Norte builds your habits and blocks the apps that pull you away. Unblock one for 5 minutes and it blocks again the second the time is up.
Norte is a habit tracker and app blocker for iPhone. It helps you build daily habits and routines, block the apps and websites that eat your time, and see how much of your day you got back.
Go to the gym more, read every night, drink more water or sleep on time, while Norte keeps social media, short videos and games locked when you need to focus.
WHAT DOES NORTE DO?
• Habit tracker: check off daily habits, build streaks and see your progress across the whole year
• App and website blocker: block apps and sites on a schedule or with daily time limits, using Apple's Screen Time
• Focus reports: see your screen time every week, how often you tried to open blocked apps and how much time you saved
WHO IS NORTE FOR?
• People building better habits and a steady daily routine
• People with ADHD, or anyone who gets distracted easily and needs structure that doesn't depend on willpower
• Anyone stuck in doomscrolling who wants less screen time
• Students and remote workers who need real focus time, without feeds pulling them away
HOW DOES THE HABIT TRACKER WORK?
Add the habits you want to build, like exercise, reading, meditation, water or sleep. Check them off each day and watch your streak grow. Set reminders for the time that works for you, add a widget to your home screen, and look back at a year view of every day you showed up. Missed a day? Just pick it up again tomorrow.
HOW DOES THE APP BLOCKER WORK?
Pick the apps and websites that distract you the most, like Instagram, TikTok or YouTube. Then choose how Norte blocks them:
• Schedules: block social media during work, study time or before bed
• Daily limits: allow 30 minutes of an app, then it locks for the rest of the day
• Hard Mode: once a block starts, you can't turn it off early
Blocking runs on Apple's Screen Time, so it keeps working even when Norte is closed.
IS NORTE GOOD FOR ADHD?
Norte was designed with ADHD brains in mind. Blocks start on their own, so there's nothing to remember to switch on. Reminders nudge you at the right moment, and checking in takes a few taps a day. Norte isn't a medical app and doesn't replace treatment. It gives you outside structure so focus takes less effort.
CAN NORTE HELP ME STOP DOOMSCROLLING?
Yes. Set a daily limit or a schedule for the apps where you lose the most time, turn on Hard Mode, and the endless scroll is no longer one tap away. Your weekly report shows how many times you reached for your phone and how many hours you got back.
HOW DO I KNOW IT'S WORKING?
• Weekly focus reports with your screen time breakdown and usage patterns
• Blocked opens and time saved, week by week
• Streaks and a full year of habit progress in one view
IS MY DATA PRIVATE?
Yes. You don't need an account. Your habits stay on your iPhone and Norte doesn't sell your data. Screen Time data is handled by Apple and never leaves your device. You can back up and move everything to a new iPhone.
HOW DO I START?
1. Add the habits you want to build
2. Pick the apps and websites to block
3. Set a schedule or a daily limit, then go live your day
FREE AND NORTE PRO
Norte is free to start with 3 habits and 1 focus rule. Norte Pro unlocks unlimited habits, unlimited focus rules and every Pro feature, with monthly, yearly or lifetime plans.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://thenorte.app/privacy
This is the first focus app that truly changed my daily routine. I used to lose hours to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube without even noticing. Now, I plan my day around focused blocks and the app enforces them. The social media blocker is strict but fair: once a session starts, there’s no “just checking one message” loophole.What sets it apart is how it combines tracking and blocking in one place. I can see exactly how much time I’m saving, which apps steal my attention the most, and how my focus improves week by week. Really amazing!
Developer Response
thank you for you feedback, we are so happy to read it!!. Thats our motivation to launch new features and maintain this app up and running.
Norte's unblocks now end right on time, to the second.
FOCUS
In Focus, Norte's app blocker, an unblock ends the moment its countdown hits zero. The block screen comes back right then, whether you're still in the app, already left it, locked your iPhone or closed Norte. It never comes back early.
ALSO
• An app blocked by two rules shows once, with one unblock and one countdown.
• The minutes wheel unblocks for exactly the minutes it shows.
• Reaching a daily limit no longer cuts an open unblock short.
• Saving a rule while it's blocking no longer unblocks its apps.
Norte, the habit tracker and app blocker for iPhone, is free to start with 3 habits and 1 focus rule. Pro unlocks everything.
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Version 2.0.6
The developer, Matheus Seixeiro, 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 Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Purchases
Location
Usage Data
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Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Matheus Seixeiro
Size
73.8 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 9 more
English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese