Scroll Patrol
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Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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Scroll Patrol puts the apps you lose hours to behind a workout.
Pick the apps that pull you in. They stay locked until you have minutes to spend on them — and the only way to get minutes is to move.
EARN TIME WITH YOUR BODY
Push-ups, squats, jumping jacks and planks are counted by your camera, automatically, while you move. Prop your phone up, start a set, and watch the count climb. No wearable, no manual logging, no honour system.
Prefer to walk? Scroll Patrol reads your steps and distance from Apple Health and turns them into minutes too. That happens in the background — no workout to start.
SPEND IT WHERE IT MATTERS
Earned minutes go into one balance. You decide which app gets them. Give Instagram fifteen minutes, keep the rest for later, or spend the lot in one go.
SEE WHAT'S LEFT
Every patrolled app shows how much time it has remaining, and warns you a minute before it locks. Adding time tops up what is already there rather than starting over.
WHEN TIME RUNS OUT
The app locks. Open Scroll Patrol, earn more, and allocate it. Everything resets at midnight, so each day starts honest.
BUILT TO STAY ON YOUR PHONE
There is no account, no sign-up and no server. Camera frames are analysed on device and never recorded, saved or sent anywhere. Your exercise history, your Health data and your app choices stay on your phone. We have nothing to sell because we collect nothing.
Scroll Patrol uses Apple's Screen Time and Family Controls APIs to lock apps, and Apple Health to read steps and walking distance. Both require your permission, and both can be turned off at any time.
Ratings & Reviews
Scroll Patrol has been entirely rebuilt!
EXERCISE DETECTION, REDONE
Rep counting no longer uses a third-party service. It now runs entirely on your device using Apple's Vision framework — faster, private, and free of any external dependency. Push-ups, squats, jumping jacks and planks are supported, each with a guided setup step so the camera can actually see you before counting starts.
SEE YOUR TIME RUNNING DOWN
Patrolled apps now show how many minutes they have left, with a warning a minute before they lock.
ADDING TIME NOW ADDS
Giving an app more time tops up whatever is already there instead of replacing it. The screen shows the sum as you go: what is left, what you are adding, and what the app ends up with.
A NEW LOOK
Every screen has been redesigned around one idea — your balance is the number that matters. The whole app now supports Dynamic Type, so it finally respects your text size setting.
FIXES
• Fixed minute accounting that could charge you twice, or not at all
• Fixed streaks counting a day you had skipped
• Fixed exercise history being lost in some cases
• Corrected the plank reward rate display
The developer, Ouroboros Technologies, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Ouroboros Technologies, LLC
- Size
- 5.9 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ouroboros Technologies LLC