Reclaim Your Brain
PuzzleGate: A customizable app designed to help you fight compulsive smartphone habits. Designed by childhood friends and former tech workers who will not collect any of your data.
The Smart Alternative to App Blocking
PuzzleGate is a tool for digital wellness strategically designed to combat compulsive behavior— with puzzles.
Instead of relying on an abrupt block, you'll solve a simple puzzle to unlock your most distracting apps. These brief, meaningful pauses are designed to interrupt your knee-jerk app habits and support your presence of mind.
Key Features
Puzzle-Powered Pauses
Solve sliding puzzles to unlock restricted apps of your choice.
Multiple Modes
- App Unlock Mode: Solve once and unlock apps for your chosen duration.
- Practice Mode: Enjoy puzzles without restrictions for relaxation.
Privacy-Centric Design
All data stays on your phone— no tracking, no data collection.
Personalizable
Import photos from your library for meaningful puzzle experiences. Every unlock becomes a moment with memories that matter. (Default images also available.)
How It Works
Step 1: Choose Your Apps
Select which apps you want to use more mindfully.
Step 2: Design Your Pause
Set unlock duration and puzzle difficulty.
Step 3: Stop feeling like a distracted piece of garbage all the time
Use puzzle pauses to interrupt unwanted app habits. Fight back against addictive algorithms. Etc.!
Ready to try PuzzleGate?
Join our beta and help us perfect the app. Test PuzzleGate through TestFlight and be among the first to experience mindful phone usage.
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