Doomstep: Walk to Unlock
Steps earn your screen time
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Your chosen apps stay locked until you walk. Every 100 steps earns a minute of screen time. Subscription required, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers.
Doomstep locks the apps you choose until you walk. Every 100 steps earns 1 minute of screen time. Spend your minutes on a 5, 15 or 30 minute break, and your apps lock again when the break ends.
A subscription is required to use Doomstep. New subscribers start with a 7-day free trial.
A short walk between you and the scroll.
HOW IT WORKS
• Pick the apps you want to walk to unlock. You choose them in Apple's Screen Time picker and can change them any time.
• Set a daily step goal that fits your day. Steps past your goal earn double.
• Walk. Doomstep counts your steps from your iPhone's motion sensor and Apple Health, and your minutes add up on their own.
• Open a locked app and you'll see how many steps are left until your next break.
• Start a break when you want one. When it ends, the lock comes back, even if Doomstep is closed.
INCLUDED WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
• Today: your minutes, your steps and your next break at a glance.
• Walks: track a walk or workout with live steps and time, add a photo, and keep a receipt of every walk.
• Share cards: turn a walk or your week into a card for your story.
• Progress: goal days, minutes earned, and how many weeks in a row you've kept it up.
• Screen Time since you started: a private before-and-after, shown in Apple's own Screen Time report.
• A weekly leaderboard: walk with others under a made-up name. You can hide or report any name.
• A Day off: four goal days in a row earn a day with your apps open.
• Widgets and Live Activities: your steps and minutes on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
• Walk reminders on the days and times you pick.
WALK WITH A FRIEND
Together is included with your subscription and pairs you with one friend. Send an invite link, and your friend joins with their own Doomstep account and subscription.
• Shared minutes: the minutes you both earn go into one bank, and either of you can spend them on a break.
• Walk together: ask your friend to walk now and see both step counts as you go.
• Postcards: send your friend a finished walk, with photos if you both turn on photo sharing.
• Cheers: cheer your friend on with a tap.
Your apps and your screen time stay yours. You can pause, leave, report or block at any time, and your unspent minutes come back to you if either of you leaves.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Your app choices and Screen Time data stay on your iPhone.
• Doomstep reads your step count from Apple Health and Motion & Fitness. It never writes to Health and never uses your data for ads.
• Steps typed into Health by hand don't count, so every minute is earned.
SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
Doomstep is free to download. Using it requires a subscription, and new subscribers start with a 7-day free trial. Choose a weekly, monthly or yearly plan; the app shows the price for your country before you subscribe. Each person in Together has their own subscription.
After the free trial, your subscription renews automatically at the price and length of the plan you chose, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial or the current period ends. App Store subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel them any time in your Apple Account settings (Settings > your name > Subscriptions).
Terms of Use: https://doomstep.com/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://doomstep.com/privacy/
Support: https://doomstep.com/support/
Ratings & Reviews
This update adds a Rate Doomstep link in Settings, so you can tell us and other walkers what you think. It also includes behind-the-scenes improvements and small fixes.
The developer, ERIC DEON JOHNSON, 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:
- Health & Fitness
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
- Other 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
- ERIC DEON JOHNSON
- Size
- 22.2 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Doomstep Weekly $4.99
- Doomstep Annual $39.99
- Doomstep Monthly $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Doomstep