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Screen time app for iPhone:Stop doomscrolling with your own words

Rocus blocks the apps you choose. When you open one, it shows the person you said you’d rather be and asks you to choose: your intention, or 15 minutes of scrolling.

Coming soon on theApp Store

Free for 7 days · No account · iPhone with iOS 16 or later

The Rocus Today screen with the intention “I’d rather be someone who slept before midnight and woke up clear” and three reasons why it matters.

The math

What does your scrolling add up to?

Pick how long you spend a day on the apps you’d like to use less. Your iPhone knows: Settings → Screen Time → See All App & Website Activity.

Your daily time on those apps
every week
21 hours
of waking time a year
68 days
of your waking life over the next 40 years
7.5 years

Time you could invest in what matters.

Days and years count 16 waking hours a day, the same math Rocus shows you when you set it up.

How it works

A choice every time you reach for the scroll

  1. Step 1

    Pick the apps that pull you in

    Group apps, whole categories and websites into profiles, like Social or News. Each profile blocks always, on a schedule, or once its apps reach a daily time limit.

    A Rocus profile named Social with 4 apps, 1 category and 2 websites, set to block after a daily limit of 3 hours.

  2. Step 2

    Meet your own words

    Open a blocked app and a shield leads with your intention. Choose it and the app closes. Choose to scroll and the app opens for 15 minutes, then the shield comes back.

    The shield preview in Rocus: “I’d rather be someone who reads 20 pages before bed,” with the buttons “Tonight, I choose my intention (close app)” and “Tonight, I choose to scroll (open app).”
    The shield as Rocus previews it during setup. The button wording changes from day to day.

  3. Step 3

    See which self you’re feeding

    Every choice is counted on the Today screen: New self when you close the app, Old self when you scroll. Progress shows the screen time of the apps you protect.

    Today’s choices in Rocus: 2 New self, 0 Old self.

Rules that hold

Limits you can’t wave away with one tap

Apple’s Screen Time limits end with a tap on Ignore Limit. Rocus gives you firmer rules for the days you want them.

  • Schedules

    Block during the hours you choose, like 9 to 5 on weekdays.

  • Daily time limits

    Use a profile’s apps freely until they add up to your limit. Then they stay shielded until midnight.

  • Open limits

    Decide how many times a day you can choose to scroll. After that, the shield stays up.

  • Hard block

    Take the scroll button away. You can still change it in Rocus, so it never traps you.

  • Focus sessions

    Block everything for a set time, with no way through until it ends.

  • Apps, categories and websites

    Pick them in Apple’s own picker, one app at a time or a whole category at once.

The Block tab in Rocus: a Social profile that blocks after 3 hours a day, and a button to start a focus session.

Privacy

What you set up stays on your phone

  • No account

    You never sign up or sign in.

  • Rocus can’t see your apps

    Apple gives Rocus a sealed token for each app you block, not its name.

  • Nothing personal is uploaded

    Your intention, profiles and choices stay on your device. Only your purchase status and anonymous ad measurement leave it.

Read the privacy policy

Pricing

Rocus Pro, with every feature

Both plans start with 7 days free. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings.

  • Yearly

    Recommended

    $59.99 a year

    Free for 7 days, then billed once a year.

  • Weekly

    $3.99 a week

    Free for 7 days, then billed every week.

U.S. prices. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you subscribe. To avoid the next charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial or period ends.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What does Rocus do?
Rocus blocks the apps you choose, on rules you set. When you open a blocked app, a shield asks you to choose: your intention, or to scroll. Each choice is counted as New self or Old self, so you can see which one you are feeding.
How is it different from Screen Time limits?
Apple’s own limits can be dismissed with one tap on “Ignore Limit”. Rocus asks you to make a choice every time, can cap how many times a day you choose to scroll, and offers a hard block and focus sessions that take the scroll button away. Apps are grouped into profiles, each with its own rules.
What happens when I choose to scroll?
The app opens for 15 minutes, then the shield comes back. If the profile has an open limit, each choice counts toward it, and once the limit is reached the shield stays up for the rest of the day.
When does a profile block its apps?
You choose for each profile: always, on a schedule (for example 9 to 5 on weekdays), or after a daily time limit, when the profile’s apps have been used for a set number of minutes. You can pick apps, whole categories and websites.
What are a hard block and a focus session?
A hard block removes the scroll button from a profile’s shield, so its apps stay closed. A focus session does the same for a set time. You can still edit or remove a hard block in Rocus itself, so it never traps you.
Is my data private?
Yes. There is no account. Your profiles, schedules, reasons and choices stay on your device, and Rocus cannot even see which apps you block: Apple gives it a sealed token, not the app’s name. Only two things leave it: your purchase status, through our subscription processor, and anonymous ad measurement through Apple.
All questions

Next time you reach for the scroll, meet your own words

Coming soon on theApp Store

Free for 7 days · No account · iPhone with iOS 16 or later