Blocking an app is easy. The hard part is not unblocking it five minutes later. Impedo was built for that second part.
Pick the apps — or flip it and block everything but the ones you pick — choose a duration, tap BLOCK. They stop opening. When the urge to quit early hits, the Insistent Shield steps in and rolls a task: wait it out, solve a sum in your head, shake your iPhone, walk a few steps, or clear a memory game. You can still quit — just not on impulse.
All of it runs on Apple's own Screen Time. No VPN, no third-party profile, no data leaving your iPhone.
INTENTIONAL PAUSE
Really need an app mid-block? Write down why and pause for 5, 10, or 15 minutes. The block comes back on its own.
THE BLOCK TURNS ITSELF ON
• By place: pin your work, your school, the gym. Arrive and it's on. Leave and it's off.
• By schedule: recurring windows for sleep, work, or study. Set once, forget.
• By usage limit: give the apps that pull you in most 30 minutes a day. When time's up, they're blocked until midnight — and unlocking early goes through the Insistent Shield.
• By opens: decide how many times a day an app can open and for how many minutes each time. Once they're used up, see you tomorrow.
• By Focus: turn on an iPhone Focus and Impedo's block turns on with it.
WITHOUT OPENING THE APP
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with the time left.
• Home Screen widget and a Control Center control to start, stop, or check.
• Apple Watch: pick a duration and block from your wrist, with a watch face complication.
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Block my apps with Impedo".
THE BLOCK SCREEN IS YOURS
Color, icon, title, subtitle, and button of the screen that covers a blocked app. You decide whether the button just closes the app or opens the way out — through the Insistent Shield when it's on. And, if you like, a different quote each time to hold you back.
YOUR TIME, IN NUMBERS
A report with your screen time by hour and by day, the apps that pull you in most, the time you got back, and your day streak. Every day gets a score from 0 to 100, and every long streak becomes an achievement, with an image to share.
LOCK IMPEDO ITSELF
Face ID or a passcode to open the app, so no one turns off your block for you.
STRICT MODE
During a block, your iPhone won't let any app be deleted — not even Impedo. And whatever holds the block stays locked until it ends: the active schedule or place, the targeted apps, and the Insistent Shield itself.
WHAT STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE: EVERYTHING
Impedo uses Apple's FamilyControls — neither the app nor anyone here can see which apps you use. The report's figures are drawn by an isolated Apple extension: the app shows them on screen but never receives the data. No account, no sign-up, no ads.
FREE TO START
One manual block a day, one place, and one usage or opens limit, no card needed. Premium unlocks unlimited blocks, recurring schedules, up to 20 places, up to 10 usage limits, the custom block screen, and blocked-attempt and score history — yearly or lifetime.
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