Switchly - App & Web-Blocker

Switchly helps you take back control of your phone. Block distracting apps and websites, limit the parts of apps that pull you in, and decide exactly when and how protection can be turned off.

🧩 Profiles for every situation

• Create profiles like Work, Study or Sleep and switch between them in one tap

• Block selected apps, or allow only the apps you really need

• Block websites in supported browsers, including subdomains and specific paths

🎯 Block the addictive parts, keep the app

• Block YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Explore and similar feeds while the rest of the app keeps working

• Set daily time limits, open limits and session limits per app

• See what was blocked and why

⏰ Schedules that run on their own

• Turn protection on and off automatically at set times, including overnight ranges

• Premium: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and location triggers and advanced automations

🏷️ Physical controls

• Turn Switchly on or off with your own NFC tags, QR codes or barcodes

• Keep the tag somewhere else, so disabling protection takes a real decision instead of a quick tap in the app

• Temporary unlocks with fixed durations

🛡️ Stay in control without locking yourself out

• Emergency Unlock for real emergencies, limited per day

• Premium: protection change delays, so impulsive changes have to wait

• App lock with PIN or biometrics and optional uninstall protection

• Advanced: Device Owner protection via ADB blocks uninstalling, Force Stop and adding new users, and can be removed in the app at any time

• Clear recovery paths, so you never lose access to your own phone

📊 Statistics

• Screen time, app opens, unlocks and blocked attempts at a glance

• Premium: week, month, year and custom ranges with detailed insights

➕ More

• Notification blocking for selected apps

• Quick Settings tiles and Home screen widgets

• Local backups you can restore at any time

• Setup help for phones with aggressive battery settings (Xiaomi, Samsung, vivo, OPPO and more)

• Detailed support reports, so problems can be fixed quickly

⭐ Premium

Switchly is free to use. Premium unlocks Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and location schedules, advanced automations, protection change delays, extended statistics, custom NFC unlock durations and additional themes.

🔒 Permissions and privacy

Switchly uses the Android Accessibility Service API to detect which app, website or in-app screen (for example YouTube Shorts) is currently open, so it can block it according to your rules. This information is processed on your device and is not used for advertising or sold. Switchly only reads what is needed for blocking and never performs actions you did not set up.

Usage Access is used for screen-time statistics and usage limits. Optional permissions (notifications, location, Bluetooth, camera, Device Admin) are only requested when you use the matching feature.

💬 Feedback

Changelog, feedback and bug reports: https://gitlab.com/Saltyy/switchly-public/

Website: https://switchly.saltyy.at/