Cogu stops you before your most distracting apps open, and blocks them when you’d rather be doing something else.
Before a distracting app opens, Cogu puts one small question in the way. Open it anyway, or put the phone down.
0× you chose not to open
Cogu stops you before you open this app.
Your app
5:00 left
Then Cogu asks again.
Set a schedule, a time limit or an open limit. Your apps close by themselves.
Cogu Pro can lock a block until it ends.
Start a focus session, and your distracting apps are blocked while it runs.
then a 5 min break
Time off your phone, focus, and the blocks you completed. Counted by Screen Time, on your iPhone.
Example figures.
Pick the apps that pull you in the most.
A schedule, a time limit or an open limit.
It asks before they open, and blocks them at the times you chose.
Our phones are magical little devices. They connect us, inspire us, and put the world at our fingertips.
But somewhere along the way, the balance shifted. Instead of technology serving us, we started serving it. Checking, scrolling, and giving away moments we never meant to lose.
We believe it should be the other way around.
Cogu helps you take back control of your attention, be intentional with your time, and spend your days on the things that truly matter to you.
Because the goal isn’t less technology.
It’s a life spent on purpose.
It asks before your most distracting apps open, and blocks them at the times you choose: on a schedule, after a time limit, or after a number of opens. A focus session blocks them while you work.
Yes. The free version has two rules of your own, the question before your apps open, and focus sessions, for as long as you like. Cogu Pro adds as many rules as you need, and blocks you can’t open early.
No. You download Cogu and start.
What you do on your phone stays on your iPhone. Your time is counted by Apple’s Screen Time, on the phone itself.
Cogu is made for iPhone and needs iOS 26 or later.
Try Cogu for free, with two rules of your own. Cogu Pro adds as many as you need, and blocks you can’t open early.
For iPhone. No account needed.
What you do on your phone stays on your iPhone.