At set hours
Weekdays 9 to 5, evenings after dinner, a late-night cutoff. Every day can have its own hours.
Block the apps that steal your focus.
ZeroPhone blocks them at the hours and places you choose, from the office to the gym. Go strict, and even you can’t get back in.
You pick up your phone to check the time. Twenty minutes later, you’re still scrolling.
Screen Time limits don’t stop it: one tap on “Ignore Limit” and you’re back in. ZeroPhone keeps you from doomscrolling.
Blocking that starts without you.
Set it once. No remembering to turn it on, and no talking yourself out of it in the moment.
At set places
Add your office, the library, or the gym. Apps lock when you arrive and unlock when you leave, even with ZeroPhone closed.
Choose how hard it is to get back in.
Start gentle. Turn it up the first time you catch yourself cheating.
Hand the code to someone else
A partner, parent, or friend sets a passcode. Without them, you can’t pause blocking or change what’s blocked.
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Pick your way back in
Wait out a countdown, tap dozens of times, finish an activity, or ask for the code.
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Your reason, on every block screen
Write down why you’re cutting back. You’ll read it each time you reach for a blocked app.
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Watch the habit fade
See how often you reach for blocked apps and how much time they still get, day by day.
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Block right now
Hours haven’t started yet? One tap blocks everything straight away.
Locked mode. No way back in.
For when a nudge isn’t enough. Turn on Locked mode and blocked apps stay shut until your blocking hours end or you leave the place.
- No unlock button on the block screen
- No pausing or switching blocking off
- No changing the settings until the block ends
- One exit for real emergencies: a 15-minute unlock, once every 7 days.
Screen time you have to earn.
Choose Earn time as your way back in, and a blocked app opens only after you finish something real: a walk, a workout, a chapter of a book.
Plus a calm home screen
A short, quiet set of the apps you actually need, with the time and weather on top. Nothing colorful begging for a tap.
Your setup never leaves your phone.
No account, no ads, no tracking. What you block, earn, and set up stays on your iPhone.
Read the privacy policy →Questions
Can’t I just switch it off?
In the gentler modes, yes, but it takes a deliberate choice. If you want no way out, give the passcode to someone else or turn on Locked mode. Then nothing switches blocking off until the block ends.
Does blocking by place track where I go?
No. All processing happens locally on your iPhone. Your places are saved only on your phone, and your iPhone tells ZeroPhone when you arrive at or leave one of them. Your location is never sent to us or anyone else. Blocking places need location access set to Always, so blocking can switch on even while the app is closed.
What if I really need an app in Locked mode?
You get one emergency unlock every 7 days. It opens your blocked apps for 15 minutes, then the block continues.
Which iPhones does it work on?
Any iPhone running iOS 17.4 or later.
Get your focus back.