Be Serious
Lock your apps. Earn them back.
- Built by
- Mihai Trinca
- Category
- Productivity
- Pricing
- Paid
What it does
Be Serious is an iPhone habit app for iOS 18 and later, built around one simple idea: lock your apps, then earn them back.
Here is how it works. You choose the apps you want to keep in check. Be Serious uses Apple's Screen Time to lock them. Then you set the habits that matter to you. When you complete a habit, you earn minutes back and the locked apps open again for that time. When the minutes run out, the apps lock again until you earn more. Your phone stops being a place where you lose time by accident and becomes a place where screen time is something you earned on purpose.
Because Be Serious is built on Apple's own Screen Time framework, the locks are handled by iOS itself rather than by a workaround. You stay in control of which apps are locked and which habits unlock them, and you can adjust your setup as your routine changes.
Be Serious is available on the App Store for iPhone running iOS 18 or later, with a paid subscription ($12/month, no free trial). It was made by an independent team at SN Industries LLC in the United States.
If you have tried app blockers like Opal, one sec, or Freedom and want something that rewards follow-through instead of only blocking, Be Serious is built for you. Lock your apps. Earn them back.
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Published 2026-11-12 · Updated 2026-11-12