Lock the exits

An iPhone app blocker that is actually hard to switch off.

Most blockers do not fail at blocking. They fail at the exact moment you get restless and turn them off in five seconds. Stillpoint is built around that moment. It puts real friction on the off switch so quitting a session takes deliberate effort instead of one tap.

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Why most blockers fail

If the off switch is instant, the block is decoration.

A blocker you can disable the second you feel the urge is not really a boundary, it is a reminder you can dismiss. The fix is not more willpower. It is making the decision to quit cost something, so the restless moment passes before you can act on it.

Gate the controls behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a PIN so disabling a block is a conscious act.
Keep recurring schedules running automatically so the boundary is on before the urge arrives.
Add app-uninstall friction so deleting the distracting app to escape the block is not a quick backdoor during a session.

How Stillpoint raises the friction

Four backdoors that most blockers leave open.

The off switch

Biometric and PIN gate.

Face ID, Touch ID, or a PIN sits in front of the controls that would let you end a session early, so "just this once" is no longer free.

The reinstall trick

Uninstall friction during sessions.

While a block or schedule is active, Stillpoint uses Screen Time's app-removal restriction so deleting and reinstalling the app is not an instant escape.

The settings backdoor

Screen Time passcode guidance.

Stillpoint walks you through setting a separate Screen Time passcode, which closes the most common way people quietly undo their own limits.

The live decision

Schedules that beat you to it.

Recurring weekly schedules switch the block on automatically, so you are not relying on a willpower decision in the worst possible moment.

An honest note

No iPhone blocker is truly unbreakable, and you should distrust any that claims to be.

Stillpoint is built on Apple's Screen Time framework, not a corporate device-management profile, so a determined person with enough time can still find a way around any consumer blocker. The honest goal is different: close the easy, instant backdoors that make most blockers pointless, and add enough friction that the restless five-second urge passes before you can act on it. That is the gap between a blocker that works and one you uninstall by the weekend.

Looking for a specific kind of boundary?

If you want the practical setup steps or a use-case fit instead, the linked pages cover blocking apps, calmer evenings, and protected work hours directly.

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