# Jolt: Screen Time Control

> App Blocker & Focus Timer

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738301540](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738301540)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6738301540`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ASAKIRA CONSULTANTS LLP
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (101 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2025-01-24
- **Size:** 198 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jolt-screen-time-control/id6738301540)
- **Website:** [https://www.thejoltapp.com/](https://www.thejoltapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.thejoltapp.com/privacy](https://www.thejoltapp.com/privacy)

## Description

Jolt helps you block distracting apps, set usage limits, and build healthier phone habits. It reduces screen time and promotes focused days with real-time feedback and simple controls.

Smart App Blocking with Duration Limits and Open Limits, Focus Sessions with schedules and templates, and Challenges & Rewards help you stay disciplined without feeling restricted. Deep Focus Mode blocks distractions, while privacy is protected using Apple’s Screen Time API. Jolt is designed for professionals, students, creators, and anyone looking to build focused, productive routines. Personalize your blockers to cover social apps, streaming, messaging, and more, and share progress through Stories to stay accountable.

## Rankings

- #137,269 — Overall
- #2 — screen time tracker
- #3 — screentime tracker
- #37 — reduce

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Jolt for effective, smooth blocking and mindfulness benefits, a free feature set, and a user-friendly, gamified design. However, recurring bugs and reliability problems, intermittent blocking failures, a frustrating unblock flow, and inconsistent daily resets temper the experience.

### Pros

- Blocking is smooth and dependable
- Increases awareness of daily phone use and promotes mindful, productive habits
- Gamified system with limits and a cooldown period that helps adherence
- Free to use with many features (no upfront paywall)
- Clean, easy-to-use interface (better than built-in features)

### Cons

- Bugs and reliability issues (crashes, freezing, and data not updating)
- Blocking can be unreliable and sometimes not enforce limits (time left still allows access)
- Unclear or frustrating unblock flow (redirects and repetitive prompts) that hampers usage
- Daily reset/time management issues (reset doesn't happen as expected or causes loops)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738301540)