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Deadbolt
The iPhone app blocker you can't talk your way out of
Most app blockers are one tap to ignore, so they never actually hold. Deadbolt bolts your distracting apps shut with a Strict Mode that removes the easy exit — leave early only after a 10-minute cooldown, or by walking 200 real steps. Add daily schedules, focus stats, and it's all on-device via Apple's Screen Time. No account, no tracking.
Hey PH 👋 I'm the solo dev behind Deadbolt.
I built it because every blocker I tried died the same way: a craving hits, I tap "ignore for today," and I'm back in the feed in ten seconds. The block was never the problem — the escape hatch was.
So Deadbolt's whole idea is friction, not a prison. Once you bolt an app, there's no instant quit. If you genuinely need out early, you can — but you either wait out a cooldown or get up and walk 200 steps. By the time you're back, you usually don't want the app anymore.
Everything runs on your iPhone through Screen Time. No account, no server, nothing leaves your device.
It's free to start; Pro adds long sessions, daily schedules and strict mode. Would genuinely love feedback on the walk-to-unlock idea — does it sound helpful or annoying? 🙏
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About Deadbolt on Product Hunt
“The iPhone app blocker you can't talk your way out of”
Deadbolt was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #119 on the daily leaderboard. Most app blockers are one tap to ignore, so they never actually hold. Deadbolt bolts your distracting apps shut with a Strict Mode that removes the easy exit — leave early only after a 10-minute cooldown, or by walking 200 real steps. Add daily schedules, focus stats, and it's all on-device via Apple's Screen Time. No account, no tracking.
Deadbolt was featured in iOS (110.7k followers), Productivity (659.6k followers) and Time Tracking (11.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 199.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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