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Best App Blocking Apps for iPhone (2026)

34 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Opal: Screen Time Control is the top-ranked of 34 app blocking apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 89,974 ratings.

  1. 1
    Opal: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Brick - Ditch DistractionsS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 57,716 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    one sec | screen time + focusS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,716 ratings · score 95
  5. 5
    Refocus: App Blocker & LockS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,653 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Stop distracting apps on the phone from being opened so the user can focus.

Not here: website blocking alone; content filtering of web pages alone; a passcode lock for an app alone; call blocking alone; a to-do list or timer alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
OpalScreenZenBrickone secRefocusFoqosBePresent
A
AppBlockJomoPushUp TimeOffScreenBlockSiteBrainrotCapeFreedomUnrot
B
App LockSoundscapeClearSpaceBlank SpacesUnglueScrollFitFocusPastaFocusFlight
C
RootsJourneytouch grassBloomspiritlockPray FocusMinuteBank
D
Pomodoro TimerPrivacy Vault
F
Focus Ride

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Opal: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 89,974 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    ScreenZen- Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 51,933 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Brick - Ditch DistractionsS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 57,716 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    one sec | screen time + focusS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,716 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  5. 5
    Refocus: App Blocker & LockS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,653 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  6. 6
    Foqos - Tap to BlockS
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,391 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  7. 7
    BePresent: Screen Time ControlS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,184 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    AppBlock: Block Apps, WebsitesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,839 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  9. 9
    Jomo - Screen Time BlockerA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,501 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  10. 10
    PushUp Time: App BlockerA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,558 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  11. 11
    OffScreen: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,557 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    BlockSite: Block Apps & FocusA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 6,224 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  13. 13
    Brainrot: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 22,707 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  14. 14
    Cape: App to Pause ExcessA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,447 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  15. 15
    Freedom: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,005 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  16. 16
    Unrot: Earn your Screen TimeA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 56,954 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  17. 17
    App Lock - Lock Apps .B
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,802 ratings · score 82 · good
  18. 18
    Soundscape: Focus Sleep SoundsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,642 ratings · score 81 · good
  19. 19
    ClearSpace: Reduce Screen TimeB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,917 ratings · score 80 · good
  20. 20
    Blank Spaces LauncherB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,504 ratings · score 79 · good
  21. 21
    Unglue: Screen Time FriendB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,678 ratings · score 78 · good
  22. 22
    ScrollFit - PushUp App BlockerB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,190 ratings · score 78 · good
  23. 23
    FocusPasta | Study App BlockerB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 10 ratings · score 75 · good
  24. 24
    FocusFlight - Deepfocus TimerB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,717 ratings · score 74 · good · provisional
  25. 25
    Roots: Screen Time ControlC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,101 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    Journey: Screen Time ControlC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,492 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    touch grass: screen time limitC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,994 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  28. 28
    Bloom - Conquer Screen TimeC
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,423 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  29. 29
    spiritlockC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 112 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    Pray Focus: App BlockerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 10 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  31. 31
    MinuteBank: Focus & App LockC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 5 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  32. 32
    Pomodoro Timer - MD
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 61 · weak · provisional
  33. 33
    Privacy Vault - Hide AppsD
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional
  34. 34
    Focus Ride - Deepfocus TimerF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 13 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best app blocking app for iPhone?
Opal: Screen Time Control, S tier, ranked #1 of 34, rated 4.7 by 89,974 people.
Which app blocking apps are free?
34 of 34 are free to download: Opal: Screen Time Control (S), ScreenZen- Screen Time Control (S), Brick - Ditch Distractions (S), one sec | screen time + focus (S) and more. 20 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which app blocking app has the best App Store rating?
Brick - Ditch Distractions at 4.9 from 57,716 ratings.
How many app blocking apps reach S or A tier?
16 of 34. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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