Is ClearSpace free? Premium prices and who it suits
Marcel Cruz · Updated 6 November 2026
ClearSpace is free to download and sells a Premium plan: $6.99 a month or $44.99 a year in the US. Who it suits, and the free and cheaper options.
ClearSpace is free to download, but its Premium plan is paid: $6.99 a month or $44.99 a year in the US, as of October 2026. It suits people who want to move before they scroll, since it asks for exercise to earn scrolling time. If you want something that costs nothing, ScreenZen and Apple's own Screen Time are free.
What does ClearSpace Premium cost?
| Plan | US price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| ClearSpace Premium (Annual) | $44.99 | once a year |
| ClearSpace Premium (Monthly) | $6.99 | every month |
Both prices were read in the in-app purchases section of ClearSpace's US App Store listing on 14 October 2026. The price you see in the app is the offer shown to you at the time, so check the paywall before you pay.
Monthly or yearly: which costs less?
Yearly, if you plan to keep it. Twelve payments of $6.99 come to $83.88, so one yearly payment saves $38.89 over twelve months, in the US as of October 2026.
Monthly only comes out ahead when you stop early. Six payments total $41.94, still under the yearly price, so monthly is the cheaper way to try it for up to six months and then decide.
What is the ClearSpace app?
ClearSpace is an iPhone screen time app. Its App Store name is "ClearSpace: Reduce Screen Time", which was the listing's heading when we loaded it on 29 October 2026. Its idea is exercise to earn scrolling time: you move first, then you scroll.
That makes the trigger physical. The time you get back is tied to your body, not to the clock or to your work. The exact exercises and how the app checks them were not on any row we could verify, so they are left out here.
Is ClearSpace legit?
On what anyone can check, yes. The US App Store listing showed 8.9K ratings at 4.7 on 14 October 2026, and both the listing and the company's own site, getclearspace.com, loaded normally on 29 October 2026, with the site headed "Reclaim your digital life".
Ratings and a working website tell you the app is real and used. They do not tell you how well it will work for you, so the free download is the fair test before any plan.
Is ClearSpace worth $44.99 a year?
It depends on what you want standing between you and the scroll.
Pick ClearSpace if a physical step is what stops you. Some people put the phone down more easily when opening an app takes a bit of effort, and an exercise gate does that without asking you to plan anything.
Skip it if you want a free blocker, or if you would rather not exercise to open an app, at a desk, on a train or late at night. It may also miss the point if your goal is getting work done first, since movement opens the apps whether or not the work is finished.
What are the free or cheaper options?
US App Store prices were read on 14 October 2026; free tiers on 22 October 2026.
| App | US price per year | How apps open |
|---|---|---|
| Apple's Screen Time | free, built into iOS | App Limits in Settings |
| ScreenZen | free; tips of $5.00 to $40.00 | a wait before the app opens, which can grow each time |
| one sec | $19.99 (one app free) | a short pause before the app opens, then you choose |
| Jomo | $29.99 (Jomo Plus) | blocks for the times you set, with breaks |
| Unrot | $29.99 for all premium features (other tiers $9.99 to $69.99) | "Earn your Screen Time", per its App Store subtitle |
| Beffore (our app) | $29.99, 3-day free trial | finished tasks open your apps |
| Freedom | $39.99 (Freedom Yearly Subscription) | not checked for this post |
| ClearSpace | $44.99 (Premium, Annual) | exercise to earn scrolling time |
| BePresent | $59.99 (Annual) | not checked for this post |
| Opal | $99.99 (Yearly Plan) | schedules and focus sessions |
ScreenZen is the free pick, and whether ScreenZen is safe and really free covers its tips-only model. If one sec's single free app is enough for you, whether one sec is free walks through what pro adds.
Unrot is the closest in spirit, since it also frames screen time as something you earn; what Unrot costs and whether it is free sorts out its many tiers. At the top of the range, what Opal costs and who it suits explains its plans.
Is there a task-based option instead of exercise?
Beffore is our app. Beffore, an iPhone app, is a to-do list that unlocks your screen time: you add today's tasks, choose the apps to lock and how much time each day, and finishing tasks opens that time. You pick whether it opens a slice per finished task or all at once when the list is done, as how it works shows.
Locks are defaults, never walls. The block screen offers "Unlock for 5 min", and a limit can be opened with "Open until midnight" from its own screen. There is no account. Other apps built around tasks are compared in apps that lock your apps until you finish tasks.
If exercise is the step that works for you, ClearSpace is the better pick. If you want today's work to come first, Beffore fits.
Beffore costs $29.99 a year in the US, as of October 2026, or $9.99 a week with no trial. Against the yearly Premium plan in the first table, that is $15.00 less a year.
Get Beffore on the App Store. Beffore needs a subscription after setup; the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial.
FAQ
Can you use ClearSpace for free?
You can download it for free. Its listing sells ClearSpace Premium and does not spell out what stays open without it, so install it and see what you get before the paywall.
Is there a free app like ClearSpace?
No free app on this list uses exercise. The closest free option is ScreenZen, which puts a growing wait before an app opens; Apple's Screen Time is free and already on your iPhone.
Is ClearSpace a good app?
It is well rated, at 4.7 from 8.9K ratings on the US App Store as of 14 October 2026. Whether it is good for you comes down to whether an exercise step is the kind of pause that works for you.
Does ClearSpace have a free trial?
Its listing, as read on 14 October 2026, names the Annual and Monthly Premium plans and their prices; a trial is not among the rows we could verify. Check the paywall in the app for the current offer.
