The Lock In Squad Blog

Digital Wellbeing app timers, Focus mode, and an app blocker, step by step from Google's own help pages, with what each one does when you try to open a blocked app.

Lock In Squad, Opal, Forest, Freedom, Cold Turkey, and Screen Time, compared on real pricing and what each does well, so you can pick the one that fits how you work.

Screen Time, Focus modes, and a dedicated app blocker, compared. The simplest way to block distracting apps on your iPhone and make it stick.

Why your thumb keeps scrolling, what actually breaks the loop, and a simple system to stop doomscrolling without quitting your phone.

Nine practical tactics, from blocking your phone to timed study blocks, that help you concentrate while studying and actually retain what you learn.

Why phone addiction happens, and a realistic seven-step plan, with no shame attached, to take back your time without throwing your phone away.

What the Pomodoro Technique is, why the 25-minute interval works, and the one mistake that quietly makes it fail.