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title: "Unlockr: Earn Your Screen Time – App Blocker for iPhone"
source: https://unlockr.space/
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NEW IN 1.2 Rules, Math and Memory ↗
# Less autopilot.More real life.
Your next scroll starts with a small win. Lock distracting apps, take a movement or mind challenge, and earn your way back in.
Download on theApp Store Find your challenge ↗
- Made for iPhone
- iOS 18+
- On-device camera counting
A little effort. A better kind of break. ✳A small win first.Then the scroll. Actual app UI · sample data Move your bodyWake up your mindMake the scroll a choiceSquatsMathMemoryA well-earned break Move your bodyWake up your mindMake the scroll a choiceSquatsMathMemoryA well-earned break
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## Where the time goes. And how to take it back.
BREAK THE LOOP
## One small pause. A different next move.
You know that “just a quick look” feeling. Put something worthwhile between the impulse and the app.
- 01
### Pick what pulls you in.
Choose the apps you want a little distance from, and give each rule its own hours and challenge.
- 02
### Do a little. Earn a little.
Squat, hold a plank, or try a Math or Memory round. Finish the challenge to earn app time.
- 03
### Enjoy the break you chose.
Minutes count down while you use the protected app. Put your phone down and they pause. Unused minutes reset at midnight.
YOUR EFFORT. YOUR WAY.
## How will you earn your next break?
Move when you can. Think when you can’t. Math and Memory sit alongside camera-counted movement, so there is always a way in.
10 questions→10 minutes
A quick mental reset. Solve a short round of arithmetic before heading back to your app. No camera needed.
Push-ups and Plank are available, too. Example rule; set your own target and reward in the app. Movement earns 5–60 minutes; mind challenges earn 5–15.
Need a softer start? A minute of guided breathing adds 5 minutes, once a day.
A FRESH START, BUILT IN
## Your day has a rhythm. Your rules should, too.
New in 1.2: rules that fit your day, a warmer Home, and progress that feels good to come back to.
01 / MAKE IT YOURS
### Work hours. Wind-down hours. Your hours.
Set the apps, schedule, challenge and reward for each rule. Start with one rule and one app free; Premium supports up to 8 rules.
02 / SEE THE SMALL WINS
### A little today. Look what it adds up to.
Follow your earned minutes, completed challenges and weekly progress. Your streak counts a challenge completed, not another app opened.
ALWAYS GETTING BETTER
### A new look. More ways to earn.
See everything new in 1.2, including light and dark appearance.
See what’s changing ↗
Private by design
## The camera never leaves the room.
Counting reps needs a camera. It does not need a server.
### Frames stay on device
Pose detection runs through Apple's Vision framework on your iPhone. No frame is saved or uploaded.
### Your app list stays private
Apple hands your choices to Unlockr as opaque tokens. They cannot be read back into app names.
### No ads
No advertising and no ad tracking. Math, Memory and Breathe work without camera access at all.
Read the privacy policy
Pricing
## One app is a great place to start.
Start free with one rule and one protected app. Upgrade when you want more. The App Store shows your local price before purchase.
Free
$0
- One rule protecting one app
- Any challenge, with your own target and reward
- Schedules, streak and stats
- Daily Breathe bonus
Premium
$2.92 / month, billed yearly
- Protect multiple apps, whole categories and websites
- Up to 8 rules for different times of day
- If Premium ends, your rules stay saved
$34.99 / year3-day free trial for eligible users
$5.99 / monthNo trial
$2.99 / weekNo trial
$69.99 onceLifetime, no renewal
Prices in US dollars; the App Store shows the price for your country before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage them in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase.
From the App Store
## What people are saying.
★★★★★
> Really help me reduce screen time 🥹
★★★★★
> Very helpful app. Should use this to improve your health and reduce using your phone every day.
★★★★★
> This app is very useful. It offers different ways to improve your health, and it also helps curb overusing your phone for entertainment.
★★★★★
> Really suited to helping cut down daily phone use.
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Straight answers
## Questions people actually ask.
Still stuck? Support has setup and troubleshooting, or see why Unlockr is different.
**Q:** Is there an app that makes you exercise before you can open other apps?
Yes, that is how Unlockr works. Pick the apps that take up your day and set when they lock. Opening one shows a shield instead, and a quick set of squats, push-ups or a plank earns time back. The camera counts reps on your iPhone and nothing is recorded. What the research says about exercise and screen time.
**Q:** Do I have to exercise to unlock my apps?
No. Each rule can use Math questions or Memory rounds instead, and neither needs the camera. Mind challenges earn up to 15 minutes, so movement stays the better deal. A one-minute breathing session on Home also adds 5 minutes once a day.
**Q:** Does the earned time keep running when I lock my phone?
No. Earned minutes count down only while you are using the protected app, not while the phone is locked or you are in another app. Unused minutes reset at midnight.
**Q:** Is the camera recording me?
No. Pose detection runs through Apple's Vision framework on your iPhone. Frames are processed in memory, never saved and never uploaded.
**Q:** Is Unlockr free?
You can start free with one rule protecting one app, with any challenge, a schedule, your streak and stats. Premium adds more apps, whole categories, websites and up to 8 rules. Weekly, monthly, yearly and one-time Lifetime options are available, and eligible users can try yearly free for 3 days.
**Q:** How do I set it up?
Install Unlockr, allow Screen Time access, then create a rule: choose the apps, the hours they lock, the challenge and how many minutes it earns. From then on, opening one of those apps during its hours shows a shield with one button to start the challenge.
## Your next small win starts here.
One minute of intention can change the next hour.
Download on theApp Store
Built for iPhone · iOS 18 and later · What’s new in 1.2