Time, made clear.
You didn't mean to spend two hours on that app. DetoxBrain puts a moment of friction between the reflex and the scroll — and makes blocking that actually holds.
Free forever tier · No account required · Private by design
Why DetoxBrain
Blocking that holds
Enforced by your phone's own system — it works when the app is closed, offline, even after a restart.
Private by architecture
Your usage data never leaves your device. Not "we don't look" — we built no server that could receive it.
Full stats, free
Per-app breakdown, pickups, 7-day charts and streaks — the whole insights layer, free forever.
Block apps in a way that actually holds
A blocker that silently stops blocking is worse than no blocker. DetoxBrain leans on your phone's own Screen Time system, so a shield stays a shield.
- OS-enforced. Works even when DetoxBrain is closed, offline, or after a restart.
- Independent block groups. Your bedtime rules don't fight your work rules.
- Self-healing shields and a "Fix blocking" button — reliability is our first principle.
Limits that fit a real life
Not a wall — a pause. A moment to ask whether you meant to open this, with friction that grows as the day's opens add up.
- Time & open-count limits. Daily budgets per app — and for the ones you just open forty times, an open-count cap.
- Escalating pause. 10 seconds, then 30, then a minute — an intention prompt before you dive in.
- Timed sessions. Need in anyway? Take 5, 10 or 30 minutes — it re-locks itself. A decision, not a slip.
Focus sessions, without the noise
Start a 25, 50, or custom-length session. Your blocked apps stay blocked and the timer runs in the background — finish, and your streak grows.
- Runs in the background. Lock your phone, put it down — the session keeps going.
- A gentle mascot, not a slot machine. Streaks and brain health, nothing that flashes for attention.
The whole insights layer — free
Today's total, per-app breakdown, pickups, a 7-day chart, a calendar heatmap and a brain-health score. All of it, on the free tier.
- Distraction-only mode. Only the apps you chose count. Maps, music and messages aren't held against you.
- Real long-term progress. Yesterday's discipline doesn't get erased overnight.
Not "we don't look at your data." We can't. There's no server that could receive it.
Apple's Screen Time framework confines your usage data to a sandbox on your phone — and we built no backend that could take it out. Your app list, your blocklist, how long you spend where: it all stays on the device. No account required.
- ✕Your screen-time data never leaves your device. Measured and stored on your phone — nowhere else.
- ✕We never log an app name. Analytics records categories and counts only — and one switch in Settings turns it off.
- ✕No ad SDK, no advertising ID. Nothing to read, nothing to sell.
A companion, not a slot machine
Every animation is gentle, looping and interruptible — no bounce, no confetti. Each maps to an app state, and all of it stops under Reduce Motion.
Breathe
Always-on idle. Below your goal.
Happy
Streak alive, goal met.
Focus
Session running. Sky ring sweeps.
Sleepy
Bedtime shield is up.
Tired
Over your daily goal.
A free tier that's genuinely useful
Full stats, the friction layer, streaks and your emergency pass are free forever. Upgrade only if you want more.
Free
Everything you need to start.
- Block up to 3 apps
- Full stats & insights
- Friction layer & streaks
- Weekly emergency pass
Premium
or annual with a 7-day free trial.
- Block unlimited apps & categories
- Multiple independent block groups
- Strict mode & custom shields
- Detailed weekly insights
Lifetime
Pay once, keep it for good.
- Everything in Premium
- No recurring subscription
- All future updates
No full-screen ads, ever. An app about protecting your attention has no business interrupting it. Manage or cancel anytime through the App Store or Google Play.
Always a way out
A weekly emergency pass and a "Reset all shields" control — never behind a paywall. Getting locked out of your own phone is a bug, not a feature.
Nothing switched off
If your subscription lapses, everything you set up keeps running exactly as it was. Nothing is deleted, nothing is switched off.
You choose what's blocked
DetoxBrain never adds an app to your blocklist by itself. There's no default blocklist — everything restricted is something you picked.
Take your time back.
DetoxBrain is live on the App Store — Android is on the way.