Deflect: Screen Time Control

The screen-time blocker you have to convince.

Every blocker has the same flaw: the person who set the limit is the same person trying to break it. You tap "skip," you tap "5 more minutes," and you win every time. Deflect takes that negotiation out of your head.

When you open a blocked app, there's no override button. You have to ask Deflect, and explain why. A real reason that can't wait? You get exactly the minutes you need. "Just a quick check"? Deflect remembers the last time you said that.

HOW IT WORKS

• Block any app or category with focus sessions, schedules like Bedtime, daily limits, or always-on blocks
• Open a blocked app and tap "Ask Deflect" to make your case in a quick text-style chat
• Deflect asks questions, weighs your reason, and decides in a few messages
• Earn a short, time-boxed pass for what you said you'd do, nothing more
• Hard mode: blocks can't be ended early. Deflect or an emergency pass are the only way in

IT REMEMBERS

Deflect remembers your past week of requests and which excuses worked. Asked for 2 minutes to reply to one message, then came straight back for more? It knows. Begging louder doesn't work either. It judges the reason, not the volume.

IT READS YOUR DAY

Time of day, how long you've already spent in the app, how many times you've asked, and what kind of block you're in. A focus session you started yourself is the hardest one to talk your way out of. Each unlock gets shorter as the day goes on.

PROVE IT

When a story sounds thin, Deflect can ask for a photo: the email, the assignment, the delivery text. Give a block a goal like "finish calculus homework" and Deflect checks whether it's done before letting you back in.

MAKE IT YOURS

• Voice: Supportive (warm and on your side) or Unhinged (18+, permanently fed up, roasts your excuses)
• Strictness: Easy, Normal, or Hard
• Set the most minutes a single unlock can give
• Set your end goal, like "more time with my kids," and Deflect reminds you of it on hard days

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Deflect uses Apple's Screen Time framework to block apps. Before your first chat, Deflect asks permission and explains exactly what's shared with its AI provider. Your name, email, and age are never sent to the AI. No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold.

Deflect Pro subscription required. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage anytime in your Apple ID settings.

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