{
  "name": "EvoCat: App Blocker & Focus",
  "developer": "Enzer Erkin",
  "developer_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/enzer-erkin/id1545061957",
  "app_store_id": "6742029289",
  "website": "https://evocat.app/",
  "app_store_url": "https://apps.apple.com/app/evocat-app-lock-focus/id6742029289",
  "canonical": "https://evocat.app/features/",
  "reviewed": "2026-11-10",
  "publisher": "EvoCat, the app publisher",
  "facts": [
    {
      "question": "What is EvoCat?",
      "answer": "EvoCat: App Blocker & Focus is the iPhone and iPad screen-time app by Enzer Erkin . Its official website is evocat.app and its Apple App Store ID is 6742029289.",
      "details": "",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#app-facts"
    },
    {
      "question": "Does EvoCat have hard block?",
      "answer": "Yes. Hard block disables regular breaks and locks editing of a running scheduled block. You cannot solve a challenge to take an ordinary break in this mode. A separate weekly emergency pass gives you limited access when you need it.",
      "details": "Choose Hard block in Settings → Breaks before starting. Select distracting apps, categories and websites through Apple’s Screen Time controls. Leave essential apps outside your selection and keep Screen Time access enabled. Keep overriding your limits? Find a blocking rule you can stick to →",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#hard-block"
    },
    {
      "question": "Does hard block have an emergency pass?",
      "answer": "Yes. EvoCat includes one emergency unlock per calendar week for an active scheduled hard block.",
      "details": "Open Settings → Emergency Unblock during the block. Choose 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes and confirm. Blocking resumes when that pause ends, if the scheduled block is still running. The app shows when your next pass becomes available. This is separate from the four regular earned-break methods.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#emergency-pass"
    },
    {
      "question": "How do EvoCat’s earned breaks work?",
      "answer": "Choose chess, push-ups, a quiz or breathing instead of hard block. Complete the challenge, then select a break of 1–15 minutes. The apps lock again when it ends.",
      "details": "Chess Find mate in one. A wrong move means no break this time. Push-ups Race your cat to your chosen target. Your camera counts reps on-device. Quick quiz Solve three mental math problems. Breathing Take a slow, seven-second breath with your cat. Pick the method separately from your companion. Larry, Nori, EvoCat and Stare can all keep you company with any method.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#earned-breaks"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can EvoCat block apps and websites on a schedule?",
      "answer": "Yes. EvoCat blocks selected apps, categories and websites through Apple’s Screen Time controls. Set recurring focus blocks, start a manual session, or set daily app limits.",
      "details": "Protect study, work, meals or bedtime with nine schedule templates. The sketchbook room changes with your activity. Block Instagram, TikTok or YouTube during the hours you choose without deleting your accounts. Plan a scheduled block →",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#schedules"
    },
    {
      "question": "Does EvoCat have daily app time limits?",
      "answer": "Yes. Set a daily time allowance for each selected app. EvoCat blocks it when that allowance is used up. Use a time limit when the problem is how long you scroll, rather than a particular hour of the day.",
      "details": "For example, give a social app a 30-minute daily budget. This is different from a schedule, which protects a specific time window.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#daily-limits"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can EvoCat limit how many times I open an app?",
      "answer": "Yes. Open limits let you choose an app’s daily number of opens and the duration of each open. Start an available open in EvoCat; the app locks again when that timed window ends. When today’s opens run out, no more opens are available until the next day.",
      "details": "For example, choose three opens of five minutes each. These are timed access windows, not a count of every tap on the app icon. Daily time limits and other active blocks can still restrict access.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#open-limits"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I block other apps and allow only the ones I need?",
      "answer": "Yes. Choose Allow Only for a scheduled block, then select the apps you want to keep available. EvoCat blocks the other apps through Apple’s Screen Time controls. Keep your study or work tools available without listing every distraction.",
      "details": "Allow Only belongs to that block; it is not a global Always Allowed exemption. Another active block or an exhausted daily limit can still restrict a selected app. Test essential apps before the block starts. This mode also enables adult-content filtering and restricts private browsing.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#allow-only"
