Block the apps you pick. Earn them back with real activity.
$5.99 once. No subscription, ever.
Every other app in this category bills you weekly to stay off your phone. One charges $10 a week, which comes to $520 a year to not open Instagram.
Blocking, the study-mode allowlist and earning from your step count are free and do not expire. The one-time purchase adds three more earning sources, separate blocking profiles, and your earning history. Nothing that works before you pay gets locked after.
Merit reads your steps, exercise minutes, stand hours and sleep from Apple Health and turns them into screen-time credits by itself. There is no "I did it" button, so there is nothing to fake.
| 1,000 steps | 5 minutes |
| 10 minutes of exercise | 10 minutes |
| Each stand hour | 2 minutes |
| 7 hours of sleep | 15 bonus minutes |
Blocking apps and websites, the study-mode allowlist that keeps your calculator reachable, and earning from your step count. This isn't a trial. It doesn't expire, and the paywall that usually waits at the end of setup isn't there.
Three more ways to earn: exercise minutes, stand hours, sleep. Separate blocking profiles, because work and Saturday don't need the same rules. And a record of where your screen time actually came from.
One payment. Whatever worked before you paid still works after.