What is the best digital detox app for iPhone?

Opal: Screen Time Control, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.7 by 89,974 people.

Which digital detox apps are free?

16 of 16 are free to download: Opal: Screen Time Control (S), ScreenZen- Screen Time Control (S), BePresent: Screen Time Control (S), Brick - Ditch Distractions (A) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.

Which digital detox app has the best App Store rating?

Brick - Ditch Distractions at 4.9 from 57,716 ratings.

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Best Digital Detox Apps for iPhone (2026)

16 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Opal: Screen Time Control is the top-ranked of 16 digital detox apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 89,974 ratings.

1
Opal: Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97
2
ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 95
3
BePresent: Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,184 ratings · score 94
4
Brick - Ditch DistractionsA
Free · ★ 4.9 · 57,716 ratings · score 91
5
AppBlock: Block Apps, WebsitesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,839 ratings · score 90

What belongs in this list

A person wants to cut down their phone and screen time and build healthier habits around their devices.

Not here: A screen time report alone; A generic focus timer alone; A meditation app alone; A single app lock alone; A title keyword such as digital alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

None at D yet

None at F yet

Compare every app

1
Opal: Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
BePresent: Screen Time ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,184 ratings · score 94 · best in class
4
Brick - Ditch DistractionsA
Free · ★ 4.9 · 57,716 ratings · score 91 · excellent
5
AppBlock: Block Apps, WebsitesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,839 ratings · score 90 · excellent
6
ClearSpace: Reduce Screen TimeA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,917 ratings · score 87 · excellent
7
Minimalist LauncherA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,594 ratings · score 87 · excellent
8
Cape: App to Pause ExcessB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,447 ratings · score 76 · good
9
OffScreen: Screen Time ControlB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,557 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
10
Pushscroll: Exercise To ScrollC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 17,794 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
11
Jomo - Screen Time BlockerC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,501 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
12
Roots: Screen Time ControlC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,101 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
13
Journey: Screen Time ControlC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,492 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
14
touch grass: screen time limitC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,994 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
15
Unglue: Screen Time FriendC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,678 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
16
Bloom - Conquer Screen TimeC
Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,423 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best digital detox app for iPhone?: Opal: Screen Time Control, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.7 by 89,974 people.
Which digital detox apps are free?: 16 of 16 are free to download: Opal: Screen Time Control (S), ScreenZen- Screen Time Control (S), BePresent: Screen Time Control (S), Brick - Ditch Distractions (A) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which digital detox app has the best App Store rating?: Brick - Ditch Distractions at 4.9 from 57,716 ratings.
How many digital detox apps reach S or A tier?: 7 of 16. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.