moss vs Clearspace
Pauses you before an app opens and lets you earn time with push-ups.
Checked 11 November 2026 against Clearspace Technologies, Inc.'s own pages. We make moss, so we have linked every source below.
What Clearspace is
Clearspace is an iPhone app that makes you pause before a chosen app opens and shows how many visits you have left for the day. You can earn more time with exercise, for example push-ups, or with a breathing exercise. It has focus schedules, streaks, friend challenges with a leaderboard, and accountability partners. Premium is a subscription: the App Store lists it at $6.99 a month and $44.99 a year among its options.
What moss is
moss is an iPhone app that comes with a small physical stone. You choose the apps that distract you, tap your phone on the stone, and those apps stay locked until you tap the stone again. People who live together can link their phones to share schedules and put their phones down at the same time, while each person keeps control of their own phone. Locking is free in the app, the stone is a one-time purchase, and the household features are a paid add-on.
Side by side
| Feature | moss | Clearspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | US$49 stone, free app | Premium subscription. App Store lists $6.99 a month and $44.99 a year |
| Subscription | None to lock your own phone. Household features are a paid add-on | Yes for Premium |
| Works on | iPhone only, iOS 17 or later | iPhone (iOS 16+) |
| How you lock | Tap the stone, or start from the app, a Shortcut, the lock screen or the Action Button. Schedules by day of week | Automatic pause and daily visit limits. Focus schedules |
| How you unlock | Tap the stone, in the app | Wait, breathe, or do push-ups |
| If you need back in | 3 emergency unlocks a month, refilled automatically | Not needed: you can earn your way in |
| Locking together as a household | Yes, as a paid add-on. Shared schedules, sessions others join in one tap, a view of whose phone is down, a streak. Nobody controls anyone else | Friend challenges, a leaderboard and accountability partners |
| Whose key opens your phone | Only your household's own stone, card and sprigs unlock your phones | No key |
Where Clearspace is better
- Turning scrolling into push-ups is a clever trade.
- Friend challenges and accountability partners.
- Nothing to buy or carry.
Where moss is better
- A lock you cannot exercise your way past.
- One purchase to lock your own phone, no subscription.
- Household sessions where everyone is in at once.
Who should pick which
Pick Clearspace if
You like the idea of earning screen time and want friends to keep you honest.
Pick moss if
You want set hours with the apps gone, shared with the people you live with.
Sources
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moss is a stone that locks the apps you choose.
Tap to lock, tap to unlock. One price, and locking needs no subscription.
