Digital Detox: Focus & Live

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About this app

The Unbreakable Blocker for Deep Focus & a Better Life



Finally, a Blocker You Can't Cheat: Engineered from the ground up to be unbreakable. Once you commit, there are no loopholes or workarounds.

✔️ Pay Only When You Fail: The app is free to use when you succeed. We only get paid if you decide to break your own rules, creating powerful self-accountability.
✔️ Reclaim Your Productivity: Block digital noise to accomplish your most important work.
✔️ Strengthen Your Relationships: Create tech-free "Family Time" to be fully present with loved ones.
✔️ Protect Your Sleep: Automate a nightly wind-down routine by blocking stimulating apps and websites for better rest.
✔️ Powerful, Flexible Scheduling: Design your ideal day with custom schedules for work, family, and personal time.
✔️ Advanced Content Filtering: Instantly block pornography, social media, news, or any other distracting digital content.
✔️ 100% Ad-Free, Always: Your focus and privacy are our only product. We will never show you ads.

To ensure the app is effective, disable all system optimizations and allow the app to run in the background. For details and guides, visit https://dontkillmyapp.com/.

Xiaomi phones require special permissions to open whitelisted apps. Follow our guide here: https://team.urbandroid.org/ddc-fix-whitelisted-apps-on-xiaomi/.

Automation
To start detox automatically from Tasker or similar:
- broadcast
- package: com.urbandroid.ddc
- action: com.urbandroid.ddc.START_DETOX
- time_extra: number of millies

Example:
adb shell am broadcast --el time_extra 60000 -a com.urbandroid.ddc.START_DETOX

Accessibility Service
To effectively block you from using the addictive and distracting apps the "Digital Detox" app may ask you to enable its Accessibility Service if you decide to use the cheating protection features.
We only use this service to block you from leaving an ongoing Detox without paying an accountability fee or using a quit code (the cheating). We do not use the service to collect any personal information.
See how the use of Accessibility Service works in Digital Detox: https://youtu.be/XuJeqvyEAYw

Device Admin
If granted by the user, the "Digital Detox" app may use the Device Administrator permission to (and only to) prevent users from cheating - make uninstalling of the app during an active Detox harder.
Break phone addiction, stop procrastination!
Updated on
Sep 23, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App activity and Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    App activity and Device or other IDs
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

42.3K reviews
Allena Hill
March 21, 2025
This is my favorite tech limiting app and I've tried a lot of them! It's got every feature I need, a super simple interface, and the devs always reply to emails if there's any issues. I don't just use this for a full detox, but it's also my app for scheduling focus times. You can set several different options like "work" and "family time" (you can edit the labels), and then use these for separate automatic schedules that block what you don't need for that time of the day. Perfect app, thank you!
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Erin Arnett
August 18, 2025
More feedback (deleting my old review for space): I wish this wasn't gamified. If I need to pay the accountability fee, that's fine, but I'd prefer if it neither kept track of my success rate nor logged my failures with a big, sad face. It's actually really demoralising for the app to hold that against you. Furthermore, I hate how it reminds you of how many days it's been since you detoxed, as if you should be ashamed of this. Just let me block without the judgement or the reminders of how long
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Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)
June 11, 2025
Hello Erin, the block of the system settings during the breaks is intentional for obvious reasons. If you try to enter the settings, the break is immediately terminated. If you must use the system settings, you need to do so outside the active detox, or add them to the list of allowed apps. Long-pressing the icon for uninstall is blocked too.
Iohannes Bononiensis
September 16, 2026
The app is great, but it's designed for people who actually have a phone addiction and want to stay away from their phones entirely. It is frustrating to use for average users who just want some help against dopamine inducing apps (mostly social media). As an example, it doesn't have simple settings for shutting down an active detox in case of an emergency, WITHOUT paying a fee. In fact, why would I want to pay money to unlock my phone because I need to pay a bill? so annoying!
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Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)
September 16, 2026
Hello, quitting the detox must have an obstacle. And since no one wants to pay real money, it is the most effective obstacle of them all. The app is completely free to use, and the only payment is a motivator to keep you from quitting. If this does not suit you, you can use the free Mentor feature instead. Emergency breaks are available as well.

What’s new

- Few smaller fixes