FocusGuard vs NoStim

Take back your time. FocusGuard blocks the apps that pull you in, and makes sure the block holds when your willpower doesn't. THE PROBLEM Most of us unlock our phones dozens of times a day, usually without deciding to. The apps are built to keep you scrolling, and a simple time limit is one tap away from "Ignore". Blocking only works if it's hard to undo. THE SOLUTION FocusGuard is built on Apple's Screen Time, so blocks are enforced by iOS itself. You choose how strict to be, from a gentle pause to a session that can't be cancelled. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell us your goal. A short setup builds your plan: a daily focus goal, a starter schedule and the apps that distract you most. 2. Block in one tap. Start a focus session from a quick preset or with Siri. 3. Pick your strictness. Flexible allows a mindful pause, Focus asks for a 30-second challenge to quit, Strict can't be ended early. 4. Watch your streak grow. Every focused day counts toward your streak, gems and milestones. WAYS TO BLOCK • Focus Sessions: block the apps and sites you choose for a set time • Schedules: block automatically on the days and hours you pick, including overnight • Daily App Limits: give social apps a daily budget. When it's spent, they lock until midnight • Always On: keep apps blocked until you turn it off • Dumb Phone Mode: allow only the few apps you truly need. Everything else locks • Sleep Mode: distractions lock automatically at bedtime HARD TO BACK OUT OF • Strict Mode: no cancel button. One Emergency Pass per week for real emergencies • Mindful Pause: one slow breath and a reason before a short, timed unlock. Apps lock again on their own • See how many times you resisted today, right on the block screen • PIN and uninstall protection against impulse decisions STAY MOTIVATED • Focus Score: your progress toward today's focus goal • Weekly focus charts, streaks, evolving gems and milestones • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Live Activity while you focus • Siri and Shortcuts: start focusing or lock apps hands-free • Focus sounds: white, pink and brown noise WHY FOCUSGUARD IS DIFFERENT • Blocks are enforced by iOS Screen Time, not a reminder you can swipe away • No VPN profile, no account, no ads • FocusGuard never sees which apps you use. Apple keeps that private, and your data stays on your iPhone FREE • Unlimited Flexible focus sessions with Mindful Pause • 1 schedule plus Sleep Mode, and 1 daily app limit • Streaks, Focus Score, widgets and 7-day stats FOCUSGUARD PRO • Focus and Strict difficulty • Dumb Phone Mode • Unlimited schedules and app limits • PIN and uninstall protection • 30-day history and focus heatmap Pro is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

NoStim blocks the parts of your apps that pull you back, and keeps the parts that are about people. Scroll free. Open Instagram, YouTube, X, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest or Twitch inside NoStim with the addictive parts taken out: no Reels, no endless feed, no Shorts. You choose what's hidden on each one. Log in once and stay logged in. Posts your friends send you still open. Chats. Read and answer your Instagram and Reddit messages without going near the feed. Post. Go straight to writing a post on X, Reddit or YouTube, with no feed on the way. Real blocking. Apple's own Screen Time shields on the apps you pick, with limits that mean something: opens per day, minutes per open, opening odds if you want the dice to decide, locked hours, and a waiting room that offers you something else to do instead of a lecture. Modes and schedules. Lock things down for studying, the gym or winding down at night, by hand or on a schedule that starts and ends by itself. Driving Mode. It starts when your iPhone's Driving Focus turns on and frees the apps you need in the car, like Maps, Messages and music. No lock ever holds it back. A ratchet, not a cage. Making NoStim stricter is instant. Making it looser waits out a delay you chose ahead of time. Lock your settings for a weekend, a week, or with no end date at all, and if you want out early, the price is one you set when you were thinking clearly. Kind where it counts. Comfort Mode for chronic illness bad days, with no guilt and no questions. Vacation mode you book a day ahead. Streaks that measure commitment, not abstinence: using your whole budget still counts as a day held. Together. An optional circle of a few people who care, sharing only your streak and your stumbles, person to person through your own iCloud. A partner lock where someone you trust holds the key. YouTube inside NoStim keeps playing when you leave the app or lock your phone, and it can play in picture in picture. The blocker is free, forever. No ads and no account. NoStim Pro adds Circles, partner unlock codes, your full history and extra themes. Nothing that blocks is ever behind the paywall. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sashalawrence13.github.io/NoStim/privacy.html