Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about BlessUp, Prayer Lock, and starting your morning with faith instead of scrolling.
What is BlessUp?
BlessUp is an iPhone app that locks your most distracting apps until you pray each day. Instead of starting your morning with doomscrolling, BlessUp guides you through a short prayer and a daily Bible verse — about two minutes — and then unlocks your apps for the day.
How does Prayer Lock work?
You choose which apps to shield — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, games, anything that pulls you in. Each morning those apps stay locked until you open BlessUp and complete your daily prayer. Once you finish, your apps unlock for the rest of the day. You stay in control of which apps are shielded and can change them anytime.
Is BlessUp free?
Yes — BlessUp is free to download and free to start on the App Store. You can begin building a daily prayer habit without paying anything.
Why does BlessUp ask for Screen Time permission?
BlessUp uses Apple's built-in Screen Time technology to shield the apps you choose. That permission is what lets BlessUp hold your distracting apps closed until you've prayed. Your Screen Time data is processed on your device — BlessUp stores your personal data locally and never sends it to external servers.
What is Bible Mode?
Bible Mode helps you trade mindless scrolling for Scripture. Instead of opening a feed, you open the Word — a daily Bible verse and a peaceful moment with God, right when you'd normally start scrolling.
Does BlessUp have iPhone widgets?
Yes. BlessUp includes home screen widgets that put a daily Bible verse right on your iPhone, so Scripture is the first thing you see when you pick up your phone.
How is BlessUp different from Hallow or Haven?
Hallow offers a deep library of guided audio prayers, and Haven focuses on blocking explicit content. BlessUp takes a habit-first approach: it locks your distracting apps until you actually pray. It meets you at the exact moment you'd normally start scrolling and turns that moment into prayer — so the habit sticks.
What is a prayer streak?
Every day you complete your prayer, your streak grows. Streaks give you a gentle, visible reason to show up tomorrow — and BlessUp tracks your streak history and calendar of completed prayer days so you can watch the habit take root.
Is my data private?
Yes. BlessUp is built privacy-first: your personal data is stored exclusively on your device and is never transmitted to external servers, third parties, or cloud services. There's no tracking and no third-party data sharing. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
Is BlessUp available on Android?
BlessUp is currently available for iPhone on the App Store. Prayer Lock is built on Apple's Screen Time technology, which is iOS-only. If you'd like to see BlessUp on Android, let us know — it helps us plan what to build next.
Start your day with prayer, not doomscrolling.
BlessUp is free on the App Store.
