BrushLockBrush first. Then scroll.
BrushLock locks the apps you pick until you've brushed — and it checks your real toothbrush, not your word.
Coming soon to the App StoreSee how it works
Three windows, your hours.
When you wake up, after lunch and after dinner. You set the hours, and a window can run past midnight.
You choose what gets locked.
Social, video, whatever eats your morning. Apps only lock during your windows: the rest of the day is yours.
It's how iOS lets one app lock others. BrushLock never learns which ones you picked — the system keeps that to itself.
It actually checks.
BrushLock checks it differently depending on your brush.
- Oral-B iOReads the brush's own timer over Bluetooth. The most reliable.
- Any electric brushListens to the motor and learns what yours sounds like in about ten seconds. Nothing is recorded: the sound becomes a handful of numbers and is thrown away as it arrives.
- Manual brushA two-minute timer, nothing more. It can't tell whether you're really brushing.
You brush, it opens.
Toothbrush in hand, for as long as you set. When you're done, your apps come back on their own.
Brushing outside a window counts too.
A cat on watch.
It waits with you while you're locked, jumps when you're done and sleeps when there's nothing left to do. Tap it: it answers.
You can always get out.
An app that locks you in ends up uninstalled. So there's a way out, but it costs time: two minutes the first time, and more each time you use it the same day.
An optional ad takes a minute off the wait. It never skips all of it.
The demo video is on its way.
What people ask.
Which toothbrushes does it work with?
The Oral-B iO over Bluetooth, any electric toothbrush by sound, and a manual brush with a two-minute timer.
What if I need my phone right now?
There's an emergency exit, “I need out now”. It waits two minutes the first time, then five, fifteen and thirty if you use it more times the same day. An optional ad takes a minute off. Once it's done, you get fifteen minutes.
Does BrushLock know which apps I lock?
No. iOS keeps that list, and BrushLock only tells it when to lock.
Does it record the sound of my bathroom?
No. The microphone is only used to recognize your toothbrush's motor: the audio becomes numbers instantly and is thrown away. Nothing leaves your iPhone.
Does it cost anything?
BrushLock is free. The only ads are on the emergency exit, and watching one is optional.
Do I need an Apple Watch?
No. If you have one, you can complete a window from your wrist when you've left your phone in another room.
Is there an Android version?
iPhone only for now: the locking uses Screen Time, which is an iOS feature.