A simple, affordable iOS blocker that helps people interrupt compulsive app use and protect focus sessions without accounts, ads, or social features.
Added Jul 13, 2026
Medium opportunity (65%)
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People trying to reduce doomscrolling and phone addiction find built-in iOS Screen Time too easy to bypass. Existing third-party blockers that work are often expensive, bloated, or overbuilt for users who just want app limits, focus sessions, and friction at the moment of temptation. Several builders are independently launching similar tools, suggesting clear consumer demand but also a crowded app-store category.
Build a narrow iOS product focused on one job: help users block or interrupt distracting apps and websites during chosen times, locations, or focus sessions. The first version should avoid social features and heavy analytics, emphasizing local privacy, simple setup, low price, and reliable Apple Screen Time / Family Controls integration. Differentiation can come from interruption-based blocking, location-aware sessions, and optional break reminders rather than another generic screen-time dashboard.
Apple Screen Time APIs? and Family Controls make deeper blocking possible, but implementation remains hard enough to create execution barriers. At the same time, users are actively seeking cheaper, simpler alternatives to $100/year focus apps.
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MOST EFFECTIVE SCREEN TIME APP! No Scroll is the reason why my screen time went from 8 hours a day to only 2 hours 🙌 I’ve tried a bunch of different screen time apps, but none of them were able to stop my doomscrolling. It adds just enough friction to stop doomscrolling while still allowing me to use my apps! I’m so glad I found this app because I finally have more time for the things I care about instead of scrolling tiktoks.
Paid app There is no permanently free plan. It might be okay for you to spend $40 every year for this, but for me, a paid-only app is a dealbreaker.
Not effective I like the idea, but it’s not effective. There needs to be more options to make the control stricter. Why can’t I turn on the beast mode for scheduled time offs? Please work on adding more strict controls, maybe asking your “friend” for permission to unlock the app after certain amount of times etc
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