Comparison
Best app blockers for iPhone in 2026
Fourteen iPhone app blockers sorted by how their friction actually works, prices checked September 2026. Written by the people who make one of them.
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Writing about screen time, app blocking and habits
Guides on blocking apps, cutting screen time and building habits on iPhone, from the studio that makes Habit Hound. Plain writing, no invented numbers.
How to
How to block apps on iPhone until your tasks are done
Four ways to keep apps locked until your to-do list or habits are done on iPhone, what Screen Time can and cannot do, and how to pick between them.
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Screen time
How to block Instagram and TikTok at night on iPhone
Set a nightly block for Instagram, TikTok and the rest on iPhone, with Screen Time Downtime and with a third-party blocker. Includes the failure modes.
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Screen time
How Screen Time app blocking really works on iPhone
What Screen Time actually does when it blocks an app, why Ignore Limit undoes your limits, and the 15-minute floor that shapes every iPhone app blocker.
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