Pull to Refresh: Screen Time

Name: Pull to Refresh: Screen Time
Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Author: Ivan Chernoknizhnikov

App blocker: do reps to unlock

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

8 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Ivan Chernoknizhnikov
Language

EN
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Size

5.2
MB

iPhone

Pull to refresh. Actually pull. Pick the apps that eat your day, give them an allowance, and when it runs out they lock. To get back in, you do reps. The camera counts them on your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps. Instagram, TikTok, X, games — whatever you actually lose hours to. 2. Set the allowance. So many minutes a day, a few minutes an hour, or nothing at all. 3. Run out, and they shut. 4. Do a set. Push-ups, sit-ups, squats, pull-ups or jumping jacks. 5. Spend what you earned, on whichever app you were reaching for. THE COUNTING IS HONEST Reps are scored from your body's joint positions, not from your phone shaking in a pocket. A rep only counts on a full movement — down to depth and back — so half-reps score nothing, and the app tells you why instead of leaving you guessing. Shaking the phone pays exactly zero. Time is measured in real use of those apps, not on a clock. Put the phone down mid-scroll and the minutes you paid for are still there. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE Pose detection runs on the device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded, and there is no account to make. iOS hands the app opaque tokens rather than names, so it can tell that you picked an app — never what you do inside it. IT COUNTS TWICE Finished sets can be saved to Health as workouts, so reps done here go to your Move ring and show up in Fitness with everything else. RACE SOMEONE Put your reps on a public board and chase a friend. Opt-in, under any name you like, and leaving deletes your row. PRO Free covers a whole working loop: one group of apps on a daily allowance, every exercise, rep counting, Health and the leaderboard. Forever. Pro makes the lock harder — it never makes it softer: - Strict mode. A rule you cannot switch off the moment you want to. Changing it costs a cooling-off period first, which is exactly when you would have caved. - Minutes per hour. Short check-ins instead of one long sitting. - As many rules as you like, with different limits for different apps. - Your whole history, with streaks. Money never buys screen time here. Only reps do that. Pro is a subscription, renewing until cancelled, or a one-off payment for good. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. WORTH KNOWING Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. You will be asked to grant it on first launch, and the camera when you do your first set. Deleting the app removes every lock, whatever you have bought — this is a speed bump you chose, not a cage. Privacy Policy - https://ef03b566.pull-to-refresh.pages.dev/privacy EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

8 Ratings

Finally, something that works
Sep 23
parrie*thundermanmjwmiah
I've tried a bunch of screen time apps but this one is different. The way it locks apps after your allowance and makes you do exercises to get more time is pretty clever. I appreciate the effort the developers put into the rep detection - it doesn’t cheat you out of a proper workout. Keeps me moving and off the endless scroll. Hope they keep improving it!
Finally, something that works
Sep 23
parrie*thundermanmjwmiah

I've tried a bunch of screen time apps but this one is different. The way it locks apps after your allowance and makes you do exercises to get more time is pretty clever. I appreciate the effort the developers put into the rep detection - it doesn’t cheat you out of a proper workout. Keeps me moving and off the endless scroll. Hope they keep improving it!
Gotta hand it to the devs
Sep 23
Lawrene Abramcikysjvs
This app really flips the script on screen time management. I love how you actually have to do reps to earn more minutes – it’s like a workout and a time-out all in one. The devs put some real thought into not just locking apps but making it honest with the rep counting. Props to them for creating something that keeps me honest and active!
Gotta hand it to the devs
Sep 23
Lawrene Abramcikysjvs

This app really flips the script on screen time management. I love how you actually have to do reps to earn more minutes – it’s like a workout and a time-out all in one. The devs put some real thought into not just locking apps but making it honest with the rep counting. Props to them for creating something that keeps me honest and active!

Steps can buy minutes now, if you want them to. Choose easy mode and 1,000 steps are worth three minutes, up to thirty a day. Reps have no cap, and they are still the only way past it. The screen stays awake while the camera is counting. A set used to end because the phone locked itself mid-push-up. Every exercise opens on the front camera, and switching between them is instant. Built for iOS 26: the icon, the buttons and the tab bar are made of Liquid Glass. A rule on Today now opens for editing from there, the paywall shows its prices without scrolling, and a subscription can be managed from inside the app.

Version 1.4 Sep 26

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Seller: Ivan Chernoknizhnikov
Size: 5.2 MB
Category: Productivity
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.
Languages: English and 5 more

English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Pro Forever $49.99

Monthly $12.99

Yearly $44.99

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