# Nurkurz – App Blocker & Focus — Less phone, more life > Less phone, more life (iPhone/iPad app by Luis Bartl.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nurkurz-app-blocker-and-focus/id6811644462 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Luis Bartl](https://appshunter.io/developer/6811644464) - Category: Productivity, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 9 MB - Languages: American English, German (Germany) - Released: 2026-09-21 - Data updated: 2026-10-26 ## What is Nurkurz? Just a quick look. And then it's half an hour again. That's not a character flaw. The apps are built that way. Nurkurz adds the moment you're missing: before the app you get stuck in opens, you land on a block screen, read one sentence – and if you really want in, you wait a moment first. Not as punishment. As a pause to think. THIS SIMPLE – Choose your apps once. Done in a minute. – One tap: 15 minutes, 25, an hour. Your apps stay blocked until the time is up. – Or set a schedule once, for example every evening from 10 pm. Then your apps block themselves. THE BLOCK THAT ASKS If you open a blocked app anyway, you only see a question and a quote, a different one every time. Then you decide: go back or take a quick peek. WAIT A MOMENT If you really want in, you first say why – with a reason from the list or your own. Your why reminds you what you actually want the time for. Then a ring fills up. 15 seconds the first time, then 30, at most 45. With a schedule it starts at 15 again after an hour without a break. Often you notice in those seconds that you didn't really want to. BLOCKED ON ITS OWN Schedules block at fixed times every day. Tap a template, save, done: sleep, school & work, study, phone-free evening or weekend. With Pro also by place: arrive at school, work or the library and your apps block. Your location stays on your iPhone. A schedule can't be switched off with one tap: wait first, then decide. STRICT, IF YOU DON'T TRUST YOURSELF In strict mode there's no quick peek, the block screen only says “Back”. Turn it on for a session or a schedule. Then there are only two emergency passes, and only inside Nurkurz. One more every three weeks. You can't buy them. INSTEAD OF SCROLLING: SOMETHING REAL During a break Nurkurz suggests something else: two minutes of stretching, five minutes of reading, a quick walk. Add your own ideas. NO REELS (PRO) Feed, stories and messages – without Reels or Explore. Right inside Nurkurz, no waiting. If a strict block is on, this stays locked too. Works with instagram.com. Not affiliated with Instagram or Meta. WHAT CHANGES – Phone time: the last 7 days compared with the week before. iOS counts it, Nurkurz can't see the numbers. – Streak: every day with a session or 15 minutes of schedule counts. – Milestones: 3, 7, 30, 100 days in a row – and it keeps going after that. – Your week: a short message every Sunday. Home Screen widget. HONEST We don't lock anything away forever. Every block can be removed in iPhone Settings. We tell you because it's true – and because it's not the point. The point is the moment before. PRIVATE No account. No server. No tracking. Not even we can see which apps you block – iOS only gives us encrypted placeholders. Everything stays on your iPhone. “No Reels” loads instagram.com directly from Meta, and their privacy policy applies there. Nurkurz doesn't read any of it. SUBSCRIPTION Nurkurz runs on a subscription: try it free for 7 days, then a monthly or yearly subscription at the price shown in the App Store. Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings. If you set up Nurkurz before version 1.3.1, you keep the free version. Nurkurz uses Apple's Screen Time API. On first launch iOS asks for permission. Privacy: https://nurkurz-app.de/datenschutz Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Nurkurz Pro – Monat | $3.99 | per month | | Nurkurz Pro – Jahr | $24.99 | per year | ## Is Nurkurz safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Nurkurz. ## Is Nurkurz legit? Nurkurz – App Blocker & Focus has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nurkurz is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-22 New in 1.3.1: • After setup you start right away with 7 days of Nurkurz Pro for free. If you set up Nurkurz before, you keep your free version. • A shorter, clearer Pro page. • A minute before your break ends, you get a message with a quote, so you can leave in time. • The block screen now always shows its text in your iPhone's language. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-19 New in 1.3: • No Reels (Pro): feed, stories and messages without Reels or Explore, right inside Nurkurz. Works with instagram.com. Not affiliated with Instagram or Meta. • Schedules: save once and they're on. Pause and resume with one button. • “Custom time” now comes first. • Tap a quote to get the next one. • Bug fix: in rare cases an app stayed locked after “Quick peek” until you reopened it. • New under More → Help: “Fix stuck locks”. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-13 New in 1.2: - Schedules with pictures: one tap and your apps lock by themselves at set times, for sleep, studying, school or work, and evenings. - “Quick peek” in three short steps: why, how long, take a breath. - A cleaner home screen: focus, schedules and your apps at a glance. - Block by place: just tap the spot on the map. Now also right when you create a schedule. - Milestones without an end: it keeps going after 100 days. - Bug fix: in rare cases the screen went black after “Quick peek”. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-08 New in 1.1: – Schedules in one tap: sleep, phone-free evening, work and more as templates. – Block by place (Pro): at school, work or the library your apps block themselves. – Strict now applies where you turn it on: for one session or one schedule, and only while the block is running. The block screen then only says “Back”. – Shorter block screen: just the question and a quote, a different one every time. – Your own reasons for “Why do you want in?”. – Phone time: the last 7 days compared with the week before. – Streak and milestones now count with schedules too. – Home Screen widget. – Your week: a short message every Sunday at 7 pm. – Invite friends: with your link they get 2 weeks of Pro for free. – Simpler words everywhere. And Nurkurz now speaks English. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-29 Nurkurz spricht dich jetzt mit Namen an. – Begrüßung je nach Tageszeit, dein Name auch auf dem Sperrbildschirm – Neue Einrichtung: Schätz deine Bildschirmzeit und sieh, wie viel es wirklich ist – Kurze Anleitung zum Start, jederzeit unter „Mehr“ – Neue Schrift, ruhigeres Design – Behoben: Der Sperrbildschirm zeigte manchmal alte Texte – Behoben: Nach „Kurz rein“ blitzte kurz „Die Freigabe fehlt.“ auf ## Apps similar to Nurkurz | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sleep App Blocker – CrocoFocus](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sleep-app-blocker-crocofocus/id6782610021) | — | Free | Productivity | | [ZenPomo: Pomodoro Timer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zenpomo-pomodoro-timer/id6762193111) | — | Free | Productivity | | [DTox: Strict App Blocker Lock](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dtox-strict-app-blocker-lock/id6807089901) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Nightlock: Screen Time Limit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nightlock-screen-time-limit/id6809753781) | 1.0 (1) | Free | Productivity | | [Linkeeper - Read Later](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/linkeeper-read-later/id6786774815) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Sanctum: Screen Time Control](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sanctum-screen-time-control/id6796927209) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Productivity | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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