StepGate: Screen Time Control

Lock the apps you overuse until you've walked your steps.

Make yourself one promise: steps before scrolling. StepGate keeps it for you.

HOW TO USE STEPGATE:

1) Pick the apps you want locked
2) Set your daily step goal
3) Walk. Hit the goal and they open*

A real lock on the apps you doomscroll. It lifts when you hit your steps, so your screen time is earned, not assumed.

Not a reminder you can swipe away. StepGate uses Apple's Screen Time to block them for real: a digital detox that costs a walk instead of willpower.

Your steps come from Apple Health, so the pedometer is already running. There's no account and no sign-up, and because you pick your apps in Apple's own picker, StepGate never sees which ones you chose.

Rest days, active hours and a pause switch are built in. Rigid systems get deleted.

Questions or ideas: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/support

NOTE: StepGate is a habit tool, not medical or fitness advice. Steps are read from Apple Health and Motion & Fitness (read-only). App blocking uses Apple's Family Controls framework with individual authorization: you managing yourself. Requires iOS 17 or later.

*STEPGATE PLUS IS REQUIRED TO GATE APPS. Already using StepGate before Plus existed? It stays free for you.
TERMS: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/terms
PRIVACY: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/privacy