ScreenGuard: Focus & Restraint
Block apps. Take calm breaks.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Lock the apps that pull you in: at set times, all day with short breaks, or with a daily limit. New: share your locks with friends. Everything stays private.
Take back your attention, without fighting your phone.
ScreenGuard locks the apps that pull you in, gives you short, mindful breaks when you need them, and shows you how much time you're winning back. Everything stays private on your iPhone.
LOCKS, YOUR WAY
• A lock is a group of apps and when they're locked. Three kinds, one simple list:
• For a set time: lock apps now for as long as you like, or automatically at set times, like during work or before bed.
• All the time: apps stay locked all day, with short Breaks when you really need one and free times like lunch.
• Daily time limit: one shared amount of time per day for a group of apps, like 1 hour for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube together. When it's used up, they're locked until midnight.
• Share locks with friends by AirDrop, Messages or WhatsApp: they get the times and settings and pick their own apps.
• Pomodoro rounds for deep work with planned breaks.
• Link ScreenGuard to your iPhone's Focus modes: when Sleep or Work turns on, your apps are locked.
• Days off and holidays pause your locks, without breaking your streak.
BREAKS THAT DON'T SPIRAL
• Need an app? Take a short Break after a 10-second breathing pause, right from the locked-app screen.
• A daily number of Breaks keeps "just one more" in check.
• Earn a few minutes with push-ups, counted live by your camera.
• Open a locked app again and again? Each try adds a longer pause.
A COACH THAT KNOWS YOUR PATTERNS
• Your coach note looks at your own history: your weekly trend, your strongest day, the hour your locks slip, and when the pull is strongest.
• It ends with one suggestion you can act on in the app.
• Each day it picks a different pattern, so it never reads the same twice. Nothing leaves your phone.
SEE YOUR PROGRESS
• A daily Focus Score explained with clear charts, plus streaks that reward consistency.
• Time Reclaimed: how much Focus you gained this week, ready to share.
• See when you reach for locked apps most, and which ones.
• Smart Insights suggest a schedule for your danger hours, a lock length you'll keep and a number of Breaks that fits.
DESIGNED FOR iPHONE
• Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your lock at a glance.
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center button and Siri: "Start Focus in ScreenGuard".
• 20-20-20 eye-break reminders.
• Your accent color everywhere, with separate colors for the Live Activity and widgets if you like.
• In English, German, French and Italian.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
ScreenGuard uses Apple's Screen Time framework. No account, no tracking, no ads. Your data never leaves your iPhone.
SCREENGUARD PRO
Free includes 1 lock (at set times or all the time) and 1 daily time limit. Pro unlocks unlimited locks, lock times and daily time limits, all insights and the weekly report, themes and more. Choose monthly or yearly (new subscribers start with a 1-week free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://afmartin98.github.io/screenguard/privacy.html
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• A fresh look: a score gauge on Today and a new Night theme.
• Gardi now sits at the top left: tap Gardi for quick actions. The lock at the top right locks your apps right away, from any page.
• Your streak is a flame next to Settings. Tap it to see your week, what today still needs, your streak freeze and your medals.
• Eye breaks moved to Today, with schedules and medals one tap away. The Wellness tab is gone.
• Locks: Focus, Breaks and time budgets are one list called Locks, in a carousel you can swipe through. Long-press a lock to start, edit or delete it. Days off are right at the top.
• Insights: your week compared with the last one, when apps pull you most, and a month calendar.
• Focus Score: every kind of lock now counts as locked time, and Breaks lower the score a bit more.
• Daily goal: at least 30 minutes. A higher goal counts today, a lower one starts tomorrow.
• Long-press a card on Today to move it or hide it.
• Share a lock: long-press it and tap Share…, then send it by AirDrop, Messages, WhatsApp or Mail. Your friend gets its times and settings and picks their own apps.
• Free plan: one lock (at set times or all the time) and one daily time limit. Locks you already have keep working. Pro has unlimited locks.
• Times follow your 12- or 24-hour setting everywhere.
• Fixes and smaller improvements.
The developer, Martin Affolter, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Martin Affolter
- Size
- 11.1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Italian
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- ScreenGuard Pro Lifetime $69.99
- Pro Version $29.99
- Pro Version $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Martin Affolter