Comparison

Hoffman App vs ScreenFine

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

Head to head
About

Hoffman App

This app provides tools and support to help you integrate personal growth techniques into your daily life. It offers interactive exercises, guided meditations, and a journal to track your progress and emotional well-being.

Highlights
  • Feeling Wheel for emotional exploration
  • Vicious Cycle tool for negative behavior
  • Dark Side eraser for unwanted thoughts
  • Quad check-in with audio or written guidance
  • Bashaker Tool for pattern expression
  • Transference tool for letting go
  • Daily Journal and Vision Board
  • Audio Meditations
Features
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** Download the app and select your preferred language. Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese. ** Here at Hoffman we’ve come up with the perfect solution to keeping the Process alive in your life - the Hoffman App. This App gives you the chance to stay connected to your Hoffman experience. You can work through the tools, express how you feel and receive ongoing Hoffman support and encouragement. Almost like having a Hoffman teacher in your pocket! It’s quite normal that when you leave the Process you are full of commitment to practice the tools on a daily basis. But as time goes on, we sometimes hear that people have forgotten how to use the tools, or ‘don’t have time’. We are now able to provide you with an App that gives you ‘Tools at your Fingertips’. - How are you feeling today? Try our Feeling Wheel: Type in how you’re feeling and spin the wheel and a top tool or suggestion will be given to you as if by magic. - Caught in a Vicious Cycle? Use our Vicious Cycle drawing tool to work your way out of negative behaviour. You can even share your exit strategies with your friends! - Having a Dark Side attack? Banish those unwanted messages by taking control and erasing the Dark Side from your day. Use your fingers to physically erase the image of the dark side until it has all gone. You can do this as often as you wish. - Good Morning Quad! Your App will guide you through a Quad check-in either as an audio meditation or you can follow written instructions. You can archive your experiences and track your development days later. - Need to express that pattern? Imagine the chance to hold the yellow Wiffle bat in your hand again. Well now you can with our Bashaker Tool! Grab your phone in two hands and spend some time focusing on and expressing energy associated with a negative pattern. Release the energy but don’t release the phone! - Caught in a Transference? The Hoffman Transference tool can guide you through the steps to acknowledging a transference and letting it go. The person you’re expressing a transference to doesn’t even need to know what you’re doing! Other tools include a place to write a daily Journal or add images to your Vision Board. And if you want a quiet moment away from the noise of the world around you the App provides you with several Audio Meditations from around the world. Listen to Recycling or a Centering Visualisation or enjoy a Light Journey or I am that I am.

About

ScreenFine

Features
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The average person will spend more than 10 years of their life staring at a phone. ScreenFine is how you take some of it back. Most screen time apps are easy to ignore. You watch the timer tick, tap "ignore for 15 minutes," and nothing changes. ScreenFine actually stops you. Go over your daily limit and the apps you chose lock shut. The only way back in is real effort: 25 pushups, 25 squats, 1,000 steps, a logged workout, or 10 mindful minutes. Your body clears the block, not your wallet. And an AI villain roasts every slip. No willpower required. The consequence does the work. HOW IT WORKS - Set your daily screen time limit, anywhere from 1 to 8 hours - Cross it and your chosen apps shield closed at the system level - Earn the unlock with 25 pushups, 25 squats, 1,000 steps, a workout, or 10 mindful minutes - Miss the window and it counts as a slip you can see, never a charge - 7 days free, then $1 a week. The subscription is the only thing you ever pay. BEAT PHONE ADDICTION FOR REAL Other blockers are a suggestion you can swipe past. ScreenFine locks at the OS level using Apple Screen Time, so going over carries a real consequence and stopping the scroll finally sticks. Built for doomscrolling, dopamine detox, focus, digital wellbeing, and self control, and friendly for ADHD brains that need a firmer stop than a banner. MEET YOUR AI VILLAIN Pick a character who roasts you every time you slip. The Banker counts your losses. The Reaper reminds you time is finite. The Ex judges in silence. The Coach pushes harder. Personal, savage messages, served on your lock screen. REAL ACCOUNTABILITY - OS level app shielding blocks your worst apps when you are over - Choose exactly which apps to lock with Apple's family activity picker - Wall of Shame shows your slips to other users when you opt in - Partner mode lets someone you trust see your stats - Squad mode brings group accountability with friends FOCUS SESSIONS Lock your phone for timed challenges. Finish sessions to earn credits and unlock perks. Great for deep work, study, and better sleep. SMART TRACKING - Apple Screen Time for accurate, real time usage - Per app breakdown shows exactly where your time goes - A weekly AI coach turns your patterns into plain advice - Heatmaps and trends so progress is easy to see WHO IT IS FOR Anyone fighting doomscrolling, a short attention span, or a phone habit that beats their willpower. If timers and "ignore" buttons have never worked, ScreenFine gives you the hard stop they cannot. PRICING - Free: screen time tracking only - $1 a week: full enforcement, AI villain, app shielding, Wall of Shame, weekly reports - Billed weekly through Apple. Cancel any time. 7-day free trial. You can pause anytime from Settings, which stops new blocks right away. Terms of Use (EULA): https://screenfine.info/terms Privacy Policy: https://screenfine.info/privacy

Screenshots

Hoffman App4 screens
ScreenFine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hoffman App at none against ScreenFine's 6. Hoffman App also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). ScreenFine's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. ScreenFine sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per 7 days. Hoffman App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoffman App ships an update every 4 months, ScreenFine every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hoffman App versus ScreenFine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoffman AppScreenFine
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoffman Institute UK LimitedDevendra Variya

In-app purchases

None

Hoffman App

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

ScreenFine

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly7 Days trial$1.007 Days
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$40.491 Year
One-time3
  • Custom Villain Name$0.99
  • The Algorithm$0.99
  • New Year You$1.99

Questions

Is Hoffman App free?
Hoffman App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScreenFine free?
ScreenFine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hoffman App or ScreenFine have ads?
Neither Hoffman App nor ScreenFine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoffman App or ScreenFine?
Hoffman App ships an update every 4 months, and ScreenFine every 3 days. Most recently, Hoffman App was updated on October 9, 2026 and ScreenFine on September 29, 2026.

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