# CTRL: Earn Your Scroll

> Earn focus. Spend to scroll.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6776657128](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6776657128)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6776657128`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jibran Ahmed
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2026-06-09
- **Size:** 2.21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ctrl-earn-your-scroll/id6776657128)
- **Website:** [https://thectrlapp.com](https://thectrlapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thectrlapp.com/privacy](https://thectrlapp.com/privacy)

## Description

CTRL is a focus timer, app blocker, and habit builder in one. The rule is simple: you earn credits by focusing, and you spend them to open the apps that steal your hours. Run out, and the scroll stops until you put in the work. It turns willpower into an economy so you don't have to rely on willpower at all.

WHY CTRL WORKS WHEN OTHER FOCUS APPS DON'T
Most productivity and screen time apps just block apps and hope you don't switch them off. CTRL doesn't fight your dopamine it puts a price on it. Every distraction costs credits you can only earn through real focused work. That's what makes the habit stick.

  FOCUS TO EARN
  • Run focus sessions (25, 50, or 90 minutes) and bank credits
  • Keep your phone face-down during a session for a +50% bonus
  • Longer, distraction-free deep work pays the most
  • Build a daily focus habit and track your time like a pro

  BLOCK THE APPS THAT EAT YOUR TIME
  • Shield TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X and more using Apple Screen Time
  • Block distracting websites too, so Safari can't reopen the same feeds (Pro)
  • The most addictive apps cost the most credits to open

  PAY TO OPEN — EVERY TIME
  • Before a blocked app opens, CTRL asks why and charges you credits
  • Every "I'm bored" tap is logged, so you get a real distraction tracker for your worst habits
  • See your triggers and take back control of your attention

  RECOVERY MODE FOR THE HARD DAYS
  • Binge patterns automatically trigger a fairer economy: earn more, spend less
  • No streaks to shame you, no guilt — built to catch the spiral, not punish it

  HONEST BY DESIGN
  • Credits are earned by focusing never bought with money
  • Your Screen Time data never leaves your device. CTRL can't see which apps you use.
  • No ads. No tracking. No account or login required.

  MADE FOR
Anyone fighting phone addiction, doomscrolling, and procrastination students, founders, writers, remote workers, and anyone who wants focus, productivity, and self-control on their own terms. A focus app, app blocker, screen time limiter, distraction blocker, and habit tracker rolled into one.

CTRL PRO
Upgrade to block unlimited apps and websites, schedule unlimited unlock windows, and more. Monthly or annual, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan.

Use it, but pay for it.

## Rankings

- #1,103,188 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6776657128)