Lock out the apps that eat your day

TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, X, YouTube — sealed behind an Apple Screen Time passcode you never see.

The doomscroll isn’t free.

4h 37m

every day

on your phone

Data.ai · State of Mobile 2024

95 min

every day

in one short-video app

Data.ai · TikTok time-in-app, 2024

1,400+

hours a year

of the same loop

Derived from the daily figure

Everything the doomscroll flows through.

01Apps locked

TikTok

sealed

Instagram

sealed

Reddit

sealed

X

sealed

YouTube

sealed

02Escape hatches closed

Safari

web fallback closed

Third-party browsers

removed

Installing apps

off

Account changes

locked

Every item above is a real iOS Screen Time setting — sealed by a passcode you can’t roll back.

Choose how long you’re off the timeline.

01/04

Focus apps ask nicely. This one doesn’t.

A comparison of what actually stands up in the moment you want to bypass it.

FeatureOursOthers
  • Non-bypassable Screen Time lock
  • Locks social apps and their web fallbacks
  • Random passcode you never see
  • Fixed lock duration — no shortening it
  • Secure passcode escrow & recovery
  • Guided setup through real iOS Settings
  • Voice-assisted passcode entry
  • Multi-device dashboard
  • Email support

“Others” combines typical content-filter apps, Screen Time on its own, and pure willpower.

Built for people who are back in charge.

Why people seal their apps and don’t look back.

“I've installed and uninstalled four different blockers in the last two years. Each time, the pattern was the same — install, feel great for a week, hit a bad night, and remember I'm two taps from turning it off. What I actually wanted was to not have that decision available to me at 1am. That's what this does.”
M.  ·  Software engineer · 34
Placeholder quote — not a real customer
“Chose 90 days. I knew I'd try to negotiate with myself after week one. The point was to make the negotiation impossible.”
D. Father of two
“Every previous blocker had a workaround I'd found within a month. Delete the app, disable the profile, factory-reset the phone. What convinced me was reading how the passcode actually works — nobody has it, including support, until the timer ends. That's the whole thing.”
A. Grad student

The questions people ask before starting a detox.

Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, email support — we reply within a day.

  • No. Screen Guardian doesn't touch your accounts on TikTok, Instagram, or anything else. It restricts iOS Screen Time so the apps and their web fallbacks can't open on this device for the duration you set. Your accounts sit untouched until the timer runs out.