Jomo is a screen time management app for iOS that allows users to block apps and websites to improve digital focus.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Productivity
Sentiment
4.8
2k reviews
Nemesis
Forest: Focus for Productivity
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users install Jomo to remove the cognitive friction of manual self-regulation, replacing willpower with automated access restrictions.
For Individuals seeking to reduce screen time, break digital addictions, and improve focus by restricting access to social media and entertainment apps.
What does it look like?
Key features
Blocks specific apps and websites across all browsers using Apple's Screen Time API
Restricts entire app categories like Social Media, Games, or Shopping simultaneously
Allows temporary access to blocked content during scheduled focus sessions
One-time payment model for full access to blocking features
How much does it cost?
Subscription model anchored by a 3-day free trial on the annual plan, with a high-price lifetime buyout option to capture non-recurring revenue.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsperformanceinternationalizationShow more...
Jomo has shifted to a maintenance cadence, with the latest release occurring 140 days ago. While the app previously saw a period of active development focused on template galleries and rule configuration, the lack of updates for over four months indicates a significant deceleration in momentum. Current development is limited to minor bug fixes and translation adjustments rather than new feature expansion.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Jomo - Screen Time Blocker
How's the Productivity market?
Jomo maintains a presence in over 40 regional charts, including recent grossing entries in Switzerland and Austria. The app's reliance on a 140-day-old build suggests its current market position is sustained by legacy acquisition rather than active feature-driven growth.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
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With over 800,000 ratings and a decade of market presence, Forest is the established leader in the gamified focus niche.
- Integrates real-world tree planting partnerships to provide tangible environmental impact for user focus sessions
- Maintains a highly polished gamified ecosystem that rewards consistent focus with virtual forest expansion
- Supports cross-platform synchronization across mobile and browser extensions to capture users throughout their workday
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Jomo - Screen Time Blocker
Where is it heading?
The screen time management category is consolidating around apps that offer cross-platform utility and active live-ops. Jomo's current maintenance-mode posture leaves it exposed to rivals with more frequent release cadences, which will likely erode its chart position over the next two quarters.
- The 140-day update gap signals a shift to maintenance mode, which reduces the app's ability to respond to competitive feature releases.
- Continued international chart presence suggests the core blocking utility remains relevant to a global audience despite the lack of recent updates.
The SWOT
- Lifetime purchase option captures high-intent users
- Category-level blocking reduces user friction
- Localized pricing in high-ARPU markets
Next best moves
Ship cross-platform sync because it is the primary differentiator of the nemesis Forest → increase retention of power users
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The lack of recent updates may be a…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Cross-platform synchronization (available in Forest but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The 140-day update gap marks a shift into a maintenance-only lifecycle, forcing a strategic pivot toward the lifetime purchase model to retain users against more active competitors.
Bottom line
Jomo's lifetime purchase option provides a clear path to monetization for users wary of subscriptions, but the 140-day development freeze risks ceding the market to rivals like Forest. Prioritizing a feature-parity roadmap will be necessary to defend the current user base.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 2 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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- [1] App Store listing, source
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