CLUSTER WEBSITES-DISTRACTING-FOCUS · 157 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-12-15
App blockers & screen time limiters
This cluster comprises 41 products focused on blocking distracting apps and websites, scheduling focus sessions, and tracking screen time to help users reduce digital distractions. Dated entries begin in April 2014 and increase gradually over the years, with the highest monthly counts occurring in late 2025 and early 2026. On traction, umbra leads with 8 stars, while the next highest show 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 19 unlabelled
Operator · 4 indie · 6 commercial · 10 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 101Screen Time Control: Anchor0★4 moliveindieApp that schedules blocking of distracting apps and offers manual focus sessions with usage insights to help users reduce screen time.
- 102Commercial: ScreenTime Control0★1 moliveindieScreen time app that blocks distracting apps until users watch a chosen number of ads, with customizable unlock limits to build disciplined phone habits.
- 103Limit – Control the Scroll0★4 molivecommercialScreen time app that blocks distracting apps by default and keeps them locked for the rest of the day after a set daily time budget is exceeded.
- 104Screen Time Control・App Block0★4 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps and notifications so users can focus during work or study sessions.
- 105Sandflow: Screen Time Control0★4 moliveiOS app that tracks app usage and displays a stopwatch on the Dynamic Island to help users limit screen time.
- 106Rotcut: Screen Time Control0★4 moliveScreen time app that blocks distracting apps and lets users unlock them by completing focus tasks to earn energy points.
- 107touch grass: screen time limit0★4 molivehand-codedcommercialiOS app that blocks distracting apps until the user photographs real grass, encouraging outdoor breaks and mindful phone use.
- 108LockBuddy: Screen Time Lock0★3 moliveindieApp that enforces self-set screen time limits by blocking apps and allows a guardian to hold a local code for protected changes.
- 109Screen Time App Limit0★4 moliveUtility app that enforces daily usage limits, launch counts, and schedules for selected apps to help users manage screen time.
- 110Cape: App to Pause Excess0★4 molivecommercialApp that pauses access to distracting apps after time limits, adding mindful pauses and schedules to reduce impulsive usage.
- 111Hyud - Screen Time & Focus0★4 moliveApp that blocks distracting apps and websites during timed or geofenced focus sessions, sets daily allowances, and tracks screen time usage.
- 112ClearMind: Screen Time Control0★4 molivecommercialDevice control app that lets users choose allowed apps and schedule distraction periods instead of focus periods.
- 113Screen Time Blocker: Focus0★3 molivecommercialApp that blocks distracting apps during set hours and uses Pomodoro timers to improve focus and reduce smartphone use.
- 114Luvu: Screen Time Control0★5 moliveEmotional screen time control app that blocks distracting apps, enforces focus sessions, negotiates with users, and rewards mindful usage.
- 115Intentional: Screen Time Ctrl0★5 moliveindieScreen time control app that adds a pause before opening distracting apps and enforces time limits to help users reclaim hours from phone use.
- 116Screen Time Control - Vow0★5 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps during focus sessions and helps users set daily time-reclaim goals.
- 117Screen Time Control-Focus Time0★5 moliveApp that helps manage screen time using timers, simulated lock screens, app blocking, decision challenges, reaction training, and eye-care features.
- 118Stepaway: Screen Time Control0★6 molivecommercialScreen time app that sets daily limits, schedules focus sessions, and tracks usage to help users build better habits around distracting apps.
- 119Yarn: Screen Time Journal0★6 mostaleliveScreen time intervention app that requires journaling to unlock distracting apps, featuring AI prompts and bedtime boundaries.
- 120Borrow: Screen Time Control0★6 mostaleliveScreen-time control app that enforces a daily usage budget, blocks apps in focus mode, and lets users borrow time with reason prompts.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.