A ScreenZen alternative for Safari websites

ScreenZen is useful for app-level friction. Intent Guard is built for the narrower problem of social and distracting websites that still open in Safari.

Why Intent Guard

Start with social-site packs for YouTube, Reddit, X, Instagram, and TikTok.
Create a pause before a distracting site opens, then unlock only when it is intentional.
See which selected Safari sites are becoming daily or weekly drains.

Best fit: people whose biggest screen-time loophole is Safari, not native apps.

Not the best fit: people who primarily need native app limits across the whole phone.

See Intent Guard

A pause for apps, and one for Safari

ScreenZen puts a moment of friction in front of the apps you open on autopilot. It works well until the app is gone and the habit moves to the browser: instagram.com in Safari opens with no pause at all.

Intent Guard puts that same moment in front of websites. Pick the sites, pick the wall, and each visit becomes a choice again. When you do go in, access lasts as long as you chose, from 1 to 60 minutes, then the wall comes back without you having to remember.

Pairing it with ScreenZen

Keep ScreenZen on the apps you still use. Its pauses keep working as they do today.
Add a Site Target for each app you deleted. Social-site packs get you started with YouTube, Reddit, X, Instagram and TikTok.
Start gentle. A Gentle Pause is the closest match to a ScreenZen wait. Step up to a Math Check where a pause isn't enough.
Turn on tracking if you want the numbers. It shows which sites keep pulling you back, and it stays on your devices.

Intent walls you can choose

Gentle Pause: a short, calm pause before the page opens, enough to ask whether you meant to come here.
Math Check: solve a quick problem to continue. It breaks autopilot without needing a code.
Passcode: entry needs a code, useful when you want a firmer line or someone else keeps the code.
Focus Hours: stricter protection on a timer or a schedule. Temporary unlocks never override Focus Hours.

When you do enter, the unlock covers that whole site for the time you chose, then the wall comes back on its own. You can revoke an unlock early.

Questions

Can I use Intent Guard with ScreenZen?: Yes. ScreenZen keeps handling your apps, and Intent Guard covers the same sites when you open them in Safari.
Which wall should I start with?: Gentle Pause, if you're used to ScreenZen. If you find yourself tapping straight through it, a Math Check asks for a little more attention before the page opens.
Does it work on Mac?: Yes. Intent Guard has iPhone and Mac apps, each with its own Safari extension.
What if I actually need the site?: Go through the wall. That's the point: access stays available, it just stops being automatic. The unlock lasts as long as you chose, then the wall returns.