Obstat

Midnight Deployers

In-app purchases

About this app

Obstat turns "I can't use this app" into "I can use it after I do what I chose."

Traditional blockers just say no. Obstat makes access conditional. You pick the apps, decide when blocking applies, and choose what it takes to earn a temporary unlock. When you open a protected app, you see your barrier instead of the feed. Complete it, and you get a defined access window. When it ends, protection resumes.

Build rules that fit your life
• Block during a schedule (weekday working hours), after a daily usage limit (30 minutes of YouTube), or on demand with manual activation
• Set how long each earned unlock lasts and which apps it covers
• Create a standard rule in under a minute

Challenges you choose — not one imposed on you
• Wait timers that make opening deliberate
• Cognitive challenges that engage your head before your thumbs
• Camera-verified push-ups, counted entirely on your device
• Movement challenges powered by your step count
• Healthy activities you define — squats, a glass of water, your own task
• Daily progression: each unlock you earn raises the bar for the next one that day

You stay in control
• A deliberate emergency bypass always exists — the first each day is free
• No deceptive uninstall prevention, no device-admin tricks
• Built for self-directed adults. Not a parental-control or employer tool

Private by design
• No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Rules and history never leave your device
• Push-up verification happens on-device; camera frames are never stored or uploaded
• The app's only network use is Google Play Billing, for the optional paid bypass

Permissions, plainly
Obstat asks only for what enforcement needs: Accessibility (to notice when a protected app opens), Usage access (for daily limits), display over other apps (to show the blocker), and camera or physical-activity access only if you choose those challenge types.

Open a protected app → see your barrier → complete it → use the app intentionally → protection resumes. That loop is the whole product.

What’s new

Improve pushups detection algorithm