bench

Bench / an app blocker for iPhone

Bench the noise. Do the work.

Pick the apps that eat your day, spin the dial, and they stay locked until time's up. Calls, texts and maps always work.

How it works

Three steps. No willpower required.

  1. 01

    Pick your lineup

    Choose the apps that eat your day. Save a few lineups for the usual suspects: Doomscroll, Work, Bedtime.

  2. 02

    Spin the dial

    Thirty minutes up to twenty-four hours, one tick at a time. That phone is real. Drag it.

  3. 03

    Sit it out

    Tap Bench Me. Those apps stay locked till the clock runs out. Calls, texts and maps never get benched.

Hi, there

How long are you out?

3h until 6:00 PM
drag the ring

What you get back

Your life, back in color.

Bench the apps and the rest of the day shows up.

A family walking together on a wooden boardwalk through a field
6:12 PM The walk. All of it.
Three friends laughing together outdoors on a sunny day
7:40 PM The actual conversation.
A person walking alone down a forest trail
8:05 AM A thought, finished.
A woman reading in an armchair by a big bright window
9:30 PM Chapter twelve, finally.

Pricing

Free to bench. Pay to cheat.

Benching costs nothing. Bailing early costs a little, then a little more. By the fourth time you'll be asking yourself if that notification was worth ten bucks.

It wasn't.

Unbench menuPer week
BenchingFree
1st unbench$0.99
2nd unbench$1.99
3rd unbench$4.99
4th & up$9.99

Prices reset every Monday

Your apps will still be there in three hours. Promise.

The waitlist

Get benched first.

One note the day Bench hits the App Store. No newsletter, no drip, no nonsense.