Contact person: iOS Mindful Pause Interceptor

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Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"I want an iOS-only app that slips a calm, reflective moment between the user and the distracting app they are about to open. The flow is simple: when someone taps TikTok, Instagram, YouTube—or any other apps I later add—the interceptor launches first, fills the screen with a gentle question such as “Do you really want to open TikTok right now?” and optionally runs a five- to ten-second breathing countdown. After the pause, the user can either continue into the target app or back out.

Key behaviours I need built:

• Intercept launch of the selected apps on iOS before they come to the foreground.
• Display a full-screen “mindful prompt”, mixing preset messages with the option for the user to write their own.
• Offer two levels of enforcement: a soft reminder that can be skipped immediately, and a hard block that enforces the micro-pause.
• Provide daily and weekly time-spent statistics for each intercepted app so users can track their behaviour.
• Let users modify the blocklist from within the settings, starting with TikTok, Instagram and YouTube pre-filled.

I’m open to your suggestion on which iOS frameworks best achieve reliable interception—Screen Time API, Managed Settings, Device Activity, or any other native approach—as long as it doesn’t require a jailbreak and meets Apple’s App Store guidelines.

Deliverable: a fully functional Xcode project ready for TestFlight, plus concise setup instructions so I can build and sign it with my own developer account." (client-provided description)