Social StepsEarn your screen time by walking
Social Steps turns your daily steps into screen time. Pick the apps that distract you, set your pace, and let your feet unlock your phone.
How it works
Three simple steps
No willpower required — just movement.
Walk
Social Steps reads your steps from Apple Health.
Earn
Your steps become minutes.
Unlock
Choose the apps to limit.
Features
Everything you need to stay focused
Built around your privacy, designed to keep you moving.
Automatic app blocking
Chosen apps stay locked until you've earned enough time — handled silently in the background.
Privacy by design
No servers, no accounts, no tracking. Your steps and app selection never leave your device.
Daily history
See the screen time you earned and used each day, kept accurate with your real step totals.
Your own pace
Start at 200 steps per minute, or set a custom conversion rate with Premium.
Made with Apple Health
Reads your steps from Apple Health and uses Apple's Screen Time framework — no extra hardware.
Speaks your language
Available in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Distracting apps, blocked automatically
No need to rely on willpower. The apps you choose stay locked until your steps unlock them.
- Block any app or category
- Runs in the background
- Your selection stays private
See every day at a glance
A clean history shows the screen time you earned and used each day.
- Daily earned vs. used
- Accurate to your real steps
- Beautiful, simple overview
Social Steps Premium
Set your own conversion rate and add bonus minutes whenever you need them.
FAQ
Common questions
It reads your daily steps from Apple Health and converts them into screen-time minutes. The apps you choose stay blocked until you've earned enough time by walking.
By default, 200 steps equal 1 minute of screen time. With Premium you can set your own conversion rate.
Yes. Your step data is read locally on your device and is never collected, shared, or sold.