# Monk > Reclaim your time. Lock apps by simply bringing your phone close to your Monk device. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monktag.app](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monktag.app) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.monktag.app` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Monk-Development. - **Category:** HEALTH\_AND\_FITNESS - **Downloads:** 48 - **Version:** 1.0.2 - **Last updated:** 2026-07-22 - **First published:** 2026-07-28 - **Publisher country:** ES - **Size:** 40 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-16 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monktag.app) - **Website:** [http://monktag.com](http://monktag.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://monktag.com/policies/privacy-policy](https://monktag.com/policies/privacy-policy) ## Description Less phone. More life.
Monk isn't just another screen timer app. It's a physical device that lives outside your phone and blocks the apps that steal your time: social media, short videos, games—whatever you choose. You bring it close to your phone, and the apps are instantly locked. They only unlock when you bring it close again. No passwords. No shortcuts. Just intention.

Most solutions for reducing screen time are trapped within the very problem they're trying to solve: the phone itself. The limits you set in the settings are bypassed in two taps. If you really want to ignore them, you do. That's why they almost never work.

Monk creates a real barrier. To unlock, you have to hold the device and scan it. If you leave it in a drawer and go to the couch, there's no way to bypass it from your phone. That small physical barrier is precisely what breaks the automatic impulse to open Instagram without thinking.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose your distractions. In the app, you create a mode (Work, Study, Sleep, Family, or any other you like) and select which apps to block.

2. Tap your Monk. Bring your phone close to the device, and those apps are blocked instantly.

3. Come back whenever you want. To unlock, bring your phone close again. You're in control.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Block Mode: Choose which apps to block, and the rest remain available.
Allow Mode: Choose which apps you can use, and everything else is blocked. Ideal for deep work or studying.

Schedule Sessions: Set up modes that activate automatically at the times you want. For example, Sleep mode every night or Work mode from Monday to Friday.

Strict Mode: For those times when you know you might give in. It truly blocks apps, with no easy escape.

Stay Connected: Calls and messages are never blocked. Monk only blocks the apps you choose. You remain reachable, without the noise. Family Control: You can remotely log into your child's phone. Unlocking always requires
the physical device, so you're in control.

Your stats: See how much time you're reclaiming and how your relationship with your phone is evolving.

WHO IS IT FOR?

For anyone who feels their phone is stealing their time, focus, or presence. Professionals who want to work without interruptions. People who want to truly be with their loved ones at dinner. Students who get distracted every two minutes. Anyone who wakes up and the first thing they do is grab their phone.

NO SUBSCRIPTION

Monk is a one-time purchase. No monthly fees, no hidden features behind a payment. You buy it once and it's yours forever.

REAL GUARANTEE

If you don't reduce your screen time, we'll give you your money back. No questions asked, no fine print.

PERMISSIONS AND PRIVACY (ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE)

To block apps and websites, Monk uses the Android Accessibility Service. This is the app's core function and cannot work without it: the Accessibility Service allows Monk to detect which app or website you open and instantly block those you've chosen as distractions, displaying a lock screen instead.

Monk does NOT collect, store, or share your screen content or personal data. Information is processed only on your device and solely for the purpose of applying the blocks you configure. You can disable the Accessibility Service at any time from your Android Settings, and in that case, Monk will stop blocking apps and websites.

Monk is about not letting life slip away while staring at a screen without realizing it. It's about experiencing more real moments and less life on autopilot. It's about you deciding when to use your phone, not the other way around.

Reclaim your time. Discover Monk.

Note: To use Monk you need the physical device. You can get it at monktag.com. ## Rankings - #2,273,370 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.NFC` - `android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES` - `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.monktag.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Monk Phone - Cut Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/xyz.diegoberardi.monkphone) — 2,096 users - [Monk Detox: Quit Your Phone](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fujiwara.detoxtraining) — 23 users - [MonkUs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monkus) — 27 users - [MonkCard: Physical App Block](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mesh.monkblock) — 19 users - [Monkeyless: Reduce Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monkeyless.app) — 7,921 users, 5.00 / 5 - [集中 | 脱スマホ依存 ReLock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tttenchante.detraining) — 10 users - [Lock In - Contrôle ton temps](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.NME.lockin) — 31 users - [stopmonke](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.synexiomlabs.stopmonke) — 6 users - [ZenMoo digital detox(Zen Mode)](https://chrome-stats.com/d/in.timemac.zenmode) — 3,137 users - [Lock&Key: Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lockandkey.app) — 92 users - [Monk Mode](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.monk_mode.com) — 81 users - [TimeLock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.timelockapp.app) — 224 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monktag.app)