This app replaces distracting apps with reading material to help you achieve your daily page goals. It offers a built-in e-reader and blocks selected applications until you meet your reading targets, promoting focus and time management.
1.0.3
August 30, 2026
A new look The gold from the app icon is now the accent everywhere, over true black, with a thin line tracing the edge of the screen. Habit The month calendar comes first, with your reading streak inside it and the whole year below. "How you read" — your pace, your best hours, your best day — is no longer Premium. Everyone gets it. Setup Blocking, your daily goal and permissions used to be three separate screens. Now they are one. Books The library tab is now called Books, with a cleaner split between the free classics and your own shelf. Today Pick the layout you prefer in Settings: a reading list, or a shelf of covers you swipe through. When it's empty you get a line about reading instead of a blank screen — a different one each time, and one a day in the large widget.
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Block&Read is a productivity app designed to help you reduce distractions from other apps by replacing them with reading. You set a blocklist of apps, and when you try to open them, a book opens instead. You must reach your daily reading goal for the block to lift.
By blocking access to time-consuming apps like social media or video platforms, Block&Read encourages you to engage with reading material. This direct replacement helps you reclaim your time and build a reading habit without relying solely on willpower.
The free version allows you to block up to two apps, provides a shelf of public-domain classics, includes features like streaks and daily reminders, and offers a strict mode to prevent easy bypass.
Premium unlocks unlimited app blocking, allows you to import your own EPUB files, provides access to over 75,000 classics, offers blocking schedules, extra reader themes, reading insights, and private iCloud backup.
Block&Read offers a Premium Weekly subscription for $4.99/week with a 3-day free trial, and a Premium Yearly subscription for $17.99/year.
No, Block&Read does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with optional premium features.
Yes, privacy is total. Block&Read does not require an account, nothing is measured or sent anywhere. Your library and reading progress remain on your device or in your private iCloud.
Block&Read is available on iPhone and iPad devices.
