FocusFlow: Earn Your Scroll
Screen Time & App Blocker
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your apps stay locked until you finish what you actually need to do.
FocusFlow is a different kind of screen time app. Most blockers let you tap "ignore limit" and carry on scrolling. FocusFlow makes you earn it. Add a task, do it, take a photo as proof, and AI checks the photo really shows the work. Verified work earns scroll time. Nothing else unlocks your apps.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick the apps that eat your day. Instagram, TikTok, X, games, anything.
2. Add today's tasks. Homework, gym, laundry, whatever you keep putting off.
3. Finish one and snap a photo. The AI checks it against the task.
4. Earn minutes. Your apps unlock, and the time counts down while you use them.
5. Hit zero and they lock again, even with FocusFlow closed.
WHY IT WORKS
A limit you can dismiss is a suggestion. Apple's own Screen Time puts "Ignore Limit" one tap away, and everyone taps it. FocusFlow replaces that tap with doing the thing you were avoiding. The friction is the point.
FEATURES
Photo verification, so finishing means finishing.
Reward time that counts down only while you are in the apps you picked.
Blockout schedules for class, work, practice or bedtime, when nothing unlocks.
Daily limits per app or per group, on top of earned time.
An emergency override with a wait and a log, for when you genuinely need in.
Imports from Reminders and your calendar, so school assignments become tasks automatically.
A morning notification with the day's tasks, an evening nudge to plan tomorrow, and a warning before your minutes run out.
Your own history: tasks finished, time earned, time spent.
A leaderboard with friends, showing tasks done and minutes kept. Never what the tasks were.
FREE
FocusFlow is free. Every feature is included and there is nothing to buy.
PRIVACY
FocusFlow does not sell your data, does not run ads and has no analytics. Your proof photos are used to check the task and nothing else. Apple's Screen Time keeps your app usage private, even from us. We can block an app without ever learning which one it is.
Built by a student who lost five hours a day to his phone.
Requires iPhone and Screen Time permission.
Small improvements and fixes.
• Enjoying FocusFlow? After a few finished tasks you can rate it right from the app, and there's a Rate button in Settings any time.
• Behind-the-scenes fixes to keep your limits and earned minutes accurate.
Thanks for using FocusFlow. Tell us what you think at support@getfocusflow.app.
The developer, Spencer Lay, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Spencer Lay
- Size
- 2.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Spencer Lay
