At set hours
Weekdays 9 to 5, evenings after dinner, a late-night cutoff. Every day can have its own hours.
Block the apps that steal your focus.
ZeroPhone blocks them at the hours and places you choose, or with a tap of an NFC tag. Go strict, and even you can’t get back in.
You pick up your phone to check the time. Twenty minutes later, you’re still scrolling.
Screen Time limits don’t stop it: one tap on “Ignore Limit” and you’re back in. ZeroPhone keeps you from doomscrolling.
Blocking that starts without you.
Make a routine for each part of your day, like work, the gym or bedtime. Each one blocks its own apps and starts on its own, so there’s nothing to remember and nothing to talk yourself out of.
At set places
Add your office, the library, or the gym. Apps lock when you arrive and unlock when you leave, even with ZeroPhone closed.
With an NFC tag
Stick a tag by your bed or on your desk. Tap it with your iPhone to start the routine, and tap it again to stop it.
Choose how hard it is to get back in.
Start gentle. Turn it up the first time you catch yourself cheating.
Hand the code to someone else
A partner, parent, or friend sets a passcode. Without them, you can’t loosen a routine or change what’s blocked.
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Pick your way back in
Wait out a countdown, tap dozens of times, finish an activity, or ask for the code.
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Your reason, on every block screen
Write down why you’re cutting back. You’ll read it each time you reach for a blocked app.
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Watch the habit fade
See how often you reach for blocked apps and how much time they still get, day by day.
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Start a Detox Session
Nothing scheduled right now? Block for a set time, from 15 minutes to 4 hours, with one tap.
Locked mode. No way back in.
For when a nudge isn’t enough. Turn on Locked mode and blocked apps stay shut until the block ends: the hours are over, you leave the place, or the session runs out.
- No unlock button on the block screen
- No pausing or switching blocking off
- No changing the settings until the block ends
- One exit for real emergencies: a 15-minute unlock, once every 7 days.
A routine for every part of your day.
Work, gym, sleep: each routine has its own apps, its own trigger and its own way back in. When two overlap, the stricter unlock method applies.
Screen time you have to earn.
Choose Earn time as your way back in, and a blocked app opens only after you finish something real: a walk, a workout, a chapter of a book.
Plus a calm home screen
A short, quiet set of the apps you actually need, with the time and weather on top. Nothing colorful begging for a tap.
Your setup never leaves your phone.
No account, no ads, no tracking. What you block, earn, and set up stays on your iPhone.
Read the privacy policy →Questions
Can’t I just switch it off?
In the gentler modes, yes, but it takes a deliberate choice. If you want no way out, give the passcode to someone else or turn on Locked mode. Then nothing switches blocking off until the block ends.
Does blocking by place track where I go?
No. All processing happens locally on your iPhone. Your places are saved only on your phone, and your iPhone tells ZeroPhone when you arrive at or leave one of them. Your location is never sent to us or anyone else. Blocking places need location access set to Always, so blocking can switch on even while the app is closed.
How do NFC tags work?
Any writable NFC sticker works. Choose Tag as a routine’s trigger and hold your iPhone to the sticker to set it up. After that, tapping the tag with your iPhone unlocked starts the routine and tapping it again stops it, even in Locked mode, so put it somewhere that takes effort to reach. The tag holds only a link to ZeroPhone, nothing personal.
What if I really need an app in Locked mode?
You get one emergency unlock every 7 days. It opens your blocked apps for 15 minutes, then the block continues.
Which iPhones does it work on?
Any iPhone running iOS 18 or later.
Get your focus back.