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Best Screen Time Management Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Opal: Screen Time Control is the top-ranked of 40 screen time management apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 89,974 ratings.

  1. 1
    Opal: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    BePresent: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,184 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    one sec | screen time + focusS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,716 ratings · score 95
  5. 5
    Unrot: Earn your Screen TimeS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 56,954 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

Limit how much time is spent on the phone and apps.

Not here: Screen time rewards for kids earned by chores alone; General time management alone; Task management alone; Screen recording alone; A reminder to take a break 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 →

S
OpalScreenZenBePresentone secUnrotGoogleClearSpaceRefocus
A
AppBlockBrainrotPushscrollMicrosoftKidsloxCapeFreedom
B
CircleOurPactQustodioOffScreen
C
AT&T SecurePushUp TimeParentalPray ScreenT-MobileJomoSupaFocusRootsScrollFitDumb Phone
D
Journeytouch grassUnglueBarkApp LockAlli360BloomFamiSafeOurPact Jr.SeenLogKids App
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Opal: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    BePresent: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,184 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    one sec | screen time + focusS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,716 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  5. 5
    Unrot: Earn your Screen TimeS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 56,954 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  6. 6
    Google Family LinkS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 294,943 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  7. 7
    ClearSpace: Reduce Screen TimeS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,917 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    Refocus: App Blocker & LockS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,653 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  9. 9
    AppBlock: Block Apps, WebsitesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,839 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  10. 10
    Brainrot: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 22,707 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  11. 11
    Pushscroll: Exercise To ScrollA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 17,794 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    Microsoft Family SafetyA
    Free · ★ 4.1 · 8,260 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  13. 13
    Parental Control App - KidsloxA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 40,270 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  14. 14
    Cape: App to Pause ExcessA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,447 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  15. 15
    Freedom: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,005 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  16. 16
    Circle Parental Controls AppB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 13,439 ratings · score 79 · good
  17. 17
    Parental Control App - OurPactB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 36,730 ratings · score 79 · good
  18. 18
    Qustodio Parental Control AppB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 9,516 ratings · score 77 · good
  19. 19
    OffScreen: Screen Time ControlB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,557 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  20. 20
    AT&T Secure Family® ParentC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 22,577 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  21. 21
    PushUp Time: App BlockerC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,558 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    Parental Control App Kids360C
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,947 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    Pray Screen Time - Bible FocusC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 9,707 ratings · score 68 · situational
  24. 24
    T-Mobile FamilyModeC
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 16,082 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    Jomo - Screen Time BlockerC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,501 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    SupaFocus: Screen Time ControlC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    Roots: Screen Time ControlC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,101 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  28. 28
    ScrollFit - PushUp App BlockerC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,190 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  29. 29
    Dumb Phone (dp)C
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,852 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    Journey: Screen Time ControlD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,492 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
  31. 31
    touch grass: screen time limitD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,994 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
  32. 32
    Unglue: Screen Time FriendD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,678 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
  33. 33
    Bark - Parental ControlsD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 36,076 ratings · score 66 · weak · provisional
  34. 34
    App Lock - Lock Apps .D
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,802 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
  35. 35
    Alli360 by Kids360D
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,727 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
  36. 36
    Bloom - Conquer Screen TimeD
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,423 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
  37. 37
    FamiSafe: Parental Control AppD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 4,369 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  38. 38
    OurPact Jr.D
    Free download · ★ 1.3 · 7,781 ratings · score 60 · weak
  39. 39
    SeenLog: Activity TrackerD
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,024 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional
  40. 40
    Kids App QustodioD
    Free download · ★ 2.2 · 7,836 ratings · score 50 · weak · provisional

Beyond the top 40

3 more, not ranked yet

  1. Bark Kids
  2. CalX : Protect Your Privacy
  3. T-Mobile Safe & Found

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Questions people ask

What is the best screen time management app for iPhone?
Opal: Screen Time Control, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 89,974 people.
Which screen time management apps are free?
40 of 40 are free to download: Opal: Screen Time Control (S), ScreenZen- Screen Time Control (S), BePresent: Screen Time Control (S), one sec | screen time + focus (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which screen time management app has the best App Store rating?
Pray Screen Time - Bible Focus at 4.9 from 9,707 ratings.
How many screen time management apps reach S or A tier?
15 of 40. 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.

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