StepGate: Screen Time Control
App Blocker - Walk to Unlock
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Lock the apps you overuse until you've walked your steps. Pick your apps, set a daily step goal, and they stay blocked until you hit it. Built on Apple Screen Time.
Lock the apps you overuse until you've walked your steps.
HOW TO USE STEPGATE:
1) Pick the apps you want locked
2) Set your daily step goal
3) Walk. Hit the goal and they open*
A real lock on the apps you doomscroll — it lifts when you hit your steps. Your screen time is earned, not assumed.
Not a reminder you can swipe away. StepGate uses Apple's Screen Time to block them for real — a digital detox that costs a walk instead of willpower.
Your steps come from Apple Health, so the pedometer is already running. There's no account and no sign-up, and because you pick your apps in Apple's own picker, StepGate never sees which ones you chose.
Rest days, active hours and a pause switch are built in. Rigid systems get deleted.
Questions or ideas: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/support
NOTE: StepGate is a habit tool, not medical or fitness advice. Steps are read from Apple Health and Motion & Fitness (read-only). App blocking uses Apple's Family Controls framework with individual authorization — you managing yourself. Requires iOS 17 or later.
*STEPGATE PLUS IS REQUIRED TO GATE APPS. Already using StepGate before Plus existed? It stays free for you.
TERMS: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/terms
PRIVACY: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/privacy
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Polish and small fixes throughout, so StepGate stays out of your way until you've walked.
The developer, Kush Daga, 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:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- Kush Daga
- Size
- 16.9 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 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
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- StepGate Plus $2.99
- StepGate Plus $6.99
- StepGate Plus $39.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 MAD Apps