# StepBloc: Screen Time Blocker — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of StepBloc by Hamsters Technology, rated 4.50/5 from 455 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stepbloc-screen-time-blocker/id6480580480/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stepbloc-screen-time-blocker/id6480580480.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 341 · 4★ 55 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of StepBloc? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Blocks apps very well - 👍 Free to use - 👍 Innovative concept - 👍 Effective screen time reduction - 👍 Motivates exercise - 👍 Blocks websites too - 👍 Good for breaking habits - 👍 Fair pricing **Cons** - 🐛 Push-up/squat tracking issues - 🐛 Daily limits in free version - 🐛 Limited free features - 🐛 Unintuitive timer - 🐛 Lacking features - 🐛 Expensive lifetime access - 🐛 Analytics tab glitch - 🐛 App freezes phone - 🐛 Text messages blocked - 🐛 Unusable without premium - 🐛 Free version restricted **Commonly reported bugs** - Push-up counter can be cheated - Squat counter can be cheated - App keeps blocks after deletion - Push-up system is faulty - Squats not registered correctly - Screen time rate incorrect - Analytics tab blank - Freezes phone - Push-up tracking measures face distance - App still blocks after exercise - Screen time shown is incorrect - Lifetime unlock price high **Most requested features** - Accumulate screen time - Start day with screen time - Reset banked steps daily - Widget for progress tracking - Macbook app - Nose detection mode - More exercise options (sit-ups, pull-ups) - Edit workouts for specific days - Bank minutes/time - Face-on push-up tracking - Camera tracking for exercises - Set multiple rules for exercise/time - See time left until next exercise - More free features ## Newest reviews (14 of 60) ### 2/5 — Unintuitive timer + lacking features *2026-08-08, version 2.36* Biggest gripe I have is how meeting a step counter gives me X mins/hrs IMMEDIATELY. I cannot accumulate screen time and use it later. I’d rather have 1000 steps = 5/10min of screen time and use blocked apps for a bit depending on how much I walk. Pros: - Blocks apps very well, even visiting their website. Awesome! 1 extra star for this More Cons: - no option to start my day with X min/hr of time on the app. - no way to reset “banked” steps daily (banking steps doesn’t even exist…) ### 4/5 — Actually Works! *2026-05-29, version 2.36* The app itself actually gets me off my phone but a widget would be very nice to track your progress without having to go on the app! ### 3/5 — You can cheat pushups and squats *2026-05-29, version 2.36* If you clap your hands it makes it count as a rep and if you kneel it counts as a squat please fix this bug other then that it’s a great app and I love it. ### 5/5 — I got my screen time to 1 hour *2026-02-27, version 2.17* Five stars I got my screen time to 1 hour ### 5/5 — Great *2026-02-27, version 2.17* I really helps me with online socalmedia ### 5/5 — Amazing to break bad habits *2026-02-25, version 2.17* I’ve used this for a day and I’ve bought the lifetime. It’s already helped me massively. Only improvement I would like is to have the option to open the stepbloc app to do the required exercise not only to close the blocked app ### 4/5 — Blablacard *2026-02-01, version 2.02* Very good ### 5/5 — Pretty good *2026-01-24, version 1.96* I mean it does its job so I don’t see what’s wrong with it. ### 4/5 — Give a simple nose detection mode *2026-01-20, version 1.96* For us in small or cluttered spaces, let us just put the phone below us and detect us going towards and away for a rep, your body detection is too restricting and faulty ### 4/5 — Great concept and app *2026-01-04, version 1.88* Great concept and has allowed me to work out and reduce screen time. Only suggestion, would be to further edit each workout to specific days. Don’t want to have to do pushups for the same app every day, would like to switch off between squats and pushups. ### 3/5 — Great concept, analytics tab glitch *2025-12-30* The app and concept are great and I look forward to using the app in the future. I have noticed an issue with the analytics tab remaining blank and allowing more time in the applications than otherwise allowed. In order to fix analytics issue, it requires a close of the app and reopening. **Developer response:** Dear user, Thanks for