What if your phone unlocked itself when you walked?
StepLimit is a self-restriction tool for people who think they spend too much time on their phone. You set a daily step goal. Your chosen apps stay locked behind a Screen Time shield until you've walked far enough. When you hit your goal, the shield clears — automatically. No willpower required, no daily promises, no "just one more video."
This is friction, not a cage. You decide what to restrict. You decide the goal. You can always grant yourself a grace pass on a rest day.
WHAT YOU GET FREE
• Block one distracting app of your choice
• Convert HealthKit steps into earned screen time
• 3 grace passes per month (for rest days, sick days, real life)
• 7-day step history
• Daily auto-reset at midnight
PREMIUM
• Block any number of apps simultaneously
• Block whole categories — Social, Games, Entertainment
• 6 grace passes a month (twice the rest days)
• Apple Watch companion — track steps without your phone
• Full step history, every day, forever
• Custom step thresholds per app
PRIVACY
Your step data, app restrictions, and grace-pass ledger live entirely on your device. No account, no servers, no third-party analytics. Crash diagnostics via Sentry only, with all personal identifiers stripped.
The walk-to-unlock mechanic and the Screen Time integration are completely free. Premium unlocks supplementary features.
Walk first. Scroll later.
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Subscription terms:
• Weekly: $1.99/wk · Monthly: $4.99/mo · Yearly: $24.99/yr
• 7-day free trial (new subscribers)
• Auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
• Manage in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions
Terms of Service: https://steplimit.com/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://steplimit.com/privacy-policy
What's new (v1.0.3)
Your earned time no longer vanishes at midnight.
• Time you earn now carries past midnight and resets in the early morning, so a late night reading doesn't wipe the minutes you walked for.
• A gentle heads-up before your time resets, so it never disappears without warning.
• Reliability fixes under the hood.