The Muslim app blocker that unlocks with dhikr.

Why block apps with dhikr instead of a timer?

Research commonly cited from Asurion (2019) found that people check their phones about 96 times a day, roughly once every ten minutes. Ordinary blockers try to shrink that number with limits and lockouts. The trouble is that a timer is easy to dismiss, and every dismissal feels like a small failure.

DhikrLock takes a different view, one it never bends: the phone is the opportunity, not the crime. Instead of shaming the reach for your phone, it meets that reach and turns it into remembrance. You are not punished for wanting to open an app. You are simply invited to say سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ first. Over a day, those interruptions add up to real dhikr you would otherwise have missed, without asking you to change your life or delete anything.

فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ
So remember Me; I will remember you. (Qur'an 2:152)

How DhikrLock blocks apps on iPhone

DhikrLock is built on Apple's Screen Time framework, the same system iOS uses for parental controls. That matters for three reasons:

• It is real, not a reminder. Blocked apps are shielded at the operating system level. They will not open until your dhikr is done.
• It is tamper resistant. The shield re-applies every time you launch or foreground the app, so force quitting or restarting will not get you past it.
• It is private. Apple hands the app an encrypted, opaque token. DhikrLock never sees the names of the apps you guard or any of your usage data.

What you can block

Any app you choose. Most people start with the obvious pulls, social media, short video, and games, then add whatever else tends to swallow an hour without noticing. You pick them through Apple's own private app picker, and you can add or remove apps whenever you like.

Muslim app blocker vs plain Screen Time

iOS already has Screen Time and Focus. So why use DhikrLock? Because a limit you set for yourself is a limit you can lift for yourself. The difference is what happens in the gap.

A fuller comparison with dedicated blockers like one sec and Opal lives on our alternatives page.

It is more than a blocker

The lock is the hook. What keeps people is everything around it: a standalone tasbih counter you can open any time, guided morning and evening adhkar aligned to your local prayer times, the 99 Names of Allah, and a quiet record of how your practice is growing. If you want the deeper why, read how to stop scrolling as a Muslim.