Android app blocker & digital detox
The Android app blocker you can’t talk yourself out of
Lock distracting apps away for hours or days — it unlocks itself when time’s up. Getting out early needs the computer you set it up from, and a wait you chose in advance.
No automatic charge. Plans start at $19.
On your phone? You can leave your email here — your setup code arrives in your inbox, and you pick up where you left off at a computer.
Before / after
Same phone. A calmer screen.
Why StillPhone
What makes it different from the restriction apps in the app store?
The difference isn't price, it's how easily it's switched off. Paid or free, as long as it's an app it can be turned off or deleted with one tap. StillPhone works differently: it writes your decision into the phone itself, not into an app.
How it works
Four steps, done in one sitting.
- 01
Download the wizard
A small setup program downloads to your computer. It explains every step before setup begins.
- 02
Connect your phone
By cable or wirelessly — the wizard figures out which one is easier for you.
- 03
Choose what stays
You decide which apps stay visible. Access to the rest is fully closed off — not deleted, just out of reach.
- 04
Free for the first 24 hours, then keep your decision
For the first 24 hours you edit your list as much as you like or leave without waiting. After that your choice is fixed — if you want to stop, the wizard returns the phone to normal after the short period you set.
From your computer to your phone — setup in ~10 min
Why it sticks
Free for the first 24 hours. Then your decision stands behind you.
Don't worry — this isn't one of those dull, hard-to-read texts.
For the first 24 hours you set your list however you like, or leave without waiting — if you made the wrong choice, you fix it easily. After that it's fixed; there's no "let me just open it for today" option. If you want to stop, you start it yourself from the wizard, and after the short period you set (e.g. 1 day) the phone returns to normal — this delay makes it harder to give up on a whim. During the14-day free trial, though, you turn Detox mode on and off freely; that commitment starts only when you buy.
Why it's safe
This is your phone. It stays that way.
Promise — this one's short and clear too.
Your notifications, lock screen, and quick settings all stay with you — we don't take over your phone. Only access to the apps you chose is closed off; they aren't deleted, just out of reach. When you want to leave, you start it from the wizard, and it finishes on its own after a short wait.
Not giving up the phone — putting it back in its place
Neither extreme is livable.
At one end there is the day the phone becomes the point: five hours of scrolling and no memory of it. At the other end there is falling out of the century — a phone that can't open your bank, your work chat or your two-factor codes. Escaping the first by arriving at the second isn't a solution; it's a swap.
StillPhone aims at the middle: let the phone be a tool, not the point. You don't need a second device or a few hundred dollars for a minimalist handset — it installs on the Android phone you already own, from your computer, in a few minutes. Essential apps never close, and youdecide which apps stay — not a manufacturer's idea of a simple phone.
If one of these sounds like you
People arrive for different reasons.
- “I need to focus for a while.”Exams, a thesis, a new job — temporary but real.
- “I set the limit and I remove it myself.”Every self-set limit has a self-set exit.
- “I think it has become a habit I can't break.”Nine signs and what each one answers to.
- “I don't know which tool to trust.”Four mechanisms and when each one fails.
Less, not none: a budget per app
Not every app has to close.
Some apps you don't want gone — you just want less of them. Give them daily time and a number of entries — and the entry count divides that time:“Instagram: 1 hour a day, 3 entries” means each entry opens a 20-minute window. Inside it you come and go freely; the timer runs while the app is open and stops when the screen goes off. When the budget is gone, the phone can't bring it back that night — it refills by itself in the morning.
Start before the next notification arrives.
14 days free · no card needed · cancel anytime
Save this code somewhere. It's permanent — the same code works even if you change computers.
Do this step on your computer — your code is in your email too.
Other platformsDownload the wizard
Download the setup wizard to your computer.
A small program (~7 MB). It connects your phone and does the setup step by step. You get the setup code from your email and enter it in the wizard.
Setup happens on a computer
StillPhone is installed on the phone from a computer — you connect the phone over USB or the same Wi-Fi network. That's why the installer isn't meant for the phone.
Get your code now, install from a computer later.
If Windows shows an "Unknown publisher" warning: More info → Run anyway. This is normal — it appears for new unsigned software.