“Absolutely have to pay for everything don’t buy — Why do I have to pay for this? This is absolutely insane. I came here cause I thought this was actually a good thing. I didn’t think you were going to use it for my money.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 553 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★22,445 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
133 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Reclaim your day with Brainrot, a playful screen time control, app blocker, and focus coach. Pick the apps and sites to block, set schedules, and watch your cute brain avatar decay as you doom scroll. The visual nudge helps you put the phone down. Save about 2 hours per day, feel less distracted, sleep better, and get more done.
What you get:
- Instant blocking for apps and websites
- Focus timer for deep work and Pomodoro
- Smart schedules for bedtime, mornings, and meetings
- Mindful breaks so you reset without the guilt
- Clear insights to spot Brainrot apps fast
### PRIVATE & SECURE
Brainrot uses Apple’s Screen Time API; all monitoring and blocking run *entirely* on your device. Your browsing data never leaves your phone.
*All features described above require a subscription.*…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.0.10 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.0.10, updated 2026-09-28.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Raised by 27 distinct reviewers — 4.9% of the 553 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall with no way past it
A paywall screen ships with no dismiss, skip or 'maybe later' affordance anywhere in the package, so the app's own text offers no way in without paying.
What we saw: Paywall with no way past it: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 553 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 553 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (2 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Not actually a free app — if you want to use a single feature of this app you will have to sign up for a subscription service. I am sick and tired of apps pretending like they are free just to hide everything behind an overpriced paywall…”
“Lie — It promises you all this stuff then hides it behind a paywall it doesn’t even offer a free version with limited features”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.0.10.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$3.99
Highest$49.99
Unlimited (1 Week)$4.99
Unlimited (1 Month)$3.99
monthly$8.99
Unlimited (1 Year)$19.99
Unlimited (1 Year)$29.99
Show 3 more purchases
Brainrot (Full Access)$24.99
Brainrot (Full Access)$29.99
Unlimited$49.99