SetApp blocks distracting apps and makes you talk to an AI before you can open them. No willpower needed.
Apple ScreenTime API meets conversational AI. The smartest app blocker ever built.
System-level blocking via Apple's ScreenTime API. No workarounds, no cheating.
Explain yourself to an AI that knows your goals and holds you accountable.
Set goals and the AI references them when you try to unlock a blocked app.
Access is temporary. Countdown timer runs, and when it ends, the app locks again.
Speak your goals and unlock reasons. Speech-to-text built right in.
Lenient, moderate, or strict. You pick the level of tough love you need.
Tell the AI what you're working toward — speak or type.
Select distracting apps. They get locked at the system level.
Try to open a blocked app and the AI asks why. Convince it or get back to work.
If granted, you get limited minutes. Auto-locks when time is up.
AI Unlock Request
SetApp has a real conversation with you. It knows your goals, remembers your patterns, and makes thoughtful decisions.
References your specific goals when evaluating requests
Gets stricter if you keep asking for the same app
Feels like talking to a friend who wants you to succeed
Gentle and understanding. Trusts your judgment with kind reminders.
Balanced and fair. Questions reasons genuinely but respects real needs.
Tough love. Only grants access for clearly productive reasons.
Stop doom-scrolling. Start building. Let AI hold you accountable.
Download on the App Store