What is a screen time app?
A screen time app helps you understand and manage how much time you spend on your phone. Some apps — like Apple's built-in Screen Time — focus on measuring usage and setting per-app time limits. Others take a more behavioral approach, helping you build habits that make you reach for your phone less often.
Moku belongs to the second category. It doesn't block apps or restrict your phone usage. Instead, it makes the act of putting your phone down visible, measurable, and repeatable — turning it into a daily habit backed by streaks, goals, and real data.
How Moku works as a screen time app
Flip to start
Place your iPhone face down on any surface. Moku's motion sensors detect the gesture and begin tracking your screen-free session automatically. No buttons, no setup.
Set a daily screen-free goal
Choose how many minutes of screen-free time you want each day — the default is 60 minutes. Moku tracks your progress in real time with a simple progress ring visible from your Home Screen widget.
Build a streak
Every day you hit your goal, your streak grows by one. Miss a day, it resets to zero. Streaks are one of the most effective behavioral tools for building lasting habits — and they work especially well for reducing screen time, because the cost of breaking the streak is immediately visible.
Track your progress over time
Moku Pro includes a 30-day trend chart, weekly breakdowns, and a lifetime total of screen-free hours reclaimed. For many users, watching this chart improve over weeks is what makes the habit stick.
Moku vs. Apple's built-in Screen Time
Apple's Screen Time is a useful reporting tool. It tells you which apps you use most, when you're most active, and how your usage compares to previous weeks. But it has real limitations as a behavior-change tool:
- Reports tell you what happened — they don't change what happens next. Most people glance at their Screen Time report, feel briefly guilty, and close the app.
- App limits are easy to bypass. Screen Time limits work on the honor system. One tap on "Ignore Limit" and you're back in Instagram.
- Screen Time measures usage, not restraint. There's no reward for putting your phone down, no streak for consistent screen-free days, no goal to hit.
Moku flips this model. Instead of measuring how much time you spent on your phone, it measures how much time you spent away from it — and gives you a reason to make that number grow.
Who Moku is for
Moku works best for people who:
- Know they use their phone too much but haven't found a system that sticks
- Want to reduce screen time without giving up specific apps entirely
- Are motivated by streaks, goals, and visible progress
- Value privacy and don't want another app tracking their behavior in the cloud
- Want a screen time solution that fits naturally into your day
Screen time app features — Free vs. Pro
Free (forever): Flip-to-detect automatic session tracking · Manual session start · Daily screen-free goal · Current & longest streak · 7-day session history · Home Screen widget · Apple Watch app · No account required
Pro (one-time purchase): All Free features · Unlimited session history · 30-day trend chart · Weekly breakdowns · Lifetime screen-free hours · Personal best session · Custom app icons · Shareable session cards
Frequently asked questions
Ready to actually reduce your screen time?
Download Moku free and start your first screen-free session today. No account, no commitment — just flip your phone face down and go.
Download Free on the App StoreMoku is a screen time app for iPhone designed around a single, powerful idea: the best way to reduce screen time is to make putting your phone down feel intentional. Available free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Requires iOS 17 or later.