Bloquit vs tapón

Put your distractions behind a physical barrier. Bloquit is the app blocker that uses a real NFC tag to keep you away from distracting apps. Place the tag in another room, leave it at home, or hide it in your bag — and until you physically walk to it and tap your phone, you stay focused. This isn't just another timer or willpower test. The physical friction is the feature. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps that distract you most 2. Confirm your block — Bloquit locks them away 3. To unblock, walk to your Bloquit tag and tap your phone 4. Distance becomes your defence. KEY FEATURES • App & category blocking — block individual apps or entire categories at once • Multiple profiles — create separate sets for work, study, sleep and more • Flexible durations — 15 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours, custom, or until you choose to unblock • Screen Time integration — built on Apple's native Screen Time • While blocked, app deletion is disabled — no workarounds • Emergency unblock — a one-time escape if you ever lose your tag • Privacy-first — your data is never tracked or stored THE BLOQUIT TAG CHANGES EVERYTHING. Anyone can dismiss a pop-up. But walking across the house to tap a tag? That takes real intention — and that pause is often all you need. Order your tag at bloquit.com, or tap the link inside the app. Download Bloquit and take back your focus.

tapón is an app and a physical device we created to help people break free from digital distractions. We often found ourselves opening social media and games while working, reading, or spending time with our loved ones. And after doomscrolling through these apps, we usually couldn't even remember what we had just seen. We initially created tapón for ourselves, then decided to launch it so everyone could benefit from it. Inspired by existing alternatives, which, by the way, are often very expensive, we wanted to create a DIY version that we could share with our family and friends. After many people told us that tapón could be useful to them, we decided to launch it for everyone and make the entire process of building your own physical device freely available. How does it work? Once your tapón is ready and the app is set up, you simply scan the tapón with your phone. The apps you have selected will then be locked. Even if you try to open them, you won't be able to bypass the lock screen until you consciously decide to scan the tapón again. For example, if you're going to bed and don't want to spend time scrolling through TikTok before deciding that it's finally time to sleep, you can keep a tapón on the fridge and scan it before going to bed. Once you're in bed, going back to the kitchen to scan it again is inconvenient, so accessing TikTok becomes a conscious choice, and a very inconvenient one.