# inkhour: Screen Time & Focus — Block Apps, Read, Stay Calm.

> Block Apps, Read, Stay Calm. (iPhone/iPad app by Nima Yahyaabady.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inkhour-screen-time-and-focus/id6795171977 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nima Yahyaabady](https://appshunter.io/developer/6795171979)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-21
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inkhour-screen-time-and-focus/id6795171977/reviews.md

## What is inkhour?

Don’t put the phone down. Pick up something better.

Remember when you could disappear into a book for hours?

That person is still in you. The scroll just gets there first.

Willpower asks you to win the same argument all day. inkhour lets you make the decision once.

Choose when you want to read. When the ink falls, the distracting apps you selected go dark, and your phone has only one useful thing left to say:

Go read.

No guilt. No grey warning to swipe past. No promise to be better tomorrow. Just a quiet stretch of time where the easier choice is finally the one you wanted to make.

Each day you return leaves a mark. Your streak grows. The page fills with ink. Your shelf becomes a record of what you read and the time you took back from the feed.

At first, it is one protected sitting.

Then you notice the pages adding up.
Then the books.
Then the time that used to disappear into a feed has begun turning into something you can hold.

That is the whole idea.

Scroll less. Read more. Let the books add up.

HOW INKHOUR PROTECTS THE RITUAL

• Schedule up to three protected reading times each day
• Choose 30 minutes, one hour, or up to three hours
• Read on waking, before bed, or at your own time
• Use recent Apple Health sleep data to suggest times, only if you choose
• Block distracting apps while keeping up to two essentials available
• Record your reading time, streak, milestones, and books

No account. No advertising. No developer tracking. Your schedule and reading history stay on your device.

The feed will still be there later.

Your unread books have already waited long enough.

inkhour. Give the hour to something better.

Terms of Use: https://inkhour.xyz/terms
Privacy Policy: https://inkhour.xyz/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $5.99 | per month |
| Annual | $29.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime | $79.00 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-14

Improved reliability and fixed issues with scheduling, sessions, and progress tracking.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-08

• Redesigned scheduling with multiple daily reading times, flexible durations, and optional wake and bedtime suggestions.
• Improved the reliability of app blocking, streaks, and reading-time records.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-26

No release notes.

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