HalalScreen is an iOS app that locks addictive apps behind dhikr. When you open a blocked app, a Shield View appears where you count 33 SubhanAllah with haptic feedback. Complete your dhikr, then scroll.

What is HalalScreen trying to help with?

HalalScreen helps people build more halal screen time by putting a short dhikr gate before the apps that usually lead to distraction. The goal is to pause, remember Allah, and unlock with intention.

How does the dhikr gate work?

When you tap a locked app, the Shield View appears before the app opens. Complete 33 SubhanAllah, then the app unlocks.