, 2026 and Offline Streak on October 31, 2026.

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