Smile: Screen Time Blocker
IdeaBridge GmbH Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Smile: Screen Time Blocker is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by IdeaBridge GmbH. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated July 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 7 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 21
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Smile: Screen Time Blocker
Smile puts a small, kind pause between you and the apps that pull you in. Choose the apps you want to guard. When you open one, Smile asks for a little ritual first, and only then lets you in, for a while. THREE RITUALS, ONE PER APP • Smile: a genuine smile at the camera (and, if you like, a kind word said aloud) • Breathe: a few slow breaths on a calm blue screen. Silent, so it works in public. • Honesty: say the honest sentence out loud before the app opens. You pick the ritual for each app. A quick scroll gets Breathe; a real time-sink gets Honesty. BUILT TO BE GENTLE, NOT PUNISHING Smile isn't about locking you out. Every time you meet a shield you get a choice, and walking away is always an option, and the app quietly notices when you do. WATCH THE PATTERN CHANGE Your journal fills in as you go: how often you knocked, how often you walked away, and a simple two-week picture so you can see the pull loosening. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. Your face and voice are processed on-device, in the moment, and never stored or sent anywhere. Smile has no account, no ads, no tracking, and makes no network requests. Apple's Screen Time framework means Smile never even learns which apps you chose. GUARD HOURS Guard around the clock, or only during the hours you choose. Made for the person who wants their phone to work for them, not the other way around. Smile Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pub-e600f9d6d7c941bdb9fe4f3ba47603ba.r2.dev/privacy.html
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated July 21, 2026
Smile now speaks your language! Full support for German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Also new: a confetti welcome when you go Pro, a rotating note on your dashboard, shorter usage-based unlock windows with a custom length, and a per-app breakdown of the apps you walked away from.
App privacy
The developer, IdeaBridge GmbH, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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