Lock the apps and sites that pull you off track. Schedule shields around your mornings, workouts and deep work, and earn them back when the condition clears.
Free on iOS and Android. One shield free, unlimited with Pro.
Most apps just tell you how much time you already lost. Grit-Lock does something about it. Schedule a shield around the parts of your day that deserve your focus, and your distracting apps stay locked until the condition clears.
It's not about never using your phone. It's about deciding when your phone gets access to you.
Pick the apps and websites that pull you off track. Then choose when each shield starts, which days it runs, and what clears it: a morning window, a verified workout, or a focus block.
At the time you set, your chosen apps lock at the system level. Not a reminder you can swipe away. Calls, texts and system apps always stay open.
A time window clears on its own when it ends. A workout shield waits for Apple Health or Health Connect to verify your session. Every shield clears at midnight regardless.
Real screens from the iPhone app. Android has the same features.
Workout shields read your real data from Apple Health or Health Connect: workout minutes, active calories, exercise minutes, or any logged workout. No honor system.
A morning window, a lunch workout, an evening focus block. Each shield has its own schedule and its own way to clear, and they clear independently.
Name one person. Past your weekly free bypasses, the next one waits until you text them. Add an optional breaking fee you pay them on Venmo, Cash App or PayPal. Grit-Lock never touches the money.
When no shield is up, opening a blocked app costs a short wait. Tap once, come back after the timer, then tap again. A pause instead of a wall, so the habit holds between shields.
Every earned day adds to your streak. A rest day covers a missed day automatically so one rough day does not erase a month. A bypass you choose still breaks it.
Blocking an app while the browser still loads the same site is not a block. On iPhone, shield specific sites. On Android, shield your browsers alongside your apps.
Home screen widgets on both platforms. A live lock screen countdown while a shield is up. Shortcuts and Siri on iPhone, a Quick Settings tile on Android.
Remove your own escape hatch. Hardcore turns off bypass and freezes your block list while shields are up, for the days you want to commit fully.
No account to create. Your health data, blocked apps, screen time and contacts stay on your phone. Anonymous usage stats only, and you can switch them off.
Pro is available monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Current prices are shown in the App Store and Google Play.
Grit-Lock works without a login. Your purchase restores through your Apple ID or Google account. Read exactly what stays on your phone and what does not in the Privacy Policy.
Grit-Lock is live on the App Store and Google Play. Reach out anytime with questions or feedback: support@buildingrome.dev.
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