Shoko

An app blocker for iPhone

Earn your screen time.

Shoko locks the apps that pull you away. They open again when you prove the work is done.

Free to download · Subscription required · iOS 16.2 or later

Shoko's home screen: a goal in progress with a Submit Evidence button, the daily goal met at 70 of 60 minutes, and Games, Social Media and Streaming locked.

How it works

Locked until it’s done.

  1. Step 1

    Lock the apps that pull you away.

    Pick the apps you want restricted and start a session. Shoko holds them shut with Apple’s Screen Time.

  2. Step 2

    Choose how you’ll prove it.

    A before-and-after photo, a quiz on your notes, or evidence for a goal you set yourself.

  3. Step 3

    Show your work. Get your apps back.

    Shoko checks your proof and gives a clear pass or retry. Verified time goes on your record.

Three ways to prove it

Pick the proof that fits the work.

Photo

Snap a before. Show the after.

Take a photo before you start and another when you’re done. Shoko’s AI compares the two and unlocks your apps when the change is real.

Good for chores, cleaning and anything you can see.

Task Verified: a photo of a tidy desk with 91% confidence, and AI feedback that the cups are gone and the desk matches the before photo's angle.
Study quiz

Your notes, now a quiz.

Snap a page or paste your notes. Shoko writes a short quiz from them, and passing it is your key.

Good for reading, revision and lecture notes.

A quiz generated from pasted notes asking which organelle produces most of a cell's ATP, with Mitochondrion selected.
Show your work

Set the goal. Prove you met it.

Describe what done looks like, say a full first draft of at least 800 words. Submit your work and Shoko checks it against the goal you set.

Good for essays, projects and anything else you can share.

Goal Verified: the AI evaluation confirms a complete first draft with at least 800 words, and a Continue to Apps button.

Keep going

Every finished day leaves a mark.

Earn a seal every month.

Meet your daily goal on 15 days in a month to earn that month’s seal.

The Milestones screen: a seal for each month of 2026, longer six-month and full-year seals in progress, and seals already earned.

Watch your focus add up.

Streaks, verified hours and weekly totals, all in one place.

The Stats screen: a 4-day streak, November's milestone progress, 120 hours verified and a focus time summary.

Ready when you are.

Shoko is on the App Store for iPhone. Subscriptions start inside the app.

Questions? Email support.shoko@gmail.com