The phone blocker with a physical key
de•vice is a small key that locks distracting apps, gambling sites and porn until you tap it again. No “Ignore limit.” No loopholes. To unlock, you have to walk to the key.
Ignore limitOne tap and it’s gone.
Delete the appReinstalled by tomorrow.
Five more minutesIt’s never five.
Willpower isn’t the problem. The off switch is. Every built-in limit keeps it in your hand.
How it works
Pick your apps, or switch on gambling and adult-site protection. Set up modes for work, sleep or dinner. Block completely, or allow a daily allowance.
Hold your iPhone to the key and everything you chose is locked. Strict mode stops you from deleting the app or changing the clock to get around it.
The only way to unlock is to tap the key again. Keep it in the kitchen, the car or the office.
Real emergency? You get five emergency unblocks. Refills take 24 hours, so they’re never an easy way out.
Why it works
| Feature | Screen Time limits | App-only blockers | de•vice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can’t be tapped past | ✕“Ignore limit” | ✕Delete the app | ✓Needs the key |
| Stops app deletion during a block | ✕ | ✕ | ✓Strict mode |
| Blocks gambling and sweepstakes casinos | ✕ | –Some | ✓Updated daily |
| Blocks adult websites | ✓If you set it | –Some | ✓24-hour wait to turn off |
| Alerts someone you trust | ✕ | ✕ | ✓Accountability partner |
More than an app blocker
Locking apps is the start. de•vice also keeps you away from the things that are hardest to walk away from, and that takes work every day.
Sportsbooks, online casinos and sweepstakes casinos are blocked in Safari and in apps that use your iPhone’s DNS. New sites are found and added every day. Your allowlist always wins, so your bank and brokerage keep working.
Turns on Apple’s built-in adult-website filter for the browsing it supports.
Protection turns on instantly. Turning it off takes a day, long enough for the urge to pass. You can cancel the wait anytime.
Invite an accountability partner. If a protection is switched off or the app is deleted, they get a short, deliberately vague email. They never see what you browse.
Your $4 a month keeps the servers running that find new gambling sites every day, and keeps your partner’s alerts arriving.
Reviews
I used to pick up my phone 100 times a day. Now the key lives in my car and my evenings are mine again.
The sweepstakes casino apps were my problem. They just don’t load anymore, and my partner knows if I try to switch it off.
Screen Time never worked because I’d just hit ignore. Having to walk to the kitchen is enough friction that I don’t bother.
Stay motivated
Locked time earns coins. Spend them on trees, flowers and pets for your own island, so you can see the time you took back.
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FAQ
Because de•vice does more than lock apps. Our servers find and block new gambling sites every day and send your partner’s alerts. $4 a month keeps that running, and your first month is included.
Your key keeps locking apps. Gambling protection and partner alerts stop at the end of your billing period, and you can restart them anytime.
Use a spare key if you have one; you can register up to three. Otherwise you have five emergency unblocks, and refills arrive 24 hours after you ask.
Not easily, and that’s the point. Strict mode blocks app deletion and clock changes during a block, and your partner hears if protections are switched off. No blocker is impossible to beat, but de•vice makes it slow and deliberate instead of one tap.
Not yet. You need an iPhone running iOS 26 or later.
No. It’s a passive NFC key with no battery. Your iPhone powers it for the moment you tap.
Very little. Your block history stays on your phone, the apps you choose are hidden from us by Apple’s Screen Time privacy, and the gambling filter keeps no browsing logs.
Try it for 30 days. If it’s not for you, send it back for a full refund.
$39.99, includes your first month. 30-day money-back guarantee.
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