Stop opening apps out of habit.
Mindful Unlock replaces your home screen with one simple step: type the name of the app you want to open. No app grid to scroll through, no icons pulling your attention, no mindless taps. That one small pause is often enough to break the automatic reach for your phone.
A real home screen, not an overlay
Mindful Unlock is a full launcher replacement. Every unlock starts the same way: a quiet, grayscale screen with a clock, your date, and a search bar. Type an app name to open it.
Block apps, your way
Create blocking groups for the apps you want to use less: social media, games, anything. Combine rules to fit how you actually lose time:
- Time window — block apps during work hours, or after bedtime
- Daily time budget — a shared limit across a whole group of apps, down to the minute
- Weekend-only access (Premium) — save certain apps for Saturday and Sunday
- Daily open limit (Premium) — stop the five-second checks that a minutes-based limit can't catch
No easy way out on purpose
Once a group is blocked, its rules can't be edited or deleted until the block lifts. That's deliberate. If you want a way to earn a temporary pause, choose one that fits:
- Strict, with no pause option at all — free, and always available
- Sit out a short wait, watched on-screen, before the block lifts
- QR code (Premium) and hide it somewhere inconvenient scan it to pause
- Walk a set number of steps (Premium) before you're let back in
Block Shorts and Reels — not the whole app (Premium)
Want to keep using YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook for real content, just not the endless short-video feed? Short-form video blocking uses Android's Accessibility Service API to detect Shorts, Reels, and Spotlight specifically and stop them without blocking the rest of the app.
This feature is entirely opt-in: the Accessibility Service is only turned on if you enable this specific feature in Settings, and it's used for this purpose alone. It runs entirely on your device — nothing it sees is collected, stored, or transmitted anywhere.
Built to stay out of your way
No streaks, points, or badges. No bright colors or celebratory animations designed to keep you engaged. No notifications nagging you to open the app. Just a quiet, grayscale tool that does its job and lets you get on with your day.
Your data stays on your device
Mindful Unlock has no account, no server, and no analytics. Nothing is collected or transmitted — everything it needs to work stays on your phone.