    },
    {
      "question": "Does EvoCat have screen-time reports?",
      "answer": "Yes. EvoCat shows screen time, pickups, time per app and focus history. The reports sit alongside your cat’s progress. Use them to see where your time goes and how much focus you have built.",
      "details": "Usage reports Screen time, pickups and app breakdowns help you spot the habits you want to change. Daily feedback Three hearts show today’s drift. A drift over a minute costs a heart; your cat moves through Sharp, Tired, Brainrot and Drained. Hard block keeps the cat Sharp. Long-term progress Focus history, focus-day streaks and accumulated hours. At 100 focus hours, your cat unlocks its Level 2 appearance. The cat’s condition is game feedback, not a brain-health measurement. Choose your companion, art style and accessories separately from your blocking method.",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#progress"
    },
    {
      "question": "Do I need an account or upload camera video?",
      "answer": "No EvoCat account is required, and push-up video stays on your device. The camera counts reps locally. App blocking uses Apple’s Screen Time controls.",
      "details": "",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#privacy"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I try EvoCat for free?",
      "answer": "Yes. A free trial is available for eligible subscribers. Check the offer in the app for its duration, eligibility and renewal terms before subscribing. App blocking and core features require a paid subscription after the trial.",
      "details": "Every website lesson and the one-minute pause stays free, with no subscription or account required. Try EvoCat free ↗",
      "source": "https://evocat.app/features/#free-trial"
    }
  ],
  "other_products": [
    {
      "name": "EvoCat for Mac",
      "platform": "macOS 14 or later",
      "version": "1.2",
      "canonical": "https://evocat.app/mac/",
      "reviewed": "2026-11-08",
      "distribution": "Sold directly on evocat.app, not on the Mac App Store",
      "trial": "7-day free trial",
      "price": "€9.99 / $9.99 once, VAT included; not a subscription",
      "license": "License key by email; works on up to 3 Macs",
      "merchant_of_record": "Polar Software, Inc.",
      "browsers": [
        "Safari",
        "Google Chrome",
        "Arc",
        "Brave",
        "Microsoft Edge",
        "Opera",
        "Vivaldi",
        "Chromium"
      ],
      "facts": [
        {
          "question": "What does EvoCat for Mac do?",
          "answer": "It closes short-video tabs for you. Open YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok or Facebook Reels in your browser, and Nori runs over and closes the tab. She lives in your menu bar.",
          "details": "1 You open a feed. Shorts, Reels or TikTok, in Safari, Chrome or another supported browser. 2 Nori notices. She stares for a moment, then runs to the tab. 3 The tab closes. One swat, and you’re back where you were.",
          "source": "https://evocat.app/mac/#what-it-does"
        },
        {
          "question": "How does the focus timer work?",
          "answer": "Start a focus session for 15, 25, 50 or 90 minutes, or with no limit. During focus, Nori also closes feeds, not just short videos.",
          "details": "Closed something by mistake? Press Oops, I need it to reopen the page. YouTube home and Trending Instagram home and Explore The X home Reddit front page and r/all The Facebook feed",
          "source": "https://evocat.app/mac/#focus-timer"
        },
        {
          "question": "Which browsers does it work with?",
          "answer": "Safari, Google Chrome, Arc, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi and Chromium.",
          "details": "",
          "source": "https://evocat.app/mac/#browsers"
        },
        {
          "question": "What leaves my Mac?",
          "answer": "Your tab addresses don’t. EvoCat reads the address of the open browser tab only to decide whether to close it. Addresses never leave your Mac.",
          "details": "License checks send your license key and your Mac’s name to Polar. Optional anonymous usage counts can be switched off in Settings → General → Privacy. Read the privacy policy .",
          "source": "https://evocat.app/mac/#mac-privacy"
        },
        {
          "question": "How much does it cost?",
          "answer": "Try it free for 7 days. Then it’s €9.99 / $9.99 once, VAT included. It’s not a subscription.",
          "details": "€9.99 / $9.99 once 7-day free trial No subscription Works on up to 3 Macs License key by email Download free trial Buy now ↗ Version 1.0 for macOS 14 or later. Sold directly on this website, not through the Mac App Store. Purchases are processed by Polar (Polar Software, Inc.), the merchant of record. Questions? hello@evocat.app",
          "source": "https://evocat.app/mac/#price"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}