Why Torah Lock
More than an app blocker.
A Jewish morning.
A generic app blocker just restricts time. Torah Lock turns the same locked moment into an intentional Jewish practice — Shema and personalized Tehillim — and it knows when to step aside for Shabbat. Free on iOS.
A different category
A timer locks you out.
Torah Lock invites you in.
A typical screen-time app treats your attention as a problem to ration. It counts minutes, throws up a wall, and leaves the wall blank. The pause is empty — so the moment you get past it, you scroll anyway. Torah Lock asks a different question: what if the gate between sleep and scroll were filled with something worth doing first?
A generic app blocker
Restricts apps on a timer or schedule. The barrier is empty — tap, wait, or enter a passcode and you are straight back to scrolling.
Runs the same blunt rules on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, with no awareness of the Jewish calendar.
Treats every day, and every mood, identically. Nothing meets you where you are.
Often syncs usage data to an account or dashboard to track what you do across your apps.
If it counts streaks at all, a missed day breaks the chain — including the days you were meant to rest.
Torah Lock
Opens each morning with a short prayer flow — Shema, then Tehillim. The gate is a prayer, not a timer, and it lifts once you have prayed.
Auto-detects Shabbat and Jewish holidays by your location through the Hebcal calendar. No blocking on holy days — the practice simply rests when you do.
Personalizes your Tehillim to your mood across a nine-state grid, drawing from a curated library of psalm segments. Anxious or grateful, the verses fit the day.
Enforces restrictions 100% on-device with Apple's Screen Time, FamilyControls, and ManagedSettings frameworks. It never collects or transmits which apps you use.
Tracks a streak that rewards showing up — and your streak is preserved straight through every Shabbat and chag.
Why it matters
The pause is the point.
The first thing you reach for in the morning sets the tone for everything after it. A blank lock screen only delays the scroll; a few unhurried minutes of Shema and Tehillim reframe it. The same locked window becomes a daily act of intention — under five minutes, then your apps open and the day begins with Hashem first. That is the difference between an app that takes time away and one that gives a moment back.
Is Torah Lock just a blocker with prayers bolted on?
No. The prayer flow is the product, and the lock exists to protect it. Everything — the 5:30 AM window, the mood-matched Tehillim, the Shabbat awareness, the streak — is built around making the morning moment happen, not around counting your screen time.
Choose the morning,
not just the lock.
Free to try. A few minutes a day. A lifetime of intention.
Download on the App Store