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Skerrick next to the alternatives
Each of these is a good product with something Skerrick does not have. These pages say so first, then explain the one thing that genuinely differs, which is where the interruption lands.
The one line version
They gate the door. Skerrick calls time mid-scroll.
At the door
A limit you can wave away
You get stopped before you have opened anything, at the moment you have the least reason to stop and the most reason to tap through. On iPhone, Screen Time’s own sheet offers to ignore the limit for the rest of the day. On Android, Digital Wellbeing’s pause screen links straight to the switch that turns the timer off. Most gates in this category work the same way.
Mid-scroll
Stopped three minutes in
Skerrick lets you in and calls time three minutes later, while you are still holding the phone. On Android the cut-off lands over the app. On iPhone a notification says so. Either way it arrives at the moment you actually wanted to stop.
Every comparison here is written from the other app’s own public pages. We have an obvious interest, so check their site before deciding, and tell us if anything is out of date.
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