iOS · Screen Time · Motion only

Open apps
on purpose.

Ten squats unlock one app for ten minutes. A short physical ritual in place of the reflex tap.

10squats → 10min → 1app
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Free download ·No camera ·No account
Three iPhones showing OpenIntent: the locked-app screen, the live squat counter at 5 of 10, and the unlocked timer running.
No camera On-device motion No account One app at a time Free download
The exchange

One fixed rule. Nothing negotiable.

No streaks to keep. No points to spend. A clean trade: a little effort now for ten minutes of intentional access. The timer reseals the app the moment it ends.

10
squats
→
10
minutes
×
1
app at a time

Hold the phone in one hand, stand up, and squat ten times. When the ring fills, your chosen app opens for exactly ten minutes, then locks again automatically.

The loop

See one ritual, start to finish.

Blocked at the first tap, ten squats counted by motion, then ten minutes of the one app you chose.

Real app loop
Watch the loop
OpenIntent screen: 10 squats to 10 minutes, with the live squat session running.
OpenIntent squat counter at 5 of 10 reps, with Instagram waiting behind the ring.
Earn the open

Ten squats. Counted as you go.

Hold the phone upright in one hand and squat. On-device motion sensors count each rep and fill the ring. No reps, no open. Simple and physical.

Live rep countThe ring tracks every squat in real time, right on the lock screen.
A quality gate, not leniencyWiggle the phone instead of squatting and the rep does not count.
Then ten minutes, exactlyThe app opens for ten minutes and reseals on its own when time is up.
The first tap

It starts the moment you reach for it.

When you open a protected app, iOS hands off to OpenIntent with one quiet question: open on purpose, or keep it locked. The reflex tap turns into a real choice.

Built on Apple Screen TimeProtection uses Apple's own app-blocking APIs, not a workaround.
Keep it locked is always thereDecide not to open, and you are one tap from walking away.
OpenIntent block screen: TikTok is blocked by OpenIntent, 10 squats to 10 minutes, with Start 10 squats and Keep it locked.
Motion only · On device

A phone in your hand is a motion sensor.

OpenIntent reads your iPhone like a handheld motion sensor. As you squat, vertical acceleration traces a distinct double peak that a rep counter recognizes. No camera, no pose estimation, no video frames. Nothing leaves the device.

OpenIntent screen: No camera, just squats.
OpenIntent quick motion check: stand still, calibrating at 52 percent.
accel · vertical counting
RATE
50 Hz
REPS
3 / 10
UPLOAD
None
One unlock · One app

One ritual opens one app. Then it locks again.

OpenIntent does not hand out focus points to spend across everything. The squats open the single app you chose, for ten minutes, and nothing else slips through. When the timer ends, protection returns on its own.

Scoped to one appUnlocking Instagram does not open TikTok, X, or anything else.
Automatic relockNo timer to set and no button to remember. It reseals itself.
OpenIntent screen: only this app unlocks, with a fan of protected app locks.
OpenIntent timer at 5:38 counting down before the app locks again.
Privacy by design

Your phone is the whole pipeline.

OpenIntent uses Apple's Screen Time API and on-device motion. There is no account to create and no server to phone home to.

On-device

Motion is read, counted, and discarded on your phone.

Private picker

Apple's picker keeps your protected apps hidden from us.

No cloud

No motion scoring in the cloud. There is no server.

No account

Download, choose your apps, and start. Nothing to sign up for.

OpenIntent Pro

Download free. Start Pro with a 7-day trial.

The App Store download is free. To turn on protected-app unlocking, choose OpenIntent Pro: annual includes a 7-day trial, and monthly is available without a trial.

Download on the App Store

Subscriptions are managed in the App Store. Pricing shown in USD and may vary by region. The 7-day free trial applies to the annual plan.

7-day free trial AnnualBest value, billed yearly $39.99 / year
MonthlyFlexible, billed monthly $7.99 / month
App downloadFree from the App Store. Protection requires Pro. Free
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Open apps
on purpose.

Choose the apps that pull you in, and let one short, honest ritual stand between you and autopilot.

Download on the App Store

iOS 17+ · Free download · 7-day trial on annual · Built with Apple's Screen Time APIs