Hermit
App blocker & focus timer for iPhone and Android
Choose a session of up to an hour, keep the apps you actually need, and let distracting apps wait. There is no early-stop button inside Hermit, so the choice you make now holds until the timer ends.
For Android 10+ and iPhone with iOS 17+ · No account or sign-in
The hard part is not knowing when to stop. It is making the same decision again when you are tired, bored or tempted. Hermit lets calm-you decide once, then gives that decision time to work.
Screenshots
Real screens from the iPhone app: choose a session, keep your essentials, watch the countdown, then see your focus history light up.
Pick 1, 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. Hermit shows when the session will end before you hold to start.
Choose the apps that stay available, like maps, music or a study tool. The distracting ones wait until the session ends.
A countdown and ring show the time left. With no button to end early, the urge passes without a new decision.
Completed sessions light up a landscape of month rings and weekly islands, so protected time becomes something you can see.
Each day with a completed session becomes a star. Tap a day to see its focus time, sessions and timeline.
Weekly views compare your focus with the same days a week earlier and show which apps took the most screen time.
How it works
Hermit moves the decision to a calmer moment. You set the boundary before the next urge arrives, and the session keeps it for you.
Choose 1, 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. Start small for a quick reset, or take a full hour for study, deep work or the end of your evening.
Keep the apps you may need, like maps, music, notes or a reading app, while the rest wait. On Android, you can choose Lockdown Mode for a deeper break from the whole phone.
Hermit shows your finish time before you begin. Hold the start button for two seconds, and the countdown keeps that finish time even if the app restarts or the phone reboots.
When the timer ends, the session joins Stats. The Hermitage turns your completed sessions into stars, streaks and weekly islands you can explore.
What you can do
Everything in Hermit serves one idea: protect a chosen stretch of time while the useful parts of your phone stay close.
iPhone & Android
Choose which apps stay available and let distracting ones wait. On Android, opening a blocked app shows Hermit's block screen and returns you Home. On iPhone, Apple's Screen Time shields hold the boundary.
Android
Place the session timer over ordinary phone use and turn on Do Not Disturb for a deeper break from apps and interruptions. Emergency calling stays available from the lock screen.
iPhone & Android
Once a session starts, Hermit offers no stop, pause or snooze, so the plan you made calmly gets to outlast the urge. Your phone's own safety and system controls always stay in charge.
iPhone & Android
Hermit follows the original finish time across app restarts and reboots. On iPhone, optional Live Activities keep the countdown on your Lock Screen and, on supported models, in the Dynamic Island.
iPhone & Android
Browse months, days and weeks of completed focus. See your focus time, completed sessions, active days and best streak, then open a day to review its timeline.
iPhone & Android
The weekly view highlights your top time-consuming apps. On Android, a day's Tried to open list shows how often blocked apps were opened during focus sessions.
Guides
Clear answers for doomscrolling, bedtime scrolling, studying, ADHD, screen time and choosing an app blocker that holds.
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App blockers & focus timers
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FAQ
What to know before you protect your first session.
You choose a session length before the urge arrives, and distracting apps wait until it ends. Because there is no early-stop button inside Hermit, you don't have to win the same argument every few minutes.
Learn more →Yes. With Block Apps, you choose which apps stay available, such as maps, music or a study tool, and the distracting apps wait until the session ends. On iPhone, you make the choice in Apple's Screen Time selection sheet.
Learn more →Hermit has no stop, pause or snooze button during an active session, so the decision you made at the start can hold. Your phone's own safety and system controls always remain available.
Learn more →On Android, Hermit shows its block screen and takes you back to the Home screen. On iPhone, Apple's Screen Time shield covers the app while the session runs.
Learn more →Lockdown Mode places the session timer over ordinary phone use and turns on Do Not Disturb, for a deeper break from apps and interruptions. Emergency calling stays available from the lock screen.
Learn more →Yes. Hermit follows the original finish time across app restarts and device reboots, so reopening the app does not restart the countdown. On iPhone, Live Activities can keep it visible on the Lock Screen.
Learn more →Open Stats to explore the Hermitage. Days with completed sessions become stars, connected days reveal streaks, and weekly views show your focus totals and finished sessions.
Learn more →Start a session at the cutoff you chose and use it for your wind-down routine while the feeds wait. A session can last up to 60 minutes.
Learn more →Yes. Keep the study tools you need, start a session for one block of work, and let the distracting apps wait until the timer ends.
Learn more →Hermit is not a treatment, but it can reduce how many decisions you face in the moment. Pick a short session for one task and let the distracting apps wait while you begin.
Learn more →Your next hour is still yours
Choose the time once. Let Hermit keep it while you do what you meant to do.
For Android 10+ and iPhone with iOS 17 or later.
