Monthly
US$0.99 / month
One month free for eligible new subscribers when confirmed by Apple. Renews monthly until cancelled.
A calm, privacy-first discipline companion that protects your sleep, your mornings, and your intentions. Block distracting apps, complete intentional bedtime rituals, and wake up with active missions.
Take a Break acts as a mindful buffer for your device, giving your brain the breathing room it needs to focus and rest.
Break the loop of late-night doomscrolling. Give your mind a dedicated screen-free window to decompress and recover.
Reclaim your attention span. Automatically lock distracting apps during key work blocks so you can focus without constant alerts.
Establish healthy circadian boundaries. Bedtime wind-down habits ensure you stay offline before sleeping.
Re-engage with the physical world. Trade screen minutes for step tracking, hobbies, and authentic focus.
Take a Break closes the loop on screen discipline by connecting bedtime intentions with morning accountability.
Set your sleep window and complete a bedtime mission (reflecting, journaling, or charging your device) to prepare for rest.
Once sleep mode is active, the app locks your selected distracting apps. Essential calling functions remain fully accessible.
When alarms trigger, they keep notifying until you complete a wake mission—such as solving math puzzles or scanning a remote QR code.
Honoring your boundaries earns time in your Time Bank. Spend them on breaks or walk steps to mint new active time.
App blocking that stays on. Monthly or lifetime. No ads.
US$0.99 / month
One month free for eligible new subscribers when confirmed by Apple. Renews monthly until cancelled.
US$59.99 once
Full access with a one-time purchase. No recurring subscription.
Both plans include app blocking, bedtime routines, wake missions and the Time Bank. No ongoing free tier. Local prices and trial eligibility are shown in the app before payment.
Take a Break can't be deleted while a shield is on. Use Turn off blocking in the app, including on the paywall, before removing it.
Download Take a Break and build habits that safeguard your sleep, your mornings, and your focus.
Everything you need to know about app-locking, permissions, and device privacy.
We use Apple's native Screen Time and Family Controls APIs to restrict access to your selected distracting apps during active schedules. This blocking engine is 100% on-device and offline, meaning we lock your apps—NEVER your phone itself. You can still make emergency phone calls and access critical tools.
Yes. Your app selections, schedules, screen-time activity, photos, logs, and purchase state are handled on your phone. Purchases and restores use Apple's StoreKit directly; Take a Break has no account system, advertising, purchase backend, or third-party subscription SDK. Limited crash diagnostics help fix faults; optional usage statistics are off by default. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.
For every minute you successfully spend focus-scheduled or sleep-locked, you earn 1 minute in your Time Bank. You can spend these minutes to check apps early (at a 2:1 cost). If your bank is empty, you can walk steps (500 steps = 10 minutes) or wait out an escalating cooldown timer to restore focus access.
Take a Break connects bidirectional sleep and wake accountability. In the evening, you must complete a wind-down mission (like journaling or a reflection) to arm sleep mode. In the morning, you must complete a wake-up mission (solving math problems, scanning a barcode, or completing physical movements) to prove you're up and restore normal device access.
Yes. Take a Break schedules alarms via local iOS notifications. Please note that iOS notifications are silenceable if your device is muted or on focus modes, so we never claim they cannot be silenced—instead, our system relies on pre-alarm commitment locks and morning missions to support your discipline.