Fair comparison
PlanKept vs ScreenZen
A fair comparison of PlanKept and ScreenZen for people choosing between screen-time strategies, pauses, app goals, strict blocks, and real-world goal gates.
ScreenZen
Where ScreenZen fits
ScreenZen describes multiple screen-time strategies including delay before opening apps, scrolling interrupts, app goals, schedule customization, prompts, and strict blocking.
Choose PlanKept if
- You want app access to clear after a step goal, workout, proof-reviewed task, or habit achievement.
- You want plans to control reminders, recurrence, app blocks, minute caps, proof review, and analytics.
- You care more about proof-based follow-through than screen-time strategy variety.
- You want AI-assisted plan creation and one-time lifetime unlocks instead of another subscription.
Choose ScreenZen if
- You want many different tactics for reducing screen time.
- You want delays, prompts, app goals, and strict blocks in one mature app.
- You want a donation-supported screen-time app with broad existing usage.
Strategy variety versus a narrow promise
ScreenZen covers many screen-time control tactics. PlanKept is more specific: make distracting apps wait for a real-world plan to clear through allowed activity evidence or Proof Review. It is also a simpler product story: useful for free, expanded through one-time lifetime unlocks, and not built around a subscription.
Where the overlap lives
Both products care about reducing distracting app use. The PlanKept difference is the unlock condition and plan state. It is not just 'less screen time'; it is 'do the thing first, then clear the active occurrence honestly enough for the rule to lift.'
FAQ
Direct answers
Should I choose ScreenZen if I want pauses?
Probably, if pauses and prompts are the main behavior you want. PlanKept is better framed around completed goals.
Should I choose PlanKept for step goals?
If your exact need is app access after steps, workouts, or weekly quotas, PlanKept is the more specific category fit.
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