WalkBlock vs Tonic

Welcome to WalkBlock, your guide to a healthier, calmer relationship with your phone. Whether you are trying to reduce screen time, beat brain rot, or simply feel more present in your day, WalkBlock is here to help. One step at a time. Here is how it works. You pick the apps that pull you in: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat and WalkBlock gently blocks them until you hit your daily step goal. Walk your steps, unlock your apps. It is that simple. No harsh restrictions. No guilt. Just a small, healthy deal you make with yourself every single day. Most people spend five to six hours on their phones without really choosing to. WalkBlock does not judge that. It just gives your body something to do first. And when you start moving, something shifts. You feel clearer. More present. Like your day belongs to you again. WALK TO UNLOCK Transform your screen time into step time. Choose any app or category to block: Social Media, Games, Entertainment - and set a daily step goal that feels right for you, anywhere from 3,000 to 15,000 steps or more. The moment you hit it, everything unlocks automatically. No reminders. No willpower. Just the quiet satisfaction of earning your time. WalkBlock users walk an average of 2,000 more steps per day. Steps that make digital detox feel effortless. Steps toward better focus, better sleep, and a phone that finally feels like a tool again, not a trap. BLOCK SOCIAL MEDIA. EARN IT BACK. WalkBlock is a social media blocker that rewards movement. Block individual apps or entire categories and set your own rules. Use it as a dopamine detox, a doomscrolling cure, or simply a way to build healthier daily habits around your phone. However you use it, the result is the same, less mindless scrolling, more time doing the things that actually matter. Unlike other screen time apps that rely on willpower alone, WalkBlock gives your body a job to do. Your steps are the key. Walk more, unlock more. It is the only app blocker free of complicated setups and hard-to-break habits that does not ask you to resist your phone, it asks you to move instead. WHY YOUR SCREEN TIME IS HOLDING YOU BACK The average attention span on a digital screen is now just 47 seconds. High screen use is linked to a 61% higher chance of feeling anxious and a 45% higher chance of feeling low. Blue light at night disrupts your deep sleep, leaving you slower and foggier the next day. Every step you take with WalkBlock is a step toward reversing all of that. And it happens automatically. BUILD A HABIT THAT LASTS Small steps become big changes. WalkBlock keeps you motivated with streak tracking, a visual weekly calendar, and over 30+ achievements across six rarity tiers - common, uncommon, rare, super rare, athlete, and legendary. Watch your progress build week by week. Detailed statistics show your step history, goal achievement rates, and activity trends over time. Watch your screen time fall as your step count rises. DESIGNED AROUND YOUR HEALTH WalkBlock integrates with Apple HealthKit, tracking your steps automatically with no manual input. Blocks and unlocks happen in real time as your step count grows. Set your goal once and let WalkBlock take care of the rest. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Everything in WalkBlock stays on your device. We use Apple HealthKit and the Screen Time API to track your steps and manage your apps. Your data never leaves your phone. No account required. No cloud storage. We never collect, store, or transmit your information. Download WalkBlock today and take your first step toward a calmer, more present life. Subscription is required to use App features. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited apps, unlimited categories, and every feature unlocked. https://walkblock.app/terms https://walkblock.app/privacy

Your phone works in the wrong order. Tonic isn't just another app blocker: your good habits unlock your apps, and the ones that only need boundaries get limits that fit. You bought the books. You downloaded Duolingo. You signed up for the meditation app. Tonic puts those things first, and lets your phone cooperate with the life you're already building. HOW IT WORKS Set any app as a reward for your good habits. Tonic tracks what would be too hard to log yourself: your progress in apps like Kindle or Duolingo, calories burned, whether you meditated this morning, even whether you've gotten outside. Require your habits each day, or bank productive minutes to spend later. For apps that only need boundaries, Tonic adapts to the problem: screen time limits by hours or by visits, cooldowns between sessions, or moments of pause that escalate the more you reach for it. You choose what locked looks like: a gentle nudge toward the good thing, a strict wall, or a pause that grows each time you haven't earned it. WORKS WITH THE APPS YOU ALREADY LOVE Reading, workouts, meditation, steps, sunlight, and sleep come straight from Apple Health and your Apple Watch, or from time spent in the productive apps you choose. No logging, no proof photos, no check-ins. And the unlock is real: when your habit counts, the shield lifts on its own. You don't open Tonic to prove anything or unlock anything by hand. Finish your reading, and your apps are simply open when you reach for them. WHAT YOU CAN SET UP Every app is a different problem. Rules can look like: "Don't let me into social media for longer than five minutes at a time until my watch has registered 20 minutes of sunlight." "Make it harder each time I reach for Instagram if I've used it more than Duolingo today." "After 5 visits on the weekend, make me pause when I reach for Slack or Teams." "When I reach for social media in the morning, redirect my phone to my journaling app." "Hard block mobile games until I've worked out three times in the last week, then give me an hour each earned day." YOURS TO CONTROL Tonic is self-directed and built for adults. You pick the apps, you set the rules, and you can change them whenever you want. No account. No parent. No lock you can't open. Your habits stay on your device. Tonic never sees which apps you chose, and your rules never leave your phone. Pick one app that gets in your way and one habit you keep meaning to do. Start there. A tonic for your habits. Break the bad, build the good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tonichabits.com/privacy