Lucid: App Blocker & Focus

Block the habit. Skip the feed. Use your phone as a tool.

Lucid is a gentle app blocker and screen time tool built for one simple problem: distracting apps are often useful, but their feeds are designed to pull you in.

You might open Instagram to reply to a message, YouTube to check a subscription, or Reddit to look something up. But one automatic tap can quickly turn into endless scrolling.

Lucid helps you interrupt that habit without turning your phone into a brick.

When you open a distracting app, Lucid adds a short barrier before the app opens. That barrier can be a pause, a timer, a breathing exercise, an intention to write, or another small focus challenge.

Then Lucid can guide you straight to what you actually meant to do with shortcuts and deep links — so you can skip the feed and use the app as a tool, not a trap.

HOW IT WORKS

• You open a distracting app out of habit.
• Lucid adds a calm barrier before the app opens.
• You pause and decide what you actually want to do.
• Shortcuts can send you directly to useful destinations, like messages, subscriptions, search, or other specific pages.
• You get what you came for without falling into the endless feed.

WHAT MAKES LUCID DIFFERENT

Most app blockers focus on blocking access.

Lucid focuses on breaking the automatic habit.

Instead of simply locking you out, Lucid helps you slow down, choose your intention, and go straight to the useful part of the app.

Your phone stays usable. The feed loses power.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Add gentle barriers before distracting apps
• Reduce doomscrolling and automatic app opening
• Skip addictive feeds with shortcuts and deep links
• Open useful app destinations directly
• Tame Shorts, Reels, and other bottomless feeds
• Set daily screen time budgets
• Choose time windows for when your rules are active
• Create custom rules for different apps and habits
• Adjust friction from a soft nudge to stricter escalating challenges
• View local statistics, streaks, and daily progress
• Stay focused without guilt or shame

BUILT TO RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY

• No account required
• No sign-up
• Your usage data stays on your device
• No ads
• We don’t sell your data

LUCID PRO

Support independent development and unlock the full Lucid experience:

• More rules
• More targeted apps
• Advanced challenges
• Advanced statistics
• More control over your screen time system

Lucid helps you take back control of your screen time calmly, kindly, and on your own terms.

Block the habit. Skip the feed. Use your phone as a tool.