# Kappi

> Kappi is a cozy screen time blocker for iPhone and iPad. It blocks distracting apps with Apple's Screen Time system and turns protecting your focus into caring for a pixel-art kappa whose bowl fills or drains with your focus.

## Key Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.getkappi.com): Product overview and App Store download link.
- [Support & FAQ](https://www.getkappi.com/support): How blocking works, Screen Time permission, privacy, Kappi Plus, supported devices.
- [Guides](https://www.getkappi.com/guides): Articles on focus, attention, and working without your phone.
- [Free Tools](https://www.getkappi.com/tools): Free browser tools for focus. No sign-up.

## Guides

- [The 52/17 Rule: Work 52 Minutes, Break for 17](https://www.getkappi.com/guides/52-17-rule): What the 52/17 rule is, where it comes from (DeskTime's 2014 data and its 80/17 and 112/26 reruns), how it compares with Pomodoro and why the 17-minute break only works away from your phone.
- [Alex Hormozi's Productivity System: Dead Phone, Dark Room, Kitchen Timer](https://www.getkappi.com/guides/alex-hormozi-productivity-system): How Alex Hormozi sets up his work: a phone made useless by an app blocker that only unlocks when he walks away, a dark room with earplugs and headphones, one task, a kitchen timer and 5 to 10 minute walks. With sources and a step-by-step setup.
- [Alex Hormozi's Timer Method: Use a Big Timer to Get More Done](https://www.getkappi.com/guides/alex-hormozi-timer-method): What Alex Hormozi actually said about working against a timer, why a big visible countdown sharpens focus (Parkinson's law, goal gradient, phone distraction) and a step-by-step way to run it.

## Free Tools

- [52/17 Timer](https://www.getkappi.com/tools/52-17-timer): A free full-screen interval timer for the 52/17 rule: a 52-minute focus block, then a 17-minute break that starts on its own, with 80/17, 112/26 and 25/5 presets and a count of finished blocks. No sign-up.
- [Hormozi Timer](https://www.getkappi.com/tools/hormozi-timer): A free full-screen focus timer built around Alex Hormozi's kitchen timer habit: 35, 45 and 60 minute blocks, a 4 hour sprint and a count of every pause so you see how often you got distracted. No sign-up.
- [Big Focus Timer](https://www.getkappi.com/tools/focus-timer): A free full-screen countdown timer with giant digits, presets from 15 to 60 minutes, a chime at zero, keyboard shortcuts and a screen wake lock. No sign-up.

## Product Facts

- **Platforms:** iPhone and iPad, iOS 18.0 or later. Not available on Android.
- **Blocking:** Uses Apple Screen Time (Family Controls) to block chosen apps during scheduled rules or one-tap Focus Now sessions.
- **Strictness:** Rules can allow a "Leave anyway" unblock, or run in Hard Mode / Allow Only mode with no unblocks.
- **Kappi the kappa:** A pixel-art companion whose bowl stays full when you protect your focus and drains when you override a block.
- **Widget:** Home screen widget shows Kappi's status.
- **Privacy:** Apple gives Kappi private tokens instead of readable app names, so app selections stay on the device.
- **Pricing:** Free to download. Blocking requires Kappi Plus, an auto-renewing App Store subscription. Kappi Plus costs $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial (US price as of October 2026).
- **Download:** https://apps.apple.com/app/id6783485259

## Contact

- Developer: Blane Steckline
- Email: blane@keizoku.app