Focus Fence: App Blocker
Block apps by location
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Block distracting apps and websites at work, school, or home. Choose your places once, and Focus Fence turns on your rules when you arrive.
Block apps by location. Set it and forget it.
Focus Fence automatically blocks distracting apps and websites when you arrive at work, school, the gym, or home. Choose the places where you want to focus, and let your location activate your rules.
CHOOSE YOUR PLACES
Find a location on the map and adjust the boundary to fit. Your location rule turns on when you enter and stops applying when you leave. Add a schedule if you only need a fence during certain hours.
CHOOSE WHAT TO BLOCK
Block selected apps, websites, and categories, or allow only the essentials while a fence is active. Optional one-time app-to-website links let you include a service's website whenever its linked app is selected in a block-list mode. You choose the association, and can turn linked website blocking off for each mode.
YOUR IPHONE AND IPAD, YOUR CHOICE
Keep a separate setup on each device, or opt in to iCloud setup sync. Share modes, locations, schedules, typed website lists, and protection settings using the same iCloud account. Select blocked apps, grant permissions, and enable imported locations separately on each device. Each device applies its own rules based on its own location.
Your existing subscription or lifetime purchase works on iPhone and iPad with the same Apple Account for App Store purchases. Restore Purchases is available in Settings.
A CALMER HOME SCREEN, TOO
The minimalist launcher and Home Screen widgets keep Messages, Maps, Calendar, music, and your other essentials close. Put the apps you mean to use in a simple list.
A FRIENDLIER FIRST FENCE
Guided setup walks you through choosing a place, distractions, and permissions. Use Check my setup to record whether blocking and restored access worked for your fence. A local seven-day recap shows recorded fence activity, not time saved.
ROOM FOR REAL LIFE
Protection settings add friction to changing active rules. Limited Emergency Unblocks provide temporary access when you need an exception.
LOCAL BY DEFAULT
Focus Fence uses Apple's Screen Time controls and location permissions. Your rules stay on your device unless you choose iCloud setup sync. App-to-website links, Screen Time selections, and session history stay local. No separate Focus Fence account is required. Anonymous usage analytics help improve the app; see the privacy policy for details.
BUILT BY AN INDIE DEVELOPER
Hey, it's Dean. I built Focus Fence because I needed it myself. When you write in for support, you get me.
Download Focus Fence and put a boundary around distractions.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://getfocusfence.com/privacy/
Meet Focus Fence: a new name, a new icon, and a friendlier way to block distractions by location.
- A new guided setup helps you create your first fence, choose distractions, and understand permissions.
- Attention gremlins bring the new onboarding to life, with clearer layouts on iPhone and iPad.
- Fences now opens first. The optional minimalist launcher is still one tap away.
- Check your setup and see a local recap of when your fences were active.
- Native iPad support, including landscape layouts and resizable windows.
- Optional iCloud setup sync for places, schedules, typed websites, and protection settings. App selections and permissions stay separate on each device.
- Optional one-time app-to-website links and improved website address handling.
Your existing purchase still works. No new account is needed.
The developer, Dean Wahle, 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:
- Location
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Dean Wahle
- Size
- 9 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime $24.99
- Annual $14.99
- Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dean Wahle
