# Grotto: Focus Spaces — Intentional spaces for focus

> Intentional spaces for focus (iPhone/iPad app by 风雷 杜.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grotto-focus-spaces/id6801017486 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [风雷 杜](https://appshunter.io/developer/6787131060)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-09-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grotto-focus-spaces/id6801017486/reviews.md

## What is Grotto?

Grotto turns intentional phone use into a place you can enter.

Create up to nine local Spaces and choose apps through Apple's private Screen Time picker. Several Spaces can be active together. Each hides its own selected apps; leaving one keeps apps hidden if another active Space still includes them.

Choose how each Space works:
- PIN: enter with a tap and leave with your six-digit PIN.
- Countdown: start a one-time session from 30 minutes to 12 hours, in 30-minute steps. Use your PIN to leave early.
- Location: automatically enter and leave this Space around its own 500-metre area. Choose its place on a map or use your current location. Different Spaces can use the same place or different places.

Location automation requires Always and Precise Location access. Map selection itself does not request your current location. iOS may delay automatic arrival, departure, or countdown completion; these are not exact-time alarms. After a restart, unlock your device before automation can resume.

Each Space has a handcrafted 2D environment. Moss Haven is included. Optional one-time purchases unlock additional illustrated environments, interactions, ambience, and visual progression. All nine Space configurations, all three modes, and recovery controls remain available without payment.

Privacy by design:
- App choices use opaque Apple system tokens.
- Grotto stores Space settings locally and does not upload your places or record a movement history.
- Apple Maps loads map data online and may send map-display requests to Apple.
- No Grotto account, analytics, advertising, or tracking.
- Sensitive management screens are covered in the app switcher.

Grotto is for adults managing their own device. Your Space PIN protects manual exit, editing, and deletion. You can revoke Screen Time authorization in iOS Settings. Grotto cannot prevent the device owner from changing system settings or uninstalling the app.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Explorer Pack | $3.99 | one-time |
| Complete Upgrade | $2.99 | one-time |
| Complete Grotto | $6.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-21

Spaces now work independently, so several can stay active together. Leaving one preserves the app choices of other active Spaces.

Choose PIN, Location, or Countdown for each Space. Start a countdown from 30 minutes to 12 hours in 30-minute steps, or give each location Space its own 500-metre area using the map or your current location.

Use your Space PIN to leave early, edit, or delete. All three modes remain free; purchases unlock visual environments only. Automatic changes depend on iOS and may be delayed.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-09

Adds regulatory information in Settings and updates Grotto's support links. Space controls and visual environments are unchanged.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-04

Updated App Store information for clearer and more accurate product details.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-02

No release notes.

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