# PhoneStop vs Jomo

The deepest iPhone screen time tool. Enormous flexibility, if you enjoy configuring things.

*Source: https://phonestop.app/vs/jomo · Last checked August 2026 · PhoneStop — A daily screen time budget that stops you. A free Android app.*

## 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 |
| At 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 before the limit | Yes — 60, 30 and 10 minutes left | Session and limit notices |
| Enforcement | Foreground service + display-over-apps overlay | Apple's Screen Time API |
| Blocks individual apps | No — whole-phone budget | Yes — apps, websites and whole categories |
| Account needed | No | Yes |
| Data leaves the phone | No | 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*.

![A PhoneStop budget warning arriving on top of another app.](https://phonestop.app/assets/warning-dark-640.e3c6fb7e.webp)

*A warning notification at 30 minutes left*

![The PhoneStop over-limit takeover screen.](https://phonestop.app/assets/takeover-dark-640.411574cd.webp)

*The full-screen stop, 57 minutes over budget*

## 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. 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, get stopped when it does. https://phonestop.app/

## 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.

## Keep reading

- [Jomo alternatives](https://phonestop.app/alternatives/jomo)
- [Why blocking one app does not lower your screen time](https://phonestop.app/why-blocking-apps-does-not-work)
- [Every PhoneStop comparison](https://phonestop.app/compare)