PhoneStop vs Jomo
The deepest iPhone screen time tool. Enormous flexibility, if you enjoy configuring things.
The short version
On an iPhone, Jomo is one of the two or three best things you can install, and this page cannot honestly beat it there. On Android the comparison does not arise — which is the real answer for most people reading it.
| PhoneStop | Jomo | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Android | iPhone and iPad |
| Price | Free | Subscription, with a one-time lifetime option |
| What it does when you hit the limit | Full-screen stop, then a reset and a one-tap lock | Blocks the app or category and shows your own intention back to you |
| Warns you before the limit | Yes — at roughly 60, 30 and 10 minutes left | Session and limit notices |
| How it enforces | Foreground service and a display-over-apps overlay | Apple's Screen Time API |
| Blocks individual apps | No — it budgets your whole screen time | Yes — apps, websites and whole categories |
| Account needed | No | Yes |
| Data leaves the phone | No — the app holds no internet permission | Apple's API keeps app content private; the account holds your settings |
How each app stops you
Jomo puts your own stated intention in front of you at the moment of the block, which is a genuinely smart piece of design and the thing people love about it.
PhoneStop's equivalent moment is arithmetic rather than intention: this is how much of today you have already spent, and it is gone. Then a reset, and a lock. Where Jomo asks should you open this, PhoneStop asks do you know what time it is.
Where Jomo is the better choice
- The most configurable app in this list, by a wide margin.
- Category blocking, so a new app does not slip through a list.
- Apple's Screen Time API means it never sees content, only usage.
- A one-time purchase option if you hate subscriptions.
Where PhoneStop is the better choice
- It exists on Android. Jomo does not.
- Free.
- Zero configuration. One number, set during onboarding.
- A whole-phone total, which no blocklist product gives you.
What PhoneStop does at the limit
The whole product is three moments. Warnings arrive as the budget empties, inside whatever app you are in:
PhoneStop
30 minutes left
Half an hour of budget to go. A good moment to pick where it goes.
PAUSE
PhoneStop
Time's up
You are out of budget for today. Take a minute, then lock the phone.
PAUSE
Then, at zero, the screen is taken over: a fifteen-second breath or twenty squats, and a button that locks the phone. If you genuinely need it, one tap extends the window and says so honestly, because an intervention you cannot escape is one you uninstall.
Disclosure: we make PhoneStop, so treat our own entry with the scepticism it deserves. Everything else here is written from public information and hands-on use; prices and platforms were checked in August 2026 and change often — check the vendor before you pay.
PhoneStop is a free Android app. Set a daily screen time budget, get warned before it runs out, and get stopped when it does.
Android. Coming to Google Play — no account, no ads, no data leaves your phone.
Questions people ask
Is Jomo on Android?
Jomo is designed around Apple's Screen Time API and its product is the iPhone and iPad app. Android users should look at ScreenZen, AppBlock or PhoneStop instead.
Is Jomo worth paying for?
If you want per-category blocking and are on iPhone, it is among the best in the category. If you want a single daily number, you are paying for machinery you will not use.
What is the Android equivalent of Jomo?
There is no exact one, because Android has no Screen Time API. AppBlock is closest for blocking, StayFree for tracking, and PhoneStop for a daily budget with a hard stop.