Steady Phone

For one iPhone

Your phone, shorter.

Steady Phone keeps a few apps within reach and shields the rest. No account. Works offline.

See how it worksSupport

Coming to the App Store. iPhone, iOS 18 or later.

App Store frame of Steady Phone Home, with the timer on and today's Screen Time
App Store frame of the Steady Phone timer, counting down
App Store frame of the Steady Phone Apps tab
App Store frame of Steady Phone rewards and the day streak

01

A text list on your Home Screen.

Large type, light or dark. Tap a name to open that app. If it doesn't open, Steady Phone says so.

02

Every other app shows a shield.

You pick what stays open, up to 50 apps. Screen Time covers the rest. The shield's only button is Close.

03

Leaving early takes 15 minutes.

The wait shows inside Steady Phone. The shield does not count down. When the time is up, the shields drop until the next window.

Two lists.

The names on the Home Screen are not the same as the apps Screen Time leaves open. iOS does not give Steady Phone a name it can tap from a Screen Time token. You choose both, on purpose.

Include Phone, Messages, and Maps in the apps that stay open if you want calls and directions to keep working. If you keep Safari, websites open too.

The shield

Steady Phone is on

This app isn't on your list. Open Steady Phone to leave. It takes 15 minutes.

Close

You can turn it off.

When you do, the shields come off with it. That does not wait 15 minutes. The wait is for leaving early while Steady Phone is still the mode you chose. You can also revoke Screen Time in iOS Settings. Steady Phone can't stop you.

Yearly is $24 after a 7-day free trial. Monthly is $4, with no trial. Cancel anytime in Settings.