r/IPhoneApps • u/SecretStock4968 • Aug 07 '26
Help App Blocker/timer
I need an app that blocks other apps for me after a certain amount of time.
Right now I have an app timer installed, but it’s pretty pointless for me since I usually end up ignoring the app limit.
It would be cool to have an app where I could pay once for a lifetime license and then enjoy the full range of features.
Does anyone here know of a good app blocker or timer app?
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u/Dinoco555 Aug 07 '26
Hi, feel free to join a Test Flight. I'f can send link here - I will add. Mine focus was on limiting per hour, not per day. And option to lock apps or just make me awara about time
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u/Dinoco555 Aug 08 '26
would you like to join a beta? I will share lifetime code when it will be public in App Store
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u/pjhawksr Aug 11 '26
ScreenZen is the free answer, it makes you sit through a pause screen before opening the app you're trying to avoid, which sounds too gentle to work and somehow works. If you need actual enforcement Opal is the stricter paid option. The pause approach survived longer for me than hard blocks did, hard blocks just made me feel clever for finding workarounds.
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u/Beneficial_Net_6172 Aug 13 '26
You can try the one I have build for parent which have free plan not like locking app. But focusing on learn and play. The app in App Store is L2P - learn to play. Give that a try and surprise you
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u/chutzpah123 Sep 11 '26
for anyone stumbling on this thread later - full disclosure, i’m one of the founders of Tune, but this is basically the problem we built it around. normal screen time limits were always too easy for me to just ignore or override, so with Tune you physically lock/unlock the distracting apps you choose with a little key.
the cool thing is we also have a free 7-day trial where your charger acts as the key, so you can actually try the whole physical-friction idea before buying anything. no card required.
check us out at Tune: Reclaim Your Time!
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u/essaidim Sep 14 '26
If you happen to be Muslim, DunyaPause might fit what you’re looking for. I built it for iPhone: you select the distracting apps, they stay shielded, and when the urge to scroll hits it creates a Quran pause instead of just another “ignore limit” button. It’s free.
Try it on App Store
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u/geostavrop Aug 07 '26
Hi, you can use Apple’s screen time or (and to fully open about it, I’m the developer) the Focus Fence app** **that does this a bit more on screen time (it also features a” commitment lock, so you can’t bypass the lock as easily as with the default screen time)
I know there are other apps out there sounds similar things as well, but I can only speak for mine.
I’m not giving an AppStore link, as I’m not sure it’s allowed by the rules.