Activate Fitness - Screen Time
Earn Screen Time. Stay Active.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: Activate Fitness now works for you, your kids, or your whole family. Earn screen time through steps and Apple Watch rings — set your own goals, block your own apps.
Turn movement into screen time — for yourself, your kids, or your whole family.
Activate Fitness flips screen-time management on its head. Instead of punishing you for picking up your phone, it rewards you for staying active. Hit your step goal or close your Apple Watch ring, and you earn access to the apps you've chosen to lock. Run out of earned time, and those apps lock again until you move.
It works two ways — and you choose:
FOR YOURSELF
Set your own step goal, pick the apps you want to earn back, and let Activate Fitness hold you to it. Use it as a commitment device: your distracting apps stay locked until you've done the activity you set for yourself. Switch into Active Mode when you're ready to earn, and back to Admin Mode (PIN-protected) whenever you need to adjust.
FOR YOUR FAMILY
Set activity goals for each child, choose which apps unlock with earned time, and let physical activity — not nagging — decide screen time. Kids earn their own minutes by hitting step goals, so you're not the bad guy. Pair a child's device in minutes with a secure code.
HOW IT WORKS
• Choose a step goal (for example, 1,000 steps = 10 minutes)
• Pick the apps or whole categories to lock
• Move — steps are tracked through Apple Health or your Apple Watch
• Earn minutes automatically as goals are hit
• Apps lock again when earned time runs out
APPLE WATCH RING BONUS
Close your Exercise ring and earn a bonus block of screen time on top of your step goals. A reward for the days you go the extra mile.
BUILT-IN SCHEDULES
Set bedtime and focus-hour lockouts that apply no matter how much time has been earned — for you or for your kids.
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
See steps, goals met, and screen-time trends over time, so you can watch healthier habits build.
PRIVACY FIRST
We don't sell data, use third-party tracking, or show ads. Ever. Your information — and your family's — stays private and secure. Activity data is used only to run the app's core feature: turning your movement into earned screen time.
Activate Fitness is free to download and use.
Note: Screen-time enforcement uses Apple's Family Controls and Screen Time frameworks. As with all apps built on these frameworks, some behavior is governed by iOS and is subject to Apple's platform rules.
Questions? Contact andrew.armour@activatefitnessapp.com
Privacy Policy & Terms: https://activatefitnessapp.com
Ratings & Reviews
Activate Fitness is now for everyone — not just families.
• NEW: Set up a profile for yourself and earn your own screen time through activity
• NEW: Switch between Active Mode (earn and use your time) and Admin Mode (manage settings), protected by your Admin PIN
• NEW: Apple Watch ring bonus — close your Exercise ring for extra screen time
• Activity Goal Generator now recommends a goal based on your recent activity
• More reliable goal awards and widget updates
• Refreshed setup and clearer wording throughout
As always — free, no ads, no data selling.
The developer, ATA IT Services, LLC, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ATA IT Services, LLC
- Size
- 55.8 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- This app has an age rating of 9+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Parental Controls
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2016 ATA IT Services, LLC
