# Spool: Screen Time Control

> App Blocker, Focus & Limit

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749428484](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749428484)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6749428484`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Prafull Sharma
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (167 ratings)
- **Version:** test
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-23
- **First published:** 2025-10-07
- **Size:** 364 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spool-screen-time-control/id6749428484)
- **Website:** [https://thespoolapp.com](https://thespoolapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thespoolapp.com/#/privacy](https://thespoolapp.com/#/privacy)

## Description

**Spool: Screen Time Control** helps you reduce doomscrolling, phone addiction, and mindless app use. Before opening a blocked app or website, explain why you need access to create awareness around impulsive habits. Spool can automatically lock you out when the same excuse is repeated too often.

Use AI-powered daily insights, habit tracking, scheduled blocking windows, custom focus sessions, and reflections to understand your triggers and build healthier screen-time habits. Designed for people who want more than basic limits, Spool uses CBT-inspired techniques to encourage intentional phone use and reclaim focus.

## Rankings

- #113,162 — Overall
- #59 — screen time

## Review summary

Users broadly praise Spool for reducing screen time, boosting mindfulness, and helping form healthier phone habits. The app is easy to use with a strong UI, useful tutorials, and positive feedback about updates. Many report meaningful decreases in doomscrolling and improved productivity. A frequent concern is pricing, with several reviews noting that core features require a premium subscription and pricing is not always transparent. Overall, the app is seen as effective and motivating, though potential buyers should weigh the cost against the benefits.

### Pros

- Significant reduction in screen time and doomscrolling
- Easy to use with a pleasant, intuitive UI and helpful tutorials
- Encourages mindfulness by prompting reflection before using the phone
- Motivates lasting habit change and improves productivity
- Engaging features and analytics (AI insights and Spooli) with responsive updates to user requests

### Cons

- Pricing and subscription model can be costly and not upfront
- Onboarding paywall friction (quiz leads to paid options) without clear upfront pricing

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749428484)