Observed arrival · 2026-09-17
Circuit Turns Your iPhone Into a Breaker Box
An iPhone distraction blocker that closes selected apps on demand or according to schedules, with soft and unbreakable blocking modes.
Field notes
Circuit combines several enforcement layers rather than relying on reminders: timed sessions, recurring schedules, daily limits, and Apple’s Screen Time mechanisms. Its interface language is unusually tangible, with a breaker, six presets ranging from 15 minutes to a 12-hour quiet day, and a Lock Screen Live Activity showing the countdown. The page also describes opaque app tokens and on-device synthesized sounds, though the extract does not verify those implementation claims.
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