Hyud is now available for iOS

Hyud for iOS is now live 🎉

On February 26, 2026, we officially released Hyud on iOS.

This launch has been requested for a long time, and I am genuinely happy to finally say: it is here.

From the beginning, Hyud has been about helping people build healthier focus habits, not just forcing short bursts of productivity. On Mac, that meant helping you block distractions, protect deep work and stay intentional during the day. But there has always been a missing piece to the puzzle: your phone. If you could block everything on your Mac but still doomscroll on your phone during your sessions, what was the point?

Even with a solid setup on desktop, many people told us the same thing: "I can focus on my computer, but I still lose a lot of time on my iPhone." That is real. I myself lost a lot of time on my phone. The phone follows us everywhere, and distraction now happens all the time. A few minutes here, a quick scroll there and at the end of the day you wonder where you spent your time. At the end it turns out you probably lost at least one hour for nothing.

Launching iOS is an important step for Hyud because it closes that loop.

Why iOS, and why now

The short answer is simple: demand was clear, and the problem is bigger than desktop.

Over the last months, we saw a pattern in feedback from users and from our own experience. People do not only need to block websites and apps when they sit at a desk. They need it when they wake up to avoid wasting time in bed in the morning, during transitions between tasks to avoid getting hooked by powerful apps, during breaks and in those moments where opening one app can easily become 30 minutes of scrolling without even noticing.

For a lot of users, phone distraction is the hardest part because it is frictionless and always available. If we are serious about helping people focus better and reduce mindless usage, iOS could not remain later forever.

This app is designed to help you reduce doomscrolling, protect your time and be more intentional with your phone.

What ships in iOS v0.1.0

Here is what is available right now.

1) Block apps and websites in timed sessions

You can start a focus session by choosing a duration, and Hyud will block the apps and websites you selected for that period.

This is useful when you want a clean, immediate focus sprint: study blocks, work tasks, reading time, creative work, or simply phone-free time.

The key idea is simple: once a session starts, you can't access blocked apps and websites until the session finishes. Basically the same feature as on macOS!

2) Block apps and websites in scheduled sessions

You can also schedule sessions from X time to Y time.

This helps when your day follows recurring patterns and you do not want to manually start every block. You define the protected window in advance and Hyud enforces it.

In practice, this makes discipline easier because fewer decisions are needed in the moment.

I personally use this one a lot, especially at bed time. This way I don't find myself scrolling late at night and wasting time in bed in the morning.

3) Block by zones

One of my favorite features is zone-based blocking.

You can create different blocking behavior depending on context, for example:

• one setup for work,
• one setup for home,
• and different app lists depending on where you are.

Focus challenges are contextual so your blocking rules should be contextual too. Zones let you match the app to your real life instead of forcing one rigid profile for every situation.

4) Analytics to understand your usage

I believe that willpower improves when visibility improves and we can't improve what we don't track.

The analytics section is there to help you understand your phone behavior: where your time goes, how your usage changes over time and where your biggest attention leaks happen.

5) Goals with a target date

You can set goals and define a date, then track how many days you have left to complete that goal.

To be honest we were not sure about this feature. But as Hyud is also a productivity app, we believe that this could be useful for productive people to track their goals.

How iOS complements your existing workflow

If you already use Hyud on Mac, iOS helps extend the same philosophy beyond your desk.

On desktop, you protect focused work blocks (or just blocked things to avoid getting distracted or make your brain rot). On iPhone, you protect the in-between moments that usually break momentum.

This combination is powerful because most focus loss today is not one giant distraction. It is a sequence of small interruptions across devices.

With iOS + macOS, you can create a more coherent system:

• focused sessions when you need to produce,
• less temptation during phone downtime,
• clearer visibility through analytics,
• and goals that keep progress measurable.

If you are new to Hyud and starting with iOS first, the app still works great on its own. The core benefit is the same: fewer impulsive checks, less doomscrolling, and more control over your attention.

What happens next

Now that the first version is live, the focus is execution quality.

Right now we are working on polishing details, fixing bugs that users are reporting and improving the overall UI/UX so the app feels smoother and clearer in daily use.

Most of the core features are already shipped. We also have additional features planned for the coming weeks and months, but I am not announcing those yet because I prefer to talk about features when they are ready to ship.

Our goal is simple: keep Hyud reliable, useful, and genuinely helpful in real routines, not just impressive on a feature list.

Download Hyud for iOS

If you want to limit phone usage, focus better, and reduce the temptation to doomscroll, you can download Hyud for iOS here:

Download on the App Store

As always, thank you for your support and feedback. Every message helps us improve the product in the right direction.

This release is an important milestone, and we are just getting started.

Arthur