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Which screen time app is right for you?
Everything here helps you put the phone down. NIX Scoreboard is free forever and built around your friends: a daily board, groups, Focus and Phones down. Start with what you want, then see each one side by side with Scoreboard.
By what you want
Compete with friends
NIX Scoreboard turns your screen time into a score your friends can see. Lowest score wins. It's free forever, with no ads and nothing to buy.
Block apps
Apple's Screen Time is built into your iPhone, with schedules and daily limits for your apps. Opal blocks the apps you choose with rules and a focus timer, with a free plan and Opal Pro.
Scoreboard's Focus blocks every app at once, for 5 to 120 minutes, free.
Add friction
one sec adds friction to the apps and websites you choose, with blocks at set times too.
Accountability
LeadMeNot blocks the apps, websites and keywords you choose, and alerts a trusted partner you invite when you cross a boundary.
A physical lock
Brick is a physical device you tap your phone on to block your chosen apps; you need it again to unblock them.
Stay on a timer
Focus Friend is a cozy focus timer where your Bean focuses when you do; Deep Focus Mode locks distracting apps during a session.
FAQ
Is there an app where you compete with friends on screen time?
Yes, that's what NIX Scoreboard is for. Every minute of screen time becomes a score your friends can see, and lowest score wins. Friends see your score and how it splits by category; never which apps, never what you did in them, never anything on your screen.
Which of these are free?
Apple's Screen Time is built into your iPhone. NIX Scoreboard is free forever, with no ads and nothing to buy. Opal and one sec each have a free version and a paid upgrade. Prices for the rest, as of 4 October 2026, are on each page.
Can I use Scoreboard with Apple's Screen Time?
Yes. Scoreboard counts your minutes with Apple's Screen Time, on your iPhone. Your Always Allowed list keeps working: Focus leaves it open.
New to Scoreboard? The setup guide walks you from download to your first board.
Opal is a trademark of Opal OS Corporation, one sec of riedel.wtf apps S.L., LeadMeNot of CJ2 Solutions, LLC, and Brick of Brick LLC. Focus Friend is published by B-Tech Consulting Group LLC. Apple and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc. NIX Scoreboard is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Facts about each app were read on its own pages on 4 October 2026.
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Free on the App Store · iPhone, iOS 16.4+ · No ads, nothing to buy