Push Up Time vs Focus Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Push Up Time
This app helps you break free from endless scrolling by requiring you to complete quick exercises before unlocking distracting apps or websites. Earn temporary access to your chosen apps by doing push-ups, squats, or planks, fostering healthier screen time habits.
- App and website blocking
- Exercise-based unlocking (push-ups, squats, planks)
- Camera-based exercise detection
- Temporary unlock sessions
- Screen time balance tracking
- Distraction-free design
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Push Up Time: App Blocker helps you stop endless scrolling with a simple rule: move first, unlock later. Choose the apps and websites that distract you, block them with Screen Time, then earn temporary access by completing quick exercises like push-ups, squats, and planks. It is a focus app, app blocker, and digital wellness tool built for people who want less scrolling and more movement. HOW IT WORKS • Select the apps or websites you want to block • Complete short exercise sessions • Earn unlock time after each workout • Use your earned time to access blocked apps • Build better screen time habits day by day WHY PUSH UP TIME? Traditional app blockers only lock you out. Push Up Time gives you a healthier way back in. Instead of opening distracting apps automatically, you pause, move your body, and unlock access intentionally. FEATURES • App and website blocking with Apple Screen Time • Push-up, squat, and plank based rewards • Camera-based exercise detection • Temporary unlock sessions • Screen time balance tracking • Simple onboarding • Clean, distraction-free design • No account required CAMERA PRIVACY The camera is used only to detect exercise movement and count reps or hold time. Camera video is not recorded, stored, or uploaded. SCREEN TIME PRIVACY Push Up Time only manages the apps and websites you choose through Apple’s Screen Time picker. You can change your selections or revoke permissions in iOS Settings. BUILT FOR • Reducing social media scrolling • Staying focused while studying or working • Building healthier phone habits • Turning screen time into movement • Replacing impulse unlocks with intentional breaks Push Up Time is not a medical or fitness coaching app. It is a productivity and digital wellness app that uses simple movement to help you take control of your screen time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://ismailfatihbirak.github.io/ruisPrivacyPolicy/push-up-time-term-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://ismailfatihbirak.github.io/ruisPrivacyPolicy/push-up-time-privacy-policy.html
Focus Blocks
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Focus Blocks is an app blocker for iPhone and iPad that puts distracting apps out of reach during the time you set aside to focus. Choose the apps. Choose the rule. Block during focus hours, allow only inside chosen windows, or set a daily app budget. When a rule applies, selected apps are hidden system-wide until they are allowed again. No willpower games, no streaks, no social layer — just one clear setting that gives you your attention back. Built on Apple's Screen Time APIs, Focus Blocks works entirely on your device. It has no backend and no account. Your rules sync between your own devices through iCloud, under your own Apple ID. Screen Time app selections are private device-local tokens, so each device asks you to confirm the apps it should block before enabling a synced rule there. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create as many focus blocks as you want — mornings, weekdays, deep-work afternoons • Pick specific apps and whole categories in one tap • Block during a schedule, allow only during a schedule, or set a daily limit • Enable synced rules separately on each device after confirming local app selections • Add a weekly setup window so blocks cannot be edited on impulse • Enable or disable any inactive block from one screen PRIVACY BY DEFAULT • No sign-up, no account • No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs • Uses Apple's Screen Time framework — selections and usage stay on-device • iCloud Key-Value Store is the only remote storage, and it lives in your own Apple ID Focus Blocks is self-directed. It is not a parental-control product and does not monitor or manage other people's devices. Requires iOS 18 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Blocks at none against Push Up Time's 2. Focus Blocks also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Push Up Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Focus Blocks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Push Up Time ships an update every 10 days, Focus Blocks every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Push Up Time | Focus Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ISMAIL FATIH BIRAK | Mikhail Nemilov |
In-app purchases
Push Up Time
- Quit Scroll Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Quit Scroll Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Focus Blocks
No in-app purchases









