Frequently asked questions

Yes, Batt. It locks the apps you choose and only lets you use them with minutes you earn by moving: 1 minute walking or running = 1 minute in those apps.

In four steps: pick the apps that eat your time, move to charge your battery, unlock those apps with the minutes you earned, and level up with streaks. Batt uses Apple’s Screen Time to lock apps and Apple Health to count your activity.

Right now, walking and running: Batt reads your steps and activity from Apple Health. Cycling, swimming, bodyweight exercises (push-ups, squats, pull-ups…) and gym workouts are coming soon.

Yes, but it only counts steps: walking, running, cycling and so on.

Your apps lock again until you earn more minutes by moving.

Yes. You can turn off blocking at any time from Batt or from your iOS settings.

Not yet, but it’s on the way. Soon you’ll be able to connect your favorite fitness apps, so every workout you log there also charges your battery.

Make the phone the hard part, not the workout: lock the apps that eat your time and put exercise first. With Batt, Instagram or TikTok only open with minutes you earn by moving. It counts walking and running today; gym workouts are coming soon.

Don’t wait until you feel like it: motivation usually shows up after you start. Begin small, like a 10-minute walk, and give yourself an instant reward. In Batt, the reward is time in your favorite apps: you move, you earn it.

Consistency comes from repetition, not willpower: small goals, the same time every day, and seeing your progress. Batt uses streaks, levels and challenges with friends so every day counts and you won’t want to break your streak.

Blocking alone leaves a gap, and the old habit comes back to fill it. Replacing a bad habit with a good one works better than only removing it. And moving lifts your mood: there is more and more evidence that exercise helps prevent and ease depression.

The ones that work put a cost on opening the app that hooks you. Batt makes that cost movement: to use your locked apps, you first earn the minutes walking or running.

Because you can ignore them with one tap, and nothing replaces the habit. Batt changes the rule: your apps don’t open because you asked for more time, but because you earned it by moving.

Remove easy access to the 2 or 3 apps that distract you most and swap the habit for another one. With Batt, opening them costs minutes of movement, so procrastinating on your phone is no longer free.

Yes. Apple only shares encrypted identifiers: Batt can’t see which apps you lock or what you do in them, and that data never leaves your phone.

It only uses it to count your activity and unlock time. It doesn’t use it for ads, sell it or share it with third parties. You can withdraw permission at any time in Settings > Health.

No. Batt is a tool to change habits, not a medical product. If you have a medical condition, talk to a professional before you start exercising.

Batt is free to download with a free trial, so you can try the method before you pay. Start with a free trial, then continue with Premium for full access.

Subscriptions are managed by Apple: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Batt → Cancel Subscription.

From Settings inside Batt. Your data is deleted within 30 days.