StudyBreak: Procrastinate Less review: price, free version and privacy

Our verdict

Pick StudyBreak if your main problem is reaching for your phone during study time and you want a timer that enforces breaks both ways. If you want flashcards or a full course rather than a focus tool, look elsewhere; and expect to pay for reminders and session editing.

What StudyBreak: Procrastinate Less is

StudyBreak is a study timer and app blocker. You set your own study-to-break ratio, start a session, and the apps you picked (social media, games, videos) stay locked until the break begins. The description says extra study time is banked as break time for later, and the app tracks daily study hours and how efficiently you use them. It also lists a study planner built from your syllabus and a tool that turns PDFs into audio.

Who it suits

• Students who lose study time to their phone
• Pomodoro-style or long deep-work sessions

Strengths

• Blocks the apps you choose automatically every time a study session starts, then unlocks them at the break, according to the description.
• Lets you set any study-to-break ratio and alerts you when it is time to rest.
• Weekly statistics with daily grades, focus rate and study days, as the screenshots show.
• Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with a widget to start or stop a session, per the description.
• The privacy label declares no tracking and no data linked to you.

Limits

• Study reminders, behind-goal alerts and editing past sessions are Premium features, according to the description.
• About 199 ratings, so there is little public feedback compared with bigger study apps.
• The price list mixes a one-time unlock, a Premium plan, notebook items and planner packs, which makes the real cost hard to read.
• Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

What the free version does

The app is free to download, and the description presents the timer and app blocking as core features. It marks study reminders, alerts when you fall behind on your goal, and manual or edited sessions as Premium. The listing does not spell out every limit of the free version.

Price

On the US App Store in November 2026, the price list includes Premium (Annual) at $34.99 and a one-time "Unlimited +" unlock at $4.99. Other items range from $1.99 (Study Plan & Podcast Starter Pack) to $44.99 (Notebook Gold), plus Focus Timer Pro at $4.99. The description says Premium comes as monthly, quarterly and annual subscriptions, but only the annual one is named in the list.

Privacy

The privacy label declares no tracking. Usage data and diagnostics may be collected but are not linked to your identity.

What the screenshots show

The screenshots show a statistics screen with 46 hours studied in a week, daily A+ grades, a 73% focus rate and average distractions, and an iPhone home screen where a blocked app shows a "Time Allowance" limit message.