Minimalu: Screen Time Blocker

IADevelopment

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About this app

Stop doomscrolling. Reclaim your attention and break phone addiction without willpower.

Minimalu is a featherweight minimalist launcher with built-in app blocking, mindful pause gates, and screen time limits. It replaces your noisy, notification-packed home screen with a calm, distraction-free clock and only the apps you consciously choose.

Unlike heavy launchers packed with trackers, Minimalu is built for pure digital calm: under 1 MB, 100% offline privacy, and pure OLED battery savings.

Includes a 7-Day Free Trial — every feature unlocked for a full week, no credit card required.

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WHY MINIMALU IS DIFFERENT
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1. 100% OFFLINE PRIVACY (ZERO TRACKING)
No account, no ads, no telemetry, no tracking SDKs. Your screen time stats, app limits, and personal habits stay strictly on your device. Minimalu never transmits your private data.

2. FEATHERWEIGHT PERFORMANCE (< 1 MB)
At just 909 KB, Minimalu is 20× lighter than other minimalist launchers. Cold-boots instantly with zero latency and virtually zero background battery drain.

3. UN-CHEATABLE MONOTONIC LIMITS
Other app blockers fail because you can bypass them by changing your phone clock. Minimalu uses monotonic elapsed timers that cannot be tricked by altering system date/time or rebooting.

4. MINDFUL INTENTION GATES
Break the dopamine loop before it starts. When you tap a distracting app, Minimalu pauses you:
[ 1 min ] [ 5 min ] [ 15 min ] [ No limit ]
When your time ends, it gently closes the app and asks: "Did you get what you needed?"

5. PURE OLED BATTERY SAVINGS
Minimalu's true pure-black (#000000) interface physically turns off OLED pixels (emitting 0 light). Paired with deep-sleep CPU optimizations and zero network wakeups, your phone uses significantly less battery all day.

6. BESPOKE HARDWARE AESTHETIC
Designed with a clean Ring Clock, live date formatting, and double-tap-to-lock. Simple, elegant, and distraction-free.

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CORE FEATURES
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• APP BLOCKER: Block distracting apps for 4 hours, 12 hours, days, or up to 30 days with slide-to-block confirmation.
• DAILY TIME LIMITS: Cap daily usage (e.g. 30 min/day on social media) with smart warning notifications before time expires.
• RECURRING SCHEDULES: Automatically mute distracting apps during work hours, study sessions, or bedtime.
• SCREEN TIME REPORT: Clean on-device usage dashboard for today and the last 7 days.
• HIDE & RENAME APPS: Clean up your app drawer by hiding temptations and renaming distracting labels.
• NOTIFICATION FILTER: Silence noisy notification badges while ensuring essential messages get through.
• MINDFUL DELAY: Add a breathing pause (3–10 seconds) before apps launch to interrupt impulsive habits.
• STRICT MODE: Lock your chosen restrictions in place for deep-work sessions with no early escape.

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FAIR & HONEST MONETIZATION
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• 7-Day Free Trial: Set up your home screen, test the limits, and feel the calm difference for a full week before deciding.
• Low & Honest Pricing: Only $0.99/mo, $6.99/yr (~$0.58/mo).
• No Surprise Trials: No credit card required upfront. You only upgrade if you love it.

Take back control of your time. Set up Minimalu in 5 minutes and experience a calmer day today.

ACCESSIBILITY DISCLOSURE: Minimalu uses the AccessibilityService API solely to enforce the app blocks and screen-time limits you set for yourself. It reads only which app opens (package name); it never reads screen content or keystrokes and collects nothing — all processing stays on your device. Runs only while blocking is on; disable anytime in settings.

What’s new

Minimalu 1.2.13: Seamless initiation flow fix preventing loopbacks on skip, intuitive schedule EDIT and DELETE buttons in Settings, and full 7-day calm trial.