Revive: App & Website Blocker

Revive is an app blocker, website blocker and keyword blocker you set up for yourself — and can't quietly switch off.

If you're trying to break a compulsive habit around certain websites, searches or apps, willpower alone rarely holds at 2 a.m. Revive gives you two things that do: blocking that actually works, and a person in your corner who'll know if you turn it off. It's self-control with a safety net.

Block what you choose
• Website blocker — domains are filtered on your device by a local VPN. No traffic leaves your phone.
• Keyword blocker — words and phrases are blocked in the browser address bar.
• App blocker — a block screen appears the moment a listed app opens, so screen time goes where you want it.
• Categories — adult content, gambling, social and shopping lists, kept up to date, with an allow list for anything caught by mistake.
• Browser guard — only browsers Revive can read are allowed to open, so keyword blocks can't be sidestepped.
• Everything is your list. Nobody else decides what's blocked.

Protection you can't casually undo
• A PIN guards every sensitive change.
• Two-factor authentication with your authenticator app, plus one-time backup codes.
• Lost your authenticator? A recovery code is emailed to the address you set at setup.

Accountability, on your terms
• Choose someone you trust as your accountability partner. They're asked first, by email, and setup waits until they accept. They can opt out at any time.
• Once they've accepted: if protection is switched off, a block is removed, or the app is force-stopped or uninstalled, your accountability partner gets an email. Nothing else — never your browsing, never your list.
• Turning protection off needs a code only your partner can provide: from their authenticator app, by email, or a backup code.
• If your partner steps back, Revive switches to Solo mode and tells you, so you're never locked out.
• Prefer to go it alone? Solo mode gives you the same app and website blocking with only your own PIN and 2FA.

Built for focus and the long haul
• Focus timer for deliberate work sessions.
• Track habits and note lapses privately — that data never leaves your device.
• Goals — plan what the consistency is for: stages, tasks, a target date and a daily reminder. Your reason for the goal shows on the block screen when you need it.
• Light and dark themes; designed to be calm, not nagging.

Private by design
• Your PIN, authenticator secrets, blocklists and habit data are stored encrypted on your phone and never uploaded.
• No ads. No trackers. No account to create. We don't sell data.
• Our servers receive only what Accountability mode needs to alert the partner you chose, and optional crash and diagnostic reports you can switch off in Settings → About.
• Delete everything from inside the app at any time: Settings → Privacy & data.
• Full details: privacy policy linked below.

Pricing
• Revive is a subscription: 7-day free trial of everything, then a monthly or yearly subscription at the price shown in Google Play for your country, billed through Google Play. Cancel any time.
• If the trial or subscription ends, protection pauses and everything you set up is kept until you subscribe again.

Permissions, and why
• VPN — local DNS filtering for your blocklist (no remote server).
• Accessibility — to see which app is in front and read the browser address bar so blocks can be enforced. Used instantly, never stored or transmitted.
• Notifications — to show protection status.

Revive is an adult content blocker, app blocker and focus tool for adults who have decided to change something. It won't judge, and it won't let you off the hook.

Recent changes:
Subscription required after the 7-day trial. YouTube can be blocked. Partner approval by authenticator, emailed or backup code. If your partner stops alerts, Revive switches to Solo mode and shows the error until you change or remove them. Protection restores itself after airplane mode.