# Stackwall: App Blocker for Doomscrolling

> Canonical URL: https://www.stackwall.app/
> Markdown URL: https://www.stackwall.app/index.md

> Stackwall is an app blocker for people who bypass blockers. Stacky Coach helps you reframe the moment before TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and other distracting apps.

Updated August 18, 2026.

## Slow the reflex before it opens

Stackwall blocks the apps you open without thinking. Stacky Coach helps you change the thought pulling you toward the feed. You can then earn a short pass when you choose.

## How it works

### 1. Block apps you open on autopilot

Use Screen Time to choose the apps and categories that pull you in.

### 2. Tap through a phrase

Each tap reveals the next phrase and adds time to your earned-time bank. You can require a text note or voice rep when you want more active friction.

### 3. Spend a short pass

Choose a temporary unlock. Your selected apps re-lock when the pass ends.

## Change the thought before the scroll

Stacky Coach helps you pause, reframe what is happening, and choose a next move before you decide whether to earn access. The flow is Pause, Reframe, Choose.

Stackwall is for the moment before the scroll. It catches the urge and gives you a concrete next move. Your settings changes wait 24 hours, so the rule you set while calm has time to protect you when the urge is loud.

## Stackwall gives you

- Block selected apps and categories with Screen Time
- Tap a phrase to earn temporary unlock time for selected apps
- Optional hard daily unlock limit
- 24-hour delay on blocker changes
- Optional text note or voice rep before a tap earns time
- Stacky Coach to pause, reframe, and choose
- Phrase library to save, favorite, edit, rotate, and organize collections
- Record phrases in your own voice and play Phrase Audio during tap or Timer mode
- Brick wall progress, daily goals, streaks, and activity history
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets

## Who it is for

- You reach for your phone when work gets hard, boring, or uncomfortable
- You bypass the limits you set the same day
- You want app blocking that requires effort, not just another timer
- You want a hard daily ceiling, not only friction
- You want something to do instead of doomscrolling
- You want to get back to what you meant to do
- You want access to be a choice, not a reflex

## Common questions

### How does Stackwall block apps?

Stackwall uses Screen Time to block the selected apps and categories that distract you most. When you open one, Stackwall opens in its place.

### How do I earn screen time with Stackwall?

In the default mode, you tap through a phrase. Each tap adds your chosen number of seconds to an earned-time bank. You can also require a text note or voice rep before a tap earns time.

### What is the 24-hour rule?

Changes to blocker settings take 24 hours to apply. The rule you set while calm has time to protect you when the urge is loud.

### What does Stacky Coach do?

Stacky Coach helps you pause, name what is pulling you toward the app, reframe the thought, and choose what to do next. You can turn the result into a phrase for the next blocked-app moment.

## Guides for the app-open moment

Learn how to stop doomscrolling, change the thought before the app opens, and protect the limits you set.

- [How to stop doomscrolling](https://www.stackwall.app/guides/how-to-stop-doomscrolling)
- [Why Screen Time limits do not work](https://www.stackwall.app/guides/why-screen-time-limits-do-not-work)
- [Block TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube](https://www.stackwall.app/guides/app-blocker-for-tiktok-instagram-youtube)
- [How Stacky Coach changes the moment before the scroll](https://www.stackwall.app/guides/how-stacky-coach-helps-before-you-scroll)

- [All guides](https://www.stackwall.app/guides)
- [Compare Stackwall](https://www.stackwall.app/comparisons)
- [Get Stackwall on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stackwall-screen-time-control/id6760113322)