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Brick vs Opal (2026): $59 Once or $99 Every Year?
Hardware puck or subscription app: how Brick and Opal compare on blocking, bypassing and five-year cost, and which one fits you.
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Practical guides for closing Screen Time loopholes and putting real friction between an impulse and an app.
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How to Block Reddit on iPhone (App and Website)
Why blocking the app leaves reddit.com and old.reddit.com open, four ways to block Reddit properly, and how to make the block hold.
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Best App Blockers for Students (2026): What to Block and What to Keep
Why blocking your whole phone breaks a study session, which apps to block instead, and a ten minute setup that holds.
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How to Stop Scrolling in Bed at Night (2026): Why Blocking Alone Fails
Why night blocks collapse by the end of the week, and the four-part setup that actually holds past midnight.
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Best App Blockers for ADHD on iPhone (2026): Why Most Fail and What Works
Why most blockers ask for focus at the worst moment, what an ADHD friendly blocker needs, and how to set one up so it sticks.
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Jomo Alternatives for iPhone (2026): When You Need a Block Without a Break
Jomo treats the break as a feature. Compare the alternatives worth trying when you keep taking it, Pause included.
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Brick Alternatives for iPhone (2026): Do You Need the Hardware?
Compare free software and NFC alternatives to Brick, plus when its $59 physical puck is genuinely worth buying.
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Opal Alternatives for iPhone (2026): Is It Worth $99 a Year?
What Opal's free tier actually limits, what the paid version earns, and the alternatives worth switching to, Pause included.
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How to Block Social Media on iPhone (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, X)
Five methods that work, from free Screen Time steps to a blocker with no override — including the browser versions most guides forget.
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Best App Blockers for iPhone (2026): Ranked by How Hard They Are to Bypass
Seven iPhone blockers judged on a single test: how hard each one is to bypass, and where every blocker still fails.
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Can't I Just Delete the App Blocker? What Actually Happens on iPhone
What iOS lets blockers prevent, why restrictions can survive uninstall, and the bypass that matters more than deleting the app.
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How to Remove "Ignore Limit" on Screen Time (And Why It Still Won't Stop You)
Close Apple's most obvious Screen Time escape hatch, check the loopholes that remain, and understand why a passcode you know is not much of a lock.
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