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Quell: App Blocker & Focus
Privacy-first app blocker. Nothing leaves your phone.
Every app blocker wants an account — which means uploading a list of the apps you're trying to use less. Quell has no account, no backend, no analytics. It runs on-device via Apple's Screen Time API, so that list never leaves your iPhone — there's no server to send it to. Block apps, sites and categories. Schedules, daily limits, strict mode you can't switch off mid-block. Custom block screen, home-screen widget, streaks, 18 badges, 7 languages.
Quell has no account, no backend, no analytics. It's built on Apple's Screen Time API, so your app list never leaves your iPhone — there's no server to send it to.
1.1.1 just went live, so a fresh install gets all of this:
• Added a one-time Premium unlock alongside subscriptions. A lot of people asked for it, and they were right.
• Quill now appears on the Stats screen, is larger throughout the app, and has a rebuilt idle animation with occasional one-off movements instead of a predictable loop.
• The widget now uses the same pose logic as the home screen.
• iPad: Settings and the rule editor now properly fill the sheet.
• Subscription attempts while offline now fail immediately, with the error shown in the app’s language instead of the device’s.
the no-account thing is genuinely smart, like you basically sidestepped the entire reason most people distrust app blockers in the first place. running straight through Screen Time is a clean call too
About Quell: App Blocker & Focus on Product Hunt
“Privacy-first app blocker. Nothing leaves your phone.”
Quell: App Blocker & Focus was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. Every app blocker wants an account — which means uploading a list of the apps you're trying to use less. Quell has no account, no backend, no analytics. It runs on-device via Apple's Screen Time API, so that list never leaves your iPhone — there's no server to send it to. Block apps, sites and categories. Schedules, daily limits, strict mode you can't switch off mid-block. Custom block screen, home-screen widget, streaks, 18 badges, 7 languages.
Quell: App Blocker & Focus was featured in iOS (110.6k followers), Productivity (658.2k followers) and Privacy (11.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 199.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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