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Screen Time blocking that holds
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Barrier

Built on Apple’s own Screen Time API, so a blocked app is genuinely blocked.

  • iOSRuns on
  • ProductivityCategory
  • v4.1Version
  • Free, ad-supportedPrice
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A block that actually holds

Built on Apple’s own Screen Time API, so a blocked app is genuinely blocked — not a reminder you can swipe past.

screen-time api

The apps you cannot put down, locked

Barrier holds distracting apps shut. Unlock one briefly when you genuinely need it, and it locks itself again on its own.

Instagram🔒 TikTok🔒 X🔒 YouTube🔒 Reddit🔒 Snapchat🔒
🔒 blocked by Screen Time unlocks on your terms
time reclaimed

Hours back, not nagging

The point is not a guilt notification at 11pm. It is the two or three hours a day that quietly stop disappearing.

before 5h 10m
after 1h 55m
+3.2h saved daily
schedules

Turns itself on

Work hours, sleep, or a block you define. It arms without you remembering to.

💼 Work focusactive
MTW TF
09:00 – 17:00
streaks

A reason to keep going

Days under your limit build a streak worth not breaking.

12 day streak
live activity

Counting down in plain sight

Borrowed minutes tick away on the Lock Screen, so you always know what you spent.

🔓 Apps unlocked 12:32
picker

You choose exactly what to restrict

Pick apps one by one or whole categories. Nothing is blocked that you did not ask to be blocked.

Instagram TikTok X YouTube Reddit Snapchat 💬 Messages Social — the whole category
how it is paid for

Free, and honest about why

There is nothing to buy — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tier on the blocking. It pays for itself with a rewarded video when you ask for extra unlock time.

  • 🚫 No subscription
  • 🆓 No in-app purchases
  • 👤 No account to make
  • 📺 An ad when you want more time
barrier/reviews · unedited, from the App Store

What people say

Barrier
★★★★★

“Gives me time to think twice and not mindlessly scroll my life away.”

Gen1509 · CA
Barrier
★★★★★

“It’s incredibly helpful when it comes to reducing our daily screentime”

Kal481ggzz · GB
Barrier
★★★★★

“You should always put ads but only for 30 sec. We have to wait anyway!”

Flood4 · CA
Barrier
★★★★★

“Simple app to stop me from scrolling through social media, does its job!”

bluejeans115
Barrier
★★★★★

“Cut my screen time in half and it was so much better than the last one I had”

Med7198
Barrier
★★★★★

“this is helping me to stop scrolling calm down, and study,also do more activities!🫶”

Elundelang · CA
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App information

Version 4.1
Updated 2026-07-01
Size 42MB
Compatibility iOS
Download on the App Store