# Grounded: Screen Time Blocker — Limits a real friend approves

> Limits a real friend approves (iPhone/iPad app by Pair Labs Pty LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grounded-screen-time-blocker/id6770415845 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pair Labs Pty LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896741123)
- Category: Productivity, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-08-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grounded-screen-time-blocker/id6770415845/reviews.md

## What is Grounded?

You know the drill. You set a Screen Time limit, you hit it, and ten seconds later you tap "Ignore Limit." The person enforcing your rules is the same person who wants to break them - so the rules never stick.

Grounded fixes that with one honest change: someone else holds the key.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Pick the apps that eat your time and set a daily limit for each.
2. Hit a limit and the app locks. No ignore button. No "15 more minutes."
3. Need more time? Send a request to your Guardian - a person you trust - with a note (and a well-chosen GIF, if you're begging).
4. They approve or deny from their phone, in real time. If they approve, you choose when to start your extra minutes.

Your Guardian can be anyone you'd actually listen to: your partner, best friend, sibling, roommate. They get a full app of their own - your pending requests, your limits at a glance, a history of every change - because accountability is a two-person job.

WHY IT WORKS Willpower apps let you hold your own key. Grounded gives it to a real person who can say no. That tiny difference is the whole product: it turns "just this once" into a conversation you have to win.

FREE FOR EVERYONE • Unlimited daily limits on any apps or categories • Real blocking at the limit - enforced with Apple's Screen Time technology • Today's screen time, pickups, and notifications, with day-over-day trends • Your streak of days under limit • A heads-up notification before a limit hits

WITH GROUNDED PREMIUM • Ask your Guardian for extra time - and approve or deny theirs • Limit changes need your Guardian's sign-off, so the rules actually stick • Full weekly insights: 4-week trends, per-app breakdowns, biggest movers • One subscription covers both of you. Your person pays nothing.

PRIVACY FIRST Your Guardian sees your limits and your requests - never your screen, your messages, or what you do inside your apps. We don't sell data. We can't even see which apps you limit.

Grounded is for the willing but weak: people who genuinely want their time back and are honest enough to know a timer won't stop them. It isn't surveillance and it isn't a parental-control app - you set your own rules; your person just helps you keep them.

Put your phone down. Pick your person. Get grounded.

Grounded Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://www.get-groundedapp.com/terms · Privacy: https://www.get-groundedapp.com/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grounded Premium | $5.99 | per month |
| Grounded Premium | $14.99 | per 3 months |
| Grounded Premium | $49.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-25

No release notes.

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