Brio: Focus & App Blocker
Shaurya Goel Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Brio: Focus & App Blocker is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Shaurya Goel. Rated 5.0/5 from 6 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 6 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 34 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 14
- 2026 · v1.0.6
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About Brio: Focus & App Blocker
YOUR APPS STAY LOCKED. YOU EARN YOUR WAY IN. Two minutes of reading, walking, or watching educational long form content earn one minute inside your distracting apps. That's the whole deal, and Brio never bends it. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps and websites that distract you. Brio locks them and keeps them locked. When you want in, you earn it: READ — 40 classic books built in, from Marcus Aurelius to Jane Austen, stored on your device. Or import your own (PDF, EPUB, TXT). Minutes only count while pages actually turn. WATCH — Long-form video worth your attention. Start with Brio's curated shelves or paste any YouTube link. Time only counts while you're actually watching. Shorts are rejected outright. WALK — Tap Walk, pocket the phone, go outside. Your steps become minutes, counted by your iPhone's motion sensor, with a live card in the Dynamic Island. Then unlock: you earn 1 minute of screen time for every 2 minutes spent reading, walking, or watching. Use your earned time to unlock your apps. Change your mind after unlocking? Tap Lock Back In and every unused minute returns to your balance. No other blocker we've found does this. THE SHAPE OF A DAY A small daily minimum must be earned before your first unlock. At 4 a.m. everything resets and the day starts clean. Meet the minimum day after day and your streak grows. WHO IT'S FOR Students. Developers. Anyone with ADHD. Anyone fighting doomscrolling, brain rot, or a dopamine cycle they can't break on willpower alone. Anyone who tried to use their phone less and failed because there was nothing to do when it went dark. PRIVACY Screen Time data is processed on your device by Apple's framework and never sent to us or anyone else. What you read and watch stays yours. Analytics use a random anonymous ID; we never collect your name or email. Requires iOS 17.0 or later · iPhone only · Screen Time permission required Terms of Use: https://brioappblocker.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://brioappblocker.com/privacy
Ratings & reviews
5.0
6 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.0.6 · Updated September 14, 2026
MEMBERS FIRST. A few paying members were shown a membership screen while Brio was still confirming their subscription with the App Store. That's fixed. Brio now waits for Apple's answer before it ever offers you anything, and keeps your access on slow or missing connections. Also in this update: • Every price you see is the exact price Apple will charge, in your storefront's currency. • The 24-hour yearly offer now shows when it has ended instead of quietly changing price. • Membership options only appear when they actually apply to you. Still seeing an offer as a member? Tap Restore Purchases, or write to [email protected].
App privacy
The developer, Shaurya Goel, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: Device ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, App Functionality
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