Screentide is a flexible Android screen-time manager that helps you reduce distracting app and website use with blocks, limits, schedules, calendar-sync and in-app friction.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
Australia
ScrollGuard Alternatives
Apps similar to ScrollGuard include ActivityWatch, which is free and open source. Other options are Mindful : Focus & Screen Time, TimeScribe, LeechBlock and LockedIn YT. There's no shortage of Anti Procrastination Tools like ScrollGuard, with more than 100 alternatives for Android, Mac, iPhone, Windows and iPad.
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BloomDay is a productivity app that gamifies task management by turning completed tasks into living plants in a virtual garden.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Türkiye
iPhone screen time app: a 5-second pause before Instagram, TikTok or YouTube that asks why you're opening it, keeps a daily focus score, and never blocks you out. A pause, not a blocker.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
ZenFirst locks your screen until your routine is complete. Built-in meditation, journaling, and task planning. No shortcuts. No excuses. Mac & Windows.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
AwayDoomscrollin' is an open-source Android digital wellbeing utility designed to interrupt compulsive short-video doomscrolling before it drains your focus.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
145 QuestLog alternativesGamified task tracker with focus timer, habit tracking and execution analytics.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Canada
Think First is an iOS app that inserts a deliberate pause before you open Instagram, TikTok and other distracting apps — a countdown and one question, not a hard block.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
Germany
EU
11 LimitSet alternativesAn iPhone and iPad app blocker with Session, Usage, and Schedule Locks. Group apps under shared rules, set unlock budgets, cooldowns, daily allowances, and blocked times, with verification friction and on-device processing.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- Australia
FocusNPlay is an Android app designed for students and anyone serious about cutting screen time without relying on pure willpower.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Global
Set and enforce daily usage limits on individual apps, automatically restrict access when thresholds are reached, use location and time schedules, enable manual override, and streamline digital wellbeing with shortcuts, widgets, and automated break reminders.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United Kingdom
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WaitToUnlock helps you make iPhone Screen Time actually work by guiding you to set a passcode you won't remember and delaying access when you need it back.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- United Kingdom
