# Habit Hound: App Blocker > Build habits. Unlock apps. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6772355606](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6772355606) ## Overview - **ID:** `id6772355606` - **Platform:** Apple - **Type:** Apple app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Goodwater Labs - **Category:** Productivity - **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings) - **Version:** 1.0 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-05 - **First published:** 2026-09-04 - **Size:** 7.26 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-17 - **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/habit-hound-app-blocker/id6772355606) - **Website:** [https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound](https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound) - **Privacy policy:** [https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound/privacy](https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound/privacy) ## Description Block distractions. Build habits. Lock the apps that eat your time, and unlock them by finishing your daily habits. Finish your habits and your apps unlock. Skip your habits and your apps stay shut. That's Habit Hound: the apps you choose stay locked until today's habits are done. A habit tracker can only ask. An app blocker can only say no. Habit Hound ties the two together, so the apps that eat your time become the reward for the habits you actually want to keep. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your daily habits: a workout, twenty pages, a walk, whatever you keep meaning to do. 2. Put the apps that distract you in the Doghouse. Pick individual apps, whole categories, or websites. 3. Reach for a locked app and Habit Hound tells you exactly what's left: "Finish 2 more habits to unlock your apps." 4. Finish your habits. Your apps open. Tomorrow, the lock comes back. WHY IT WORKS Willpower is weakest at the exact moment you reach for your phone. A reminder at 8 AM is long gone by 8 PM. Habit Hound puts the reminder on the app itself: it shows up the moment you're tempted and names the habit standing between you and the scroll. Rewards outlast restrictions. A block you resent gets deleted in a week. A lock that opens the moment you've done something worth doing is a deal you keep, because every day you finish your habits, you also finish the lock. And there's no nagging. No notifications, no streak guilt, no 8 PM ping asking why you haven't meditated. The locked app is the reminder. A LOCK YOU CAN OPEN Habit Hound is a commitment device, not a cage. Genuinely need an app before your habits are done? Take a 15-minute bypass. Bypasses are rationed, once a day on the free plan, so using one stays a decision rather than a habit of its own. Want no way out at all? Strict Mode removes the bypass entirely. MADE FOR • Readers who keep meaning to read, and scroll instead. • Workouts that keep losing to the couch. • Mornings that start with a feed instead of a plan. • Anyone who has watched streaks and reminders fade by week two. BUILT ON APPLE'S SCREEN TIME Habit Hound uses the Screen Time framework built into iOS to hold your locks in place. That means: • It works even when the app isn't open. iOS enforces the lock for you. • It can't see what you do inside other apps, and it never reads your usage data or browsing history. • Your habits and app selections stay on your iPhone. • You can revoke access anytime in Settings. SEE THE DAYS ADD UP A monthly calendar shows every day you cleared your habits. Track Perfect Days, Active Days, and your best streaks, and tap any day to see what you did. NOT SURE WHERE TO START? Browse a catalog of starter habits across health, focus, learning, and sleep, or write your own. Repeat them every day, on weekdays, or on weekends. HABIT HOUND PREMIUM The free plan includes 3 habits, one 15-minute bypass a day, and everything above. Premium adds: • Unlimited habits • Time Lock: block apps on a fixed schedule, like 9 to 5 for deep work or 9 PM to 7 AM for sleep, with no habit attached • Time Periods: split the day into Morning, Midday, and Evening, and lock apps in each one independently • Custom repeats: run a habit on exactly the days you choose • Strict Mode: turn the bypass off entirely • Bypass control: up to 3 bypasses a day, 15 or 20 minutes each • Themes: every preset color, or any color of your own New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Block distractions. Build habits. Privacy Policy: https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound/privacy Terms of Use: https://goodwaterlabs.com/habithound/terms Requires iOS 17 or later. ## Rankings - #648,265 — Overall ## Similar extensions and apps - [Habit Unlock: App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6774376697) — 5.00 / 5 - [HabitBlocker: Earn Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6762017712) - [Lock In: Habits First](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760589746) - [Outwork: Habits Unlock Apps](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6768097614) - [HABITSS - Earn App Access](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760842557) - [Screen Time Control - LockLive](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6781304129) — 5.00 / 5 - [Habit Tracker – HabitKeep](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6803288040) — 5.00 / 5 - [AnyHabit: App Blocker & Focus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760150415) — 5.00 / 5 - [Bed Lock: Morning App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6763492881) - [Broc: Earn Your Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6803488648) - [Habit Doom: Anti-Doomscroll](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757255783) — 4.90 / 5 - [LockedIn: Earn Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6747677872) — 4.50 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6772355606)