Approud

We build apps 
that make every day a little better.

Approud is an independent studio making focused apps for lifestyle, productivity, utilities, health and education.

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Our apps

Each app has its own look, made for the job it does.

Lockin

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Productivity · App & website blocker

  • Block distractions right now, on a schedule, or after a daily limit
  • Free to start · No account needed
Lockin home screen
Lockin stats screen

Map Guess

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Education · Geography puzzle

  • A daily map puzzle to sharpen your geography
  • Short lessons and smart review to finally know where places are
Map Guess daily challenge
Map Guess lesson on Japan

Porotimer

porotimer.com ↗

Productivity · Pomodoro timer

  • Master your time and stay focused, one session at a time
  • Timer, tasks, projects and daily focus stats in one place
Porotimer focus timer at 25:00 with the garden growing
Porotimer monthly progress: a focus garden of 72 hours

Zen Melodies

zenmelodies.app ↗

Health · Sleep sounds & relaxation

  • Mix 100+ sounds into your own soundscape for sleep and calm
  • Sleep timer, breathing exercises and nightly sleep insights
Zen Melodies home with a daily quote
Zen Melodies Sound Studio

Easy Watermark

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Utilities · Watermark maker

  • Add text, logo or signature watermarks to photos and videos
  • Watermark a whole batch at once and export in high resolution
Easy Watermark adding a text watermark to a photo
Easy Watermark with 13 photos selected for a batch

Next from Approud

We’re working on new apps for lifestyle and more of the little jobs of everyday life. Be the first to hear when one is ready.

A day with Approud

Lifestyle, productivity, education, health and utilities. An app for every part of your day, one at a time.

7:30
Morning · Education

Wake your brain up with today’s map puzzle, before the coffee kicks in.

9:00
Deep work · Productivity

Start a focus session and grow a little tree for every one you finish.

14:00
Afternoon slump · Productivity

Lock away the scroll-y apps until the work is done.

18:30
Evening · Lifestyle

Something for your evenings and weekends is brewing.

Coming soon
Anytime
Little jobs · Utilities

Watermark a whole photo shoot in one go, before you post.

22:30
Wind down · Health

Mix rain, waves and a little piano, set the timer and drift off.

Fresh from the workshop

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NewPorotimer · October 2026

Your focus now grows a garden.

Every focus session you finish plants a pixel tree. Give up halfway and it withers, so maybe don’t. Watch your garden grow from a Home Screen widget and a Live Activity.

Today’s garden4 grown · 1 withered
NewMap Guess

A livelier Daily.

The Daily card now counts down live to tomorrow’s puzzle, and your streak explains itself. Plays great on iPad now too.

Next Daily in--:--:--12-day streak
NewLockin

Lock in for exactly as long as you need.

Pick any session length, not just the presets. The block screen now shows a ring with the time left.

15m25m35m50mCustom

From the journal

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Studio · November 3, 2026Small apps, better days: what our apps can do for your everyday lifeFocus, learning, rest, fewer distractions and protected photos. Five small apps, each built to do one everyday job well. Here's what each one helps with, and how to pick the one to start with.
Focus · November 3, 2026App blockers compared: what Opal, Brainrot, Freedom, one sec and others cost, and where Lockin fitsApp blockers range from free to $100 a year. We compared the prices of nine popular iPhone blockers, what you get for the money, and why we priced Lockin the way we did.
Focus · November 3, 2026How to stop reaching for your phone: blocking apps and websites on iPhoneWillpower is a bad defence against apps designed to keep you scrolling. Blocking works better. Here's what iPhone can already do, and why we're building Lockin to go further.

A small studio for everyday life.

Approud is an independent app studio focused on lifestyle. We make small, well-crafted apps for the moments that fill a day: getting into focus, learning something new, looking after yourself and getting little jobs done.

Every app starts with a problem we have ourselves. We keep it simple, respect your privacy, and keep making it better long after launch.

5.apps and counting
5.areas of everyday life
1.small, curious team
Simple on purpose

Each app does one job, without the clutter.

Private by default

We collect as little as we can, and say what we do.

Always improving

Regular updates, long after launch day.