← Settings

🔒 Manual Blocking

This app tracks your progress and tells you when you've earned screen time. To add a real enforcement layer, set up your phone's built-in Screen Time or Digital Wellbeing controls with a passcode you won't easily remember.

1

Open Settings → Screen Time

If Screen Time is off, tap "Turn On Screen Time" then "This is My iPhone".

2

Set a Screen Time Passcode

Tap "Use Screen Time Passcode" and set a 4-digit code. Ask someone you trust to set it for you — or set it yourself and immediately forget it by looking away after typing it once.

3

App Limits → Add Limit

Tap "App Limits" → "Add Limit". Choose "Social Networking" (or pick specific apps). Set the daily limit to 1 minute — effectively zero usable time.

4

Enable "Block at End of Limit"

On the App Limit screen, toggle ON "Block at End of Limit". This prevents skipping the limit with a tap.

5

When you earn screen time

Go to Settings → Screen Time → App Limits → tap your limit → "Delete Limit". After your allowed window, re-add the limit and reset the passcode.

Better option: Ask an accountability partner (spouse, friend, pastor) to hold the Screen Time passcode. You tell them "I've earned it" → they temporarily remove the limit for you → you thank them. This adds a human element that software alone can't replicate.