Set up Time Guard

Time Guard blocks distracting apps automatically during a schedule — your work hours, your sleep window, or any routine you've set up. Turn it on once and Watt handles the blocking for you, no need to remember to start a focus session.

Turn on Time Guard for a schedule

If you already have a Work or Sleep schedule:

1. Open Watt and go to the Time tab.
2. Tap your Work (or Sleep) card, then tap the schedule to open its details.
3. Turn on the Time Guard toggle.
4. The first time you turn it on, you'll be asked to choose which apps to block — pick them and confirm.

If you don't have a schedule yet:

1. Go to the Time tab and tap Create Work Schedule (or Create Sleep Schedule) under the category card.
2. Set your days and hours.
3. On the last step, turn on Time Guard before you activate the schedule.
4. Choose which apps to block when prompted.

Once it's on, Watt blocks those apps automatically every time that schedule is active — you don't need to open the app or start anything manually.

Choose which apps get blocked

The blocked-apps list is shared across the app: the same list applies to Time Guard on your schedules, to Flow sessions, and to Present. Pick it once and every schedule you turn Time Guard on for uses it.

You can review or change it anytime:

1. Open the menu and go to Preferences.
2. Tap App Blocking.
3. Edit your blocked apps (and, on iPhone, the apps you always want available even when blocking is on).

iPhone and Android work a little differently

• iPhone uses Apple's own Screen Time picker. You choose categories or individual apps to block, plus an optional "always available" list for apps you never want blocked (like Phone or Maps).
• Android blocks apps you pick one by one from your installed apps. Android also requires an Accessibility permission for blocking to work — if you haven't granted it, the App Blocking screen will prompt you.

If apps aren't being blocked

1. Check the schedule is active. Time Guard only blocks during the hours the schedule covers — confirm you're inside that window and the schedule itself is turned on.
2. On Android, confirm Accessibility is enabled. Go to Preferences → App Blocking and check the permission status at the top of the screen.
3. Confirm the app is actually on your blocked list. Preferences → App Blocking shows exactly what's selected.
4. Turn Time Guard off and back on for that schedule if you've recently changed your blocked-apps list — this refreshes the schedule.