the iphone you can't talk yourself out of
delete the apps for real. no app store, no safari, no redownloading at 11pm — you set it up once and the key isn't on the phone anymore. it's the two-phone dance, without the second phone.
free for one phone · runs on your mac · no account needed
the loop you know
you delete instagram. three days later you "just need to check something" and it's back. launchers, grayscale, Screen Time — they all have an off switch, and at your weakest moment you always find it.
gone, not hidden
tinyphone uses real supervision — the apple mechanism that makes restrictions un-removable, the same one schools use. every other app asks nicely and lets you say no.
you keep the phone
this isn't a flip phone. imessage, banking, maps, camera, whatsapp, 2fa — all of it stays. what goes is the compulsion: the feeds, the store, the browser you open "just to search one thing."
the key stays on your mac
nothing in the cloud, no account required. the only way back is you, at your mac, once you've calmed down. that gap is the whole point.
how it works
- plug the iphone into your mac
- pick the apps that stay
- tinyphone erases it once and locks it down
- change your mind anytime — takes seconds, no erase
before you start
- setting it up erases the phone one time — the app walks you through a backup first
- you need a mac, for setup and for later changes. a windows version comes later
- you can only undo the lock at your mac, never from the phone — that gap is what makes it work
for your kid →
calls, school apps, medical sensors — and you hold the key, not them.
for mom & dad →
a handful of apps, nothing to get lost in, set up once from your mac.
take your phone back
free for one phone · runs on your mac · no account needed