Prayer First: App Blocker

Put God first, before your social feeds. Prayer First is a Christian app blocker and prayer journal that helps you make room for daily Bible reading, prayer and reflection.

If you reach for your phone before you reach for Scripture, start with one small change: pause distracting apps until you complete your daily Bible or journal habit.

BLOCK DISTRACTIONS, BUILD A DAILY HABIT
Choose the apps you want to block. When daily locking is active, Prayer First shows a blocking screen when you open a selected app. Complete your habit to unlock your apps for the rest of the day. A new local day starts a fresh opportunity to put Scripture first.

THREE WAYS TO UNLOCK
• Read in a supported Bible app for your chosen reading time.
• Use the physical Bible timer, set your phone down and read your paper Bible.
• Write a journal entry to reflect on Scripture, record a prayer or give thanks.

KEEP A PRAYER JOURNAL
Save Bible study notes, prayer requests and moments of gratitude. Add photos to your entries and revisit past reflections by day. Your journal text and photos are stored on your device.

GO DEEPER WITH POWER PACK
Optional paid features include journal search and a connected journal map to help you rediscover your notes, Bible references and themes.

LESS SCROLLING, MORE INTENTION
Create a pause before social media, interrupt doomscrolling and make space for quiet time with God. Prayer First supports your own Bible reading routine; it does not replace your Bible app. App blocking depends on Android permissions and is not impossible to bypass.

ANDROID ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Prayer First uses Android Accessibility Service for its core app-locking feature. When you choose apps to lock, the service notices when one of those selected apps comes to the front during your locking window so Prayer First can show its shield before the feed opens. Prayer First does not read screen text, capture keystrokes, record screen content, or send Accessibility data off your device. You can turn Accessibility Service off at any time in Android Settings; app locking will stop working if you disable it.