Keymate: App Blocker
A friend holds your app key
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Lock your apps. A friend holds the key. To open one, you ask and they decide, right from a notification. 7 days free, and guardians never pay.
You lock your apps. Someone else holds the key.
Keymate blocks the apps that eat your time, for real, with Apple's Screen Time. There's no "ignore limit" button. To open a blocked app, you ask your guardian: a friend, your partner, your roommate. They get a notification and decide in one tap: No, 5, 15 or 30 minutes. When time's up, everything locks again by itself.
WHY IT WORKS
You can lie to yourself. Not to someone else. Asking "can I open an app?" at 1 a.m. makes you think twice. Most of the time, you don't even ask.
HOW IT WORKS
• Pick the apps, categories or websites to lock
• Send a link to your guardian. They install Keymate for free
• Ask for time when you need it. They answer from the notification
• Live Activity on your Lock Screen while you wait
BUILT FOR REAL LIFE
• Up to 3 guardians: your request goes to all of them, the first to answer decides
• Your rules, kept: you chose to have a guardian confirm before you loosen your own lock. You can still turn Keymate off anytime in iOS Settings (your guardians are told)
• One joker a day: 5 minutes without waiting, for real emergencies (your guardians see it)
• Look after each other: your guardian can hand you their key too
• Your own stats, in the app
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Nothing that Screen Time provides ever leaves your iPhone: not the apps you block, not their names, not your screen time. Your guardians see your requests ("wants to open an app"), the answers, your joker, and an alert if you turn Keymate off. No ads, no tracking.
Made for adults who choose to help each other. Not parental control: you choose your apps and your guardians, and you can stop whenever you want.
SUBSCRIPTION
Keymate requires a subscription for the person whose apps are locked: monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. In a pair, one subscription covers you both, and guardians never pay. The subscription covers the guardian service (requests, notifications, Live Activities), not Screen Time itself. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://getkeymate.com/en/privacy
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The developer, Baptiste Rousseau, 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
- 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
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Baptiste Rousseau
- Size
- 20.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Keymate Monthly $2.99
- Keymate Yearly $17.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Baptiste Rousseau