A fresh start
every hour.
A daily limit is gone in one long sitting. HourLimit gives an app a few minutes per hour — spend your 15, and you get another 15 at the top of the hour. The binge never gets going.
7 hours keptThe moon is filling upThirty minutes at midnight shouldn’t cost you the whole day.
Daily limits fail the same way: one long sitting and the allowance is spent before the day has started. Hourly limits keep every session short.
Gone by 1 a.m. The rest of the day, there’s nothing left to hold you back — so the limit gets switched off.
A few minutes at a time, spread through the day. Spent your 10? The app waits until the top of the hour.
How it works
- 1Pick the apps that pull you inChoose them from Apple’s app picker. Save as many as you like.
- 2Give each one minutes per hourAnything from 1 to 60 minutes. 15 is a good start.
- 3Spent? It’s blockedThe moment the limit is used up, the app is shielded until the hour ends.
- 4Top of the hour, clean slateEvery limit resets on its own. No snooze, no bargaining.
Real blocking through Apple’s Screen Time — it works even when HourLimit is closed.
Give every hour its own limit.
Less at work, more in the evening, none at night. Hour Map sets a limit for each hour of the day — with a separate plan for the weekend if you want one.
- Tap or drag across hours to paint a limit
- Weekday and weekend maps
- Copy one map to other apps
Built to be calm.
Each hour you stay under your limits fills a little more of the moon. Miss one and nothing scolds you — the next hour is a fresh start.
No scores, no leaderboards, no shaming graphs. After a week, one quiet card shows what changed.
Your usage stays on your iPhone.
HourLimit uses Apple’s Screen Time framework, which never reveals which apps you limit or how you use them — not even to us.
Free to start. Pro when you want more.
Free
- Save as many apps as you like
- Up to 3 app limits active at once
- Hourly reset, real blocking, notifications
- Streak of hours kept and quiet hours
Pro
- Every saved limit active at once
- Hour Map, with weekday and weekend plans
- Your last 7 days, hour by hour
- Everything in Free
Monthly subscription or a one-time purchase.
Questions
Does it really block apps?
Yes. HourLimit uses Apple’s Screen Time (Family Controls), so the app is shielded by iOS itself — even when HourLimit is closed.
What happens at the top of the hour?
Every limit resets automatically and blocked apps open again. You get a clean slate every 60 minutes.
Can I give some hours more time than others?
With Pro, Hour Map lets you set a different limit for each hour of the day, with a separate plan for weekends.
Can HourLimit see which apps I use?
No. Apple’s Screen Time framework never reveals which apps you limit or how you use them. There is no account and no analytics.
What do I need?
An iPhone with iOS 17 or later, and Screen Time permission for HourLimit.