ScreenGuard: Focus & Restraint
Lock apps. Take calm breaks.
Free · In‑App Purchases
A whole new look, with Gardi drawn live in ink. New Strict mode: a lock you can't end early. Now on iPad too, with iCloud sync between your own devices.
Take back your attention, without fighting your phone.
ScreenGuard locks the apps that pull you in, gives you short, mindful breaks when you need them, and shows you how much time you're winning back. No account, no ads, and your data stays private.
LOCKS, YOUR WAY
• A lock is a group of apps and when they're locked. Three kinds, one simple list:
• For a set time: lock apps now for as long as you like, or automatically at set times, like during work or before bed.
• All the time: apps stay locked all day, with short Breaks when you really need one and free times like lunch.
• Daily time limit: one shared amount of time per day for a group of apps, like 1 hour for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube together. When it's used up, they're locked until midnight.
• Strict mode (Pro): a lock you can't end early, pause, weaken or take a Break from until it ends by itself. For locks with an end time, up to 24 hours.
• Running locks sit at the top; overlapping locks show as one card.
• Share locks with friends by AirDrop, Messages or WhatsApp: they get the times and settings and pick their own apps.
• Using an iPad too? Turn on iCloud sync and your locks and days off appear on all your devices, apps included.
• Pomodoro rounds for deep work with planned breaks.
• Link ScreenGuard to your Focus modes: when Sleep or Work turns on, your apps are locked, on your iPhone and iPad together.
• Days off and holidays pause your locks, without breaking your streak.
BREAKS THAT DON'T SPIRAL
• Need an app? Take a short Break after a 10-second breathing pause, right from the locked-app screen.
• A daily number of Breaks keeps "just one more" in check.
• Earn a few minutes with push-ups, counted live by your camera.
• Open a locked app again and again? Each try adds a longer pause.
A COACH THAT KNOWS YOUR PATTERNS
• Your coach note looks at your own history: your weekly trend, your strongest day, the hour your locks slip, and when the pull is strongest.
• It ends with one suggestion you can act on in the app.
SEE YOUR PROGRESS
• A daily Focus Score explained with clear charts, plus streaks that reward consistency.
• Time Reclaimed: how much Focus you gained this week, ready to share.
• See when you reach for locked apps most, and which ones.
• Smart Insights suggest a schedule for your danger hours, a lock length you'll keep and a number of Breaks that fits.
CALM BY DESIGN, ON iPHONE AND iPAD
• Warm paper, serif type and a dusk sky, with Gardi, the royal guard, drawn live in ink.
• Themes color the app, your widgets, the Live Activity and the locked-app screen. Pick one of four app icons.
• On iPad: Today and Insights in two columns, your locks in a grid, and Settings like the Settings app.
• Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your lock at a glance, with a quiet ring instead of a ticking timer.
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (large and extra-large on iPad), a Control Center button and Siri: "Start Focus in ScreenGuard".
• 20-20-20 eye-break reminders.
• In English, German, French and Italian.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
ScreenGuard uses Apple's Screen Time framework. No account, no tracking, no ads, no ScreenGuard server. Your data stays on your devices; if you turn on iCloud sync, your locks and days off are kept in your own iCloud.
SCREENGUARD PRO
Free includes 1 lock (at set times or all the time) and 1 daily time limit. Pro unlocks unlimited locks, lock times and daily time limits, Strict mode, all insights and the weekly report, all themes and app icons, and more. Choose monthly or yearly (new subscribers start with a 1-week free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://afmartin98.github.io/screenguard/privacy.html
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• A complete new look: warm paper, serif type and a dusk sky on Today, with Gardi, the royal guard, drawn live in ink.
• New: Strict mode (Pro). Once a strict lock starts, you can't end it early, pause it, weaken it or take a Break from it until it ends by itself. For locks with an end time, up to 24 hours.
• ScreenGuard now runs on iPad, made for the big screen: Today and Insights in two columns, your locks in a grid, and Settings like the Settings app.
• Sync your locks and days off with iCloud: turn it on in Settings on each device, and they appear on your iPhone and iPad, apps included. To lock both at once, add ScreenGuard as a filter to a Focus mode.
• A new app icon: a brass key whose bow is Gardi. Choose from four icons in Settings › Colors & Icon (two free, two with Pro).
• Themes now also color your widgets, the Live Activity and the locked-app screen.
• A clearer Locks tab: running locks at the top, always-on locks shown as running, and overlapping locks combined into one card.
• A shorter setup, new large widgets, and a calmer Dynamic Island with a ring instead of a ticking timer.
• Fixes and smaller improvements.
The developer, Martin Affolter, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Martin Affolter
- Size
- 29.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Italian
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- ScreenGuard Pro Lifetime $99.99
- Pro Version $29.99
- Pro Version $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Martin Affolter
