Block TikTok until you do push-ups

Pick TikTok in the Pushgard app lock and it stays shut until you have minutes. Every rep the camera counts adds minutes, one per push-up at the start, and they run down only while TikTok is open. On iPhone also pick tiktok.com, or the browser stays a way around the lock.

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TikTok suits minutes per rep well. The feed has no natural end, so the minutes you earned become the end you set yourself.

On iPhone

Tap Pick apps in App Lock and tick TikTok in the system window. If the lock is not on yet, the setup guide has the two steps before this one.

In the same system window you can add tiktok.com under websites. Do it: without it, a search result opens TikTok in Safari and the lock never sees it.

On Android

Grant usage access and display over other apps when App Lock asks, then find TikTok in the game’s own list.

The lock on Android covers installed apps only. If you open TikTok in a browser, the lock will not stop it. If that is your habit, pick the browser too, or accept that the lock covers the app only.

What the minutes buy on TikTok

At the starting rate, 20 push-ups give 20 minutes. Squats count at half the weight of a push-up, so 20 squats give 10 minutes; a one-minute plank gives 9. The clock runs only while TikTok is on screen, so closing it after one video costs you that minute and no more.

There is no partial lock. The lock covers the whole app, so you cannot keep posting open while the feed stays shut.

Pushgard app lock screen with locked apps and earned minutes
In the app

Earn your apps with reps

Pick the apps that eat your evening. They stay locked until you earn minutes with push-ups, squats, crunches or plank.

App blocker that makes you exercise

Questions

Still wondering

Short answers to what people ask next.

Can I block only the TikTok feed and keep messages?

No. The lock covers the whole app. If you need TikTok messages, leave TikTok out and lock something else.

Does TikTok know it is locked?

No. On iPhone the system shield sits on top of the app, and on Android the game's lock screen covers it. Nothing is sent to TikTok.

All questions

Free on iPhone and Android

The first slime is waiting

Lean the phone against a wall and do one set. That’s all the gear you need.