FightMode blocks your most addictive apps behind a bell. To open them, you throw real boxing combos for 60 seconds - win the round, earn your screen time, and get an AI scorecard on every punch.
Doomscrolling doesn't stop because you promise yourself it will. It stops when every open costs you something. FightMode makes that cost a workout.
The average American spends over four hours a day on their phone - most of it scrolling.
Times a heavy user taps, swipes, or clicks their phone every single day.
All it takes to fall into Instagram or TikTok. A blank blocker screen never stops you.
What every other blocker asks of you. Friction only works when it actually costs effort.
Three steps between you and the feed. Every one of them makes you a better fighter.
Pick the apps that own you - Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, anything. FightMode shields them using Apple Screen Time. Tap one and you hit a wall: LOCKED. FIGHT FOR IT.
Ring the bell. Your coach calls it out - JAB. CROSS. LEAD HOOK. LEG KICK. - and you throw it for 60 seconds. Boxing or kickboxing, shadowbox or heavy bag, three difficulty levels.
Win the round, bank 5 to 30 minutes of screen time. Record it and your AI corner scores every technique. Minutes run out? Back to the ring.
Every other blocker just gets in your way. FightMode turns the wall into a workout - and coaches you through it.
Blocks any app you choose with Apple Screen Time controls. A lock screen replaces the app until you spend earned minutes.
60-second rounds with real combos called out loud. Shadowbox anywhere or work the heavy bag. Boxing, kickboxing, or Muay Thai flavor.
Pick your corner. Five real voices, from a hype-man motivator to a drill-hard commander, calling every combo so you never freeze.
Record a round and your corner grades stance, guard, footwork, punches, combinations, head movement and range - with a drill for each.
Three levels, from first-timer pace up to slips, blocks and counters. The rounds get harder as you do.
Every win goes on your record: rounds won, minutes earned, daily streak. Rewatch old tapes and watch your technique climb.
Exercise-to-unlock apps like Pushscroll and Repscroll make you grind reps. FightMode makes you train a skill you'll actually want to come back to.
| Pushup / rep blockers | FightMode | |
|---|---|---|
| Unlock task | Pushups, squats, reps | Real boxing & kickboxing rounds |
| Coaching | Rep counter | Live coach callouts + AI technique scorecard |
| Skill built | None - just reps | Boxing technique that compounds |
| Fun factor | Feels like a punishment | Feels like training |
| Blocking engine | Apple Screen Time | Apple Screen Time |
| Built for | Everyone | Fighters & combat-sports fans |
New to the category? Read our guide to exercise-to-unlock apps or the best Pushscroll alternative.
FightMode is friction, not a cage. The lazy path now costs a workout - and round after round, that changes what you reach for.
FightMode is an app blocker for iPhone that makes you earn your screen time. You choose which apps to block, and to open them you win a 60-second boxing or kickboxing round. A coach calls out real combos, you throw them, and winning banks minutes of screen time. It's the first app blocker built specifically for fighters.
FightMode uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) framework to shield the apps you pick. Tap a blocked app and you see a lock screen instead. Spend banked minutes to unlock it - and earn those minutes by winning rounds.
No. Three difficulty levels start at a first-timer pace, and your coach calls every combo out loud so you always know what to throw. Shadowbox with no equipment or hit a bag - your call.
Pushscroll and Repscroll make you do pushups or squats. FightMode uses boxing and kickboxing rounds, adds live coach callouts, and gives you an AI scorecard on your technique. Same Screen Time blocking engine, a far better unlock task.
Record a round on your front camera and your corner reviews the tape - a score, a correction and a drill for each technique your coach actually called. The first analysis is free.
Yes - free to download, and blocking apps is free. An optional subscription unlocks unlimited AI round analysis: $9.99/month or $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan.
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