Tendle: App Blocker & Focus
Screen time lock for parents
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
You didn't mean to check your phone again. A glance became ten minutes, and the moment with your kid slipped by.
Tendle helps you put your own phone down and be fully present. Start your time together, and Tendle pauses the apps you choose — for as long as you want. The scroll can wait. Your kid can't.
How it works:
• Start your time together. The apps you chose pause.
• Get a simple play idea — build a block tower, draw together, have a teddy tea party. One small, real thing to do side by side.
• When you're done, snap a photo of what you made to finish.
• That photo becomes a private moment — a small record of showing up.
Over the week those moments add up: real minutes with your kid, and a streak of days you were there. Not screen time saved — presence given.
Tendle is about your phone, not your child's. It doesn't monitor, track, or lock your kid's device — there's nothing to police. It just removes your biggest distraction so the two of you get the unhurried, focused time that actually builds the relationship.
Private by design:
• Tendle never uploads your photos or moments. If you choose to save them to Apple Photos, iCloud Photos may sync them according to your Apple settings.
• Child faces are never needed — capture the block tower, the drawing, the thing you made together.
Who it's for:
Parents who love their kids and still catch themselves scrolling. Anyone who wants less time on the phone and more real time at home — a gentle screen-time habit built around connection, not guilt.
Put your phone down. Be fully present. Start with fifteen minutes today.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Improved reliability when opening notifications, a refined subscription screen, and delivery and read statuses in support chat.
The developer, Nils Waldowski, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Nils Waldowski
- Size
- 69.6 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tendle Plus Yearly $34.99
- Tendle Plus Family $49.99
- Tendle Plus Yearly $34.99
- Tendle Plus Weekly $8.99
- Tendle Plus Family $84.99
- Tendle Plus Yearly $59.99
- Tendle Plus Yearly $59.99
- Tendle Plus Weekly $9.99
- Tendle Plus Family $49.99
- Tendle Plus Yearly $34.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Nils Waldowski
