Ascent: Screen Time Control

Ascent Apps TOO · Productivity

4.6 45 ratings Free

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Aug 26, 2026
Rating ★ 4.62 → 4.58

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Average rating history over the observed period. 4.58 4.6 4.62 Aug 26 15:40 Aug 27 04:44 Aug 27 17:48 Aug 28 06:52 Aug 28 19:56

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Ratings breakdown · US

The star breakdown behind this app's rating in this storefront.

5★ 82% 37
4★ 9% 4
3★ 0% 0
2★ 2% 1
1★ 7% 3

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About

The main goal of Ascent is to build healthy phone usage habits in the long term. Ascent pauses distracting apps giving the ability to avoid procrastination loop from the start. App prevents undesired scrolling through news feeds and short videos. Instead Ascent allows to spend time on mindful working and creating. Ascent is a powerful and intuitive app blocker that helps you stay focused and combat procrastination. With its advanced blocking and tracking features, Ascent makes it easy to take control of your screen time and achieve your goals. Pause Exercise: Ascent makes you take pause before opening a destructing app. Take your time to reflect on whether you really want to open it. You can choose to either close the app or continue using it. This feature helps you to avoid compulsive app opening and makes your phone usage more mindful and reasonable. Focus Session: Focus Session elevates your productivity by creating a dedicated space with minimized distractions. It temporarily restricts access to specific apps, ensuring your attention stays on the task at hand. This feature helps you stay deeply engaged, promoting a state of flow and maximizing your efficiency. Reminder: Reminder helps you regain control over your digital habits by guiding you away from time-consuming apps. Set reminders to activate the Pause Screen, nudging you to step back and break free from unhealthy screen time patterns, fostering a more balanced relationship with your digital environment. App Limits: Set daily usage limits on apps and websites to automatically block them and prevent overuse. Limit screen time and stay focused! Intentions: Intentions reshape your interaction with digital distractions by prompting you to pause and state your purpose before using potentially harmful apps. This feature turns impulsive screen time into a deliberate choice, helping you build a more mindful and intentional relationship with your digital habits. Shortcuts: Shortcuts transform your digital habits by letting you get more done with less taps, streamlining your workflow and minimizing interruptions. Arrange essential apps and links for quick access, so you can retrieve them when needed. By keeping your focus sharp and avoiding distractions, Shortcuts help you stay productive and intentional. Bookmarks: Bookmarks transform your screen habits by shifting your focus from algorithmic content to what truly matters. Ascent helps you save bookmarks as valuable resources, providing a mindful alternative to chaotic feeds and integrating quality knowledge into your daily routine for a more meaningful and intentional digital experience. Ascent makes it easy to set up custom blocking schedules and stay on track. You can choose to block apps for a specific period of time or during certain times of the day, and receive notifications when your blocking schedule is about to end or when you're approaching or exceeding your daily limits. This helps you stay aware of your habits and make positive changes to your daily routine. Benefits: - Better screen time control - Better productivity at work - Reduce stress, be more mindful - Better manage ADHD - Set daily work hours, sleep, and routines - Block apps to unplug and detox - Stay in focus when you need it most - You're happy and in control of your screen time screen time, offtime, screen time for focus, screen time control, limit screen time, app time limit, screen time blocker, social media blocker, app blocker, appblock, focus, stay focused, focus timer, productivity, procrastination, stop scrolling Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ascent-app.com/app-store-privacy-policy

What's new · 1.4.11

— Technical improvements. Thank you for being part of the Ascent project. We are happy to help you block all your distractions, reduce your screen time and focus on what is really important to you!

Details

ReleasedDec 2024
UpdatedJul 2026
Version1.4.11
Size62.9 MB
RequiresiOS 17.0 or later
Age rating4+
LanguagesEnglish
PriceFree
Categories Productivity
Bundle IDcom.ascent-mvp