Fulcrum
Set your challenge
Pick the apps or categories to lock, choose your schedule and duration, and decide how many tokens to stake.
iPhone & iPad · Free on the App Store
Beat screen addiction with real stakes.
Fulcrum: App Usage Control turns self-discipline into a game. Stake tokens to lock the apps that eat your time — stay focused and you get them back, give in and they’re gone.
“Just five more minutes” is not a willpower problem.
Feeds are engineered to hijack your dopamine system. Reminders and soft habit trackers are easy to swipe away — so Fulcrum adds something they don’t: a real cost for giving in.
By using the psychology of loss aversion, mindless scrolling finally costs you something you worked to earn. That’s the exoskeleton for your self-control.
How Fulcrum works
Three steps from good intention to actual follow-through.
Stake your tokens
Starting a challenge consumes the tokens up front. Now every moment of restraint counts.
Recharge or lose
Finish the challenge and get the exact same amount back. Give in, and the tokens are permanently lost.
Built for people who are serious about focus
No toxic social feed. No noise. Just you and your digital habits.
Hardcore challenge system
Lock distracting apps and whole categories for deep work, study, or beating procrastination — on your own schedule.
Fair, on-device arbitration
Challenge results are decided by strict local device monitoring using Apple’s Screen Time technology. No cheating yourself.
Minimalist analytics
See only what matters: time saved, coins saved, your success rate, and a heatmap of your streak.
Privacy first
Challenge records stay on your device or in your private iCloud. Servers keep only anonymized transaction logs, and deleting your account detaches your identity data. Read the privacy policy.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fulcrum free?
Fulcrum is free to download, and new users receive a welcome bonus of Challenge Coins to start their first challenge. Additional Challenge Coins are available as optional in-app purchases.
How does the token system work?
To start a challenge you pre-consume a number of tokens (Challenge Coins). If you stay within your rules until the challenge ends, you receive exactly the same amount back. If you give in and open the locked apps, the consumed tokens are permanently lost.
How does Fulcrum verify that I completed a challenge?
Fulcrum monitors the apps and categories you selected locally on your device using Apple’s Screen Time technology, so the result of every challenge is determined on-device.
Is my data private?
Yes. Challenge records are stored on your device or in your private iCloud. Cloud servers only keep anonymized transaction logs for accounting, and if you delete your account your identity data is permanently detached.
Which devices and languages are supported?
Fulcrum requires iOS 18.2 or later and runs on iPhone and iPad. It’s available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Arabic.
Your time, your rules.
Download Fulcrum, protect your tokens, and start building a new order for your digital life.