Every screen time app is built on a theory of why you can't put the phone down. Opal thinks your problem is unprotected hours. BePresent thinks it's motivation. We built enough. because we think it's the in-the-moment decision itself. Comparing Opal vs BePresent vs enough. is really a question of which diagnosis sounds like your Tuesday.
And yes, the disclosure first: we make one of the three. We'll compare all of them the way we'd want a competitor to compare us, and we'll name our own gaps too.
Opal: protect the hours
Opal is the established one, polished and priced like it. Pro runs $8.29 a month billed annually ($99.99 a year), $19.99 month to month, or $399 for lifetime. The free plan allows limited rules at the easiest difficulty.
The model is focus sessions: you mark out blocks of time, scheduled or on demand, and your chosen apps is blocked for the duration. Harder difficulties remove the escape hatches, up to a no-unblocks Deep Focus that simply outlasts your in-the-moment weakness. Reports and an Opal Score track the trend, and it covers iOS, Android, and Mac, which matters if your distraction lives on a laptop too.
Opal fits the person whose calendar has real shape: defined work blocks, defined evenings, and a pattern to life that can be consistent.
BePresent: make it a game you'd hate to lose
BePresent takes the opposite temperament. Instead of quietly removing apps, it makes staying off your phone something you win: points and badges, streaks for staying under your limits, weekly leaderboards, and group challenges where friends and family can see how you're doing. Points convert into perks, and its Beast Mode session lock is adds a bit more presence. It's on iPhone but doesn't have a free tier. Pro pricing annually is $79.99.
it holds a 4.8 rating across tens of thousands of reviews and has been active for a few years. If a streak you don't want to break, or a sibling watching the leaderboard, is the kind of pressure that works on you, BePresent has a effective version of it.
enough.: make the decision once
enough. starts from a different observation: by the time you're deciding whether to open the app, you've mostly already lost. So instead of asking you to win in the moment, or making the moment a game, it removes the moment. You decide once, on a clear day, and your phone follows: these apps should be blocked when i walk into work, other apps should be gone after 10pm, everything distracting quiet while you drive. Location blocking is the feature the other two don't do at all; arrive at the office and Instagram and TikTok are already gone, without a session to remember or a streak to protect. When you do need something back, it takes a deliberate press-and-hold from a small daily allowance, so flexibility exists without being free.
Our gaps: enough. is iPhone-only, so Android and desktop people are better served by Opal today. We're also the newer and smaller company of the three. We also don't have gamification features like BePresent's leaderboard as we try to take a quiet approach to helping you focus.
Our pricing sits below Opal and BePresent at $49.99 a year a free plan, and with a 7-day paid trial on the App Store.
The comparison in one pass
Price: Enough and Opal's free tier is the most usable free option; enough is the cheapest overall.
Platforms: Opal covers the most ground (iOS, Android, Mac). BePresent and enough. are iPhone only
When it acts: Opal during time blocks you scheduled. BePresent continuously, via limits and social pressure. enough includes all the options including schedules, location blocks, and when driving.
What it asks of you: Opal asks you to plan sessions. BePresent asks you to stay engaged with the game. enough. asks you to set-up locations or schedules.
Opal vs BePresent vs enough.: the verdict
Pick Opal if your life runs on blocks of time and you'll pay for the most polished version of protecting them. Pick BePresent if competition and streaks reliably move you, especially if you want friends in on it. Pick enough. if you want a more affordable option with extra features like location blocking or driving distraction protection.
All three have free ways in. Try the one whose theory of the problem sounds most like yours; it will do more than the "best" app on someone else's list.
