# Sanctum: Screen Time Blocker > Focus, App Blocker, Sleep Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6796927209](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6796927209) ## Overview - **ID:** `id6796927209` - **Platform:** Apple - **Type:** Apple app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Clovinyx - **Category:** Productivity - **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings) - **Version:** 0.1.5 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-03 - **First published:** 2026-08-07 - **Size:** 121 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-21 - **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanctum-screen-time-blocker/id6796927209) - **Website:** [https://sanctum.clovinyx.io](https://sanctum.clovinyx.io/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://sanctum.clovinyx.io/privacy](https://sanctum.clovinyx.io/privacy) ## Description Transport yourself to the world's most relaxing screen time app. Gain back the 5 to 6 hours you lose daily. Lock your phone, focus, build good habits. No way out. Two months. That's what four hours of screen time a day costs you every year. Sanctum takes it back. Start a session and your phone locks. No pause. No snooze. No "five more minutes." There is no button that lets you back in. Most app blockers leave an easy back door. A skip. An "extra time" unlock. So the scroll always wins, because it always can, in one tap. Sanctum has no free exit. Leaving early takes a short mindful practice first. Weakness is never one tap away. WHY THE COMMITMENT MATTERS Willpower fails when you need it most. Cutting screen time is a decision your phone makes you re-take every minute. Sanctum moves the choice to before the session, then holds the line. HOW IT WORKS Choose a duration. Press start. Sanctum will block apps system-wide until the timer runs out. Leaving early means completing a short reflection first, and by then the urge has usually passed. No categories, no decisions once you begin. It is the simplest way to block apps you will ever use. BLOCK APPS ON AUTOPILOT Beyond one-off sessions, Sanctum can block apps and cut screen time on its own: - Schedules. Block apps automatically on the days and hours you choose. Work mornings, study blocks, sleep. - Daily App Limits. Set app limits that cap screen time on the apps you pick. Shared budget or one each. When the time runs out, they close until midnight. SOCIAL MEDIA SCREEN TIME, HANDLED Social media is engineered to beat your willpower. Block social media for a session, put social media behind daily app limits, and your screen time falls without a fight. BUILD BETTER PHONE HABITS Every session and every urge resisted scores five traits: Stillness (time off the phone), Discipline (sessions kept), Restraint (wanting the phone, not grabbing it), Grounding (time with people, not screens), and Breath (slow breaths that reset the nerves). Watch them rise as your screen time falls. WHEN AN URGE HITS Reach for a blocked app and Sanctum meets you with a moment, not a wall: a short practice. Sit in stillness, breathe it out, walk it off, or write the urge down and watch it burn. By the time it is done the pull is usually gone, and the stress with it. YOU'RE NEVER TRAPPED Calls, the camera and the essential system apps iOS protects keep working, so you can reach someone anytime. Sanctum adds friction to a habit, never a lock on your life. BEAUTIFUL LIVING THEMES Sanctum is built to be experienced: Nature, Universe, Ocean, Serene, Sunset, Midnight. Each theme transports you into an immersive natural world, with a large ambient clock that helps calm the mind. During a screen time session your phone becomes a beautiful desk clock, not a thing to escape. WHO IT'S FOR - Anyone whose focus is stolen by social media and doomscrolling - ADHD and executive-function struggles, where "just put it down" never works - Students, founders and remote workers with no one to hold the line but themselves - Anyone whose screen time keeps climbing no matter which app blocker they try PRIVATE BY DESIGN Offline-first. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Sanctum is built on Apple's own Screen Time framework, and your screen time data never leaves your device. FEATURES - Uncompromising system-wide screen time blocker. No pause, no snooze, no one-tap exit - Block apps for a session, on a schedule, or behind daily app limits - Hard Mode: the strictest app blocker setting, sealed until the timer ends - Block social media on the days and hours you set - Cap screen time per app with shared or individual app limits - Streaks, medals and five traits that track your progress - Live Activity: session countdown right on your Lock Screen Sanctum is the screen time app for people done negotiating. Block apps, set daily app limits, tame social media, and watch your screen time finally drop. Not just an app blocker. Your sanctuary from your screen. Learn more at https://sanctum.clovinyx.io Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Rankings - #568,975 — Overall ## Similar extensions and apps - [ScreenDeath: App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6758864002) - [Reclaim: App Blocker & Focus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6773049183) - [Screen Time & Focus - Chrona](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760411650) — 4.00 / 5 - [Digital Detox: Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6806745916) - [Focus Block:stop distractions](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6753289826) — 5.00 / 5 - [Indistractable: App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6740428952) - [Phantom Focus: Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6796399391) - [Bloc: Screen Time Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6800745997) - [FocusMe: Screen Time Control](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6756209208) — 5.00 / 5 - [Think First: Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6789266589) - [Block It! - Block Apps & Focus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6809349310) - [Detox: Screen Time App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6761635511) --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6796927209)