Set one real goal — what, by when, why, what it would mean. Goal Lock stands it full-screen in front of Instagram, TikTok, whatever steals your hours. Turn back, or trade your goal for the scroll. Consciously.
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In a six-week study of 280 people (PNAS, 2023), a friction gate like this one cut how often people even tried to open distracting apps by 37%.
One goal, four answers: what exactly, by when, why — really — and what getting it would mean. Three goals maximum. If everything matters, nothing is locked.
One 2-minute Shortcuts setup, once. You build the automation yourself — we walk you through every tap, then you test the first catch.
Open the app that steals your hours and your own words stand at the gate. Turn back — or hold three full seconds and trade it. Never unconsciously again.
Honest mechanics: Goal Lock uses an iOS Shortcuts automation you create — when a chosen app opens, iOS runs Goal Lock's silent check and shows the gate. No VPN, no accounts, no data leaves your phone.
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fewer attempts to open distracting apps once a friction gate stood in the way, tracked across 280 people for six weeks.
effect size of implementation intentions — "when I open X, I will face my goal" — on follow-through, across 94 independent tests.
more likely to achieve goals that are written down — with a deadline and a why.
The 42% figure comes from an informal research summary, not a peer-reviewed journal — we're citing it the way it was actually published, not dressing it up.
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It gates them. Every open of a chosen app runs your Goal Lock automation and your goals take the screen. You can always unlock — by holding for three seconds while your own words watch you do it. A friction step shaped like this one is what the PNAS field study above measured.
One automation per app in Apple's Shortcuts app: App Is Opened → run "Goal Check." About two minutes total, guided tap-by-tap, done once. iOS shows a brief Shortcuts banner when the lock fires — that's it working.
Because the gate has to be readable in two seconds, and because spreading ambition across seven goals is how nothing gets locked in. Three, maximum. Achieve one and the slot opens again.
Your goals, journal answers, and gate history stay on your phone — there's no account and we never see the words you write. The app does send anonymous product-usage events (which screen you're on, whether a purchase happened) to an analytics processor so we can see where onboarding breaks; it never includes your goal text, your why, or anything you typed. Full detail in the privacy policy.
Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions → Goal Lock. If your plan included a trial, iOS reminds you before it converts. Cancelling keeps access until the current period ends.