reporting the issue and we are glad that you like the app concept and plan to use it in future. We will look into the analytics issue. Can you please email the issue details along with the screenshots to hamsters.tech@gmail.com? Thanks ### 5/5 — It works *2025-12-20, version 1.85* I mean it works but i probably will delete the app cause i hate working out, its cool tho but when it asks u too pick the beginning number of pushups for minutes choose a little higher cause after you choose u cant change it ### 5/5 — Is actually FREE *2025-12-16, version 1.85* Unlike other apps you don’t have to buy anything to use the basic advertised product ### 5/5 — Love *2025-11-28, version 1.85* Love ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Really!!??! *2026-06-18, version 2.36* There is a daily limit in the free version like at least make it like after 10 sessions not 3 bro ### 1/5 — Too limited without lifetime access *2026-06-17, version 2.36* Lemme just vibe code this… ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-03-02, version 2.17* When I deleted this app it kept on the blocks. It’s still on here and I still need to figure out how to get it off. Don’t get it. ### 1/5 — NOT free *2026-02-26* Not Good good ### 1/5 — Faulty app *2026-01-15, version 1.92* This app only registers half of my squats so I end up doing 20 squats for 5 minutes of screen time. It’s pretty frustrating. I go all the way down too it’s not user error. I set up my phone in various areas of my house trying to find a place it registers better but no matter what I always have to do extra. It also isn’t giving me screentime at the rate I set it to. I chose 10 squats per 5 minutes, but even when it registers 20 squats, it’ll still give me 5 minutes. The only reason I keep using it is because I bought the lifetime subscription. I regret it. ### 1/5 — Not good *2026-01-11, version 1.91* The sensor doesn’t track anything ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-10-27, version 1.81* The free version was fine the first day then restricted everything that was fine yesterday ### 1/5 — برنامج فاشل لا مصداقية لديكم *2025-09-11* اشتركت مجاني مدى الحياه عن طريق التطبيق واليوم تفاجئت بإلغاء الاشتراك والمطالبه بالدفع كذب ودجل وسرقه سوف احذف هذا التطبيق ### 1/5 — مجاني مدى الحياه غير صحيح كذب *2025-09-11, version 1.81* تشترك مجاناً وبعد مده قصيره يتم الغاء اشتراكك ### 1/5 — Makes my phone freeze *2025-08-01, version 1.81* I downloaded this and as soon as it blocked some apps it made my iPhone freeze to the point I couldn’t turn it off. I had to do a hard reboot. Tried again and the same thing happened. I immediately deleted the app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It works and is free *2026-08-03, version 2.36* 👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪💪💪💪 ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-07-22, version 2.36* Very good ### 5/5 — W *2026-06-28, version 2.36* Best app ever ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-14, version 2.36* It’s amazing and I don’t need to pay 10 out of 10 app ### 5/5 — Hello? For real? *2026-06-07, version 2.36* I have two problems. 1: there should be a way to make it so for every minute of screen time goes to 1 push-up/squat. 2: today was my first time trying (not premium) and after 4 sessions of pushups, it says I’ve reached my daily limit. My thought was that when I wanted to use an app, I do pushups, not having to do all the pushups first thing in the morning, then using all your time. Am I missing something or is this actually real? Started as a 5 star app, but now I can’t even use it. ### 5/5 — It’s not pay to play *2026-06-04, version 2.36* This is The only one that I found that you don’t have to pay for to actually use the one thing that people want—- to bloc insta before you do push ups . and it does it really well ### 5/5 — PLEASE ADD THIS FEATURE *2026-04-27, version 2.32* the app is great, even logins pro, but could you add a macbook app ### 5/5 — Free *2026-04-15, version 2.31* Easy to use ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2026-04-04, version 2.27* After a few days I was feeling more stronger ### 5/5 — Please add this!!!! *2026-03-23, version 2.22* Your whole app is perfect except for the push up system, could you PLEASE! Make it better because it keeps making me go super low and sometimes it doesn’t count thank you --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*