# Resist: App Blocker — Complete a challenge to unlock

> Complete a challenge to unlock (iPhone/iPad app by Justin Persicketti.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/resist-app-blocker/id6761279166 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Justin Persicketti](https://appshunter.io/developer/1888595895)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/resist-app-blocker/id6761279166/reviews.md

## What is Resist?

You don't need another app that lectures you. You need one that makes
opening the app slightly annoying.

Resist puts a challenge between you and whatever you lose hours to. Tap a
blocked app, get a riddle. Answer it and you're in — for five minutes, or
fifteen, or an hour. Your choice. Then it locks itself again.

The pause is the point. Most scrolling isn't a decision, it's a reflex. A
question you have to actually think about breaks the reflex.

PAY ONCE, NOT EVERY MONTH
Most blockers charge a subscription to help you use your phone less. Resist
is a one-time purchase. Buy it, own it, done.

SEVEN KINDS OF CHALLENGE
Trivia, mental maths, number sequences, word unscrambles, pattern memory,
riddles, and a guided breathing exercise. Get one wrong three times and
Resist switches to a different type, so you can't grind the same answer
until it gives up.

HARD MODE
Two challenges instead of one. Where a challenge type has difficulty
levels, hard mode uses the hardest. For the apps you genuinely can't leave
alone.

YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S BLOCKED
Pick any apps on your phone through Apple's Screen Time controls. Resist
never learns which ones you picked — iOS keeps that private, even from us.

ONE-TAP REOPEN
Label your blocked apps once, and after a challenge Resist takes you
straight back to the one you unlocked, with its name on your Lock Screen.

A COUNTDOWN YOU CAN SEE
A live countdown on your Lock Screen shows how long you have before the app
locks again.

LOCK IT BACK EARLY
Changed your mind halfway through? One button re-locks everything
immediately.

WATCH IT ADD UP
A daily block count, a running streak, a focus score, and a weekly chart
built only from days you actually used it.

Resist is built on Apple's Screen Time API. The blocking is enforced by iOS
itself, not by us.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Resist - Unlock Forever | $4.99 | one-time |
| Resist - Family Plan | $7.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-18

Hard mode: two challenges instead of one, at the hardest setting.
Turn it on in Settings.

Fixed: apps now re-lock on schedule after using "Lock my apps again."
Fixed: getting a challenge wrong three times now switches you to a
different type instead of getting stuck.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-13

One-tap reopen. After you complete a challenge, Resist can take you
straight back to the app you unlocked. Tag your blocked apps once in
Settings to turn it on.

Your Lock Screen now shows which app is unlocked, not just "App unlocked."

The weekly chart now shows your real activity, and the daily block
counter tracks correctly.

Various fixes and improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-05

No release notes.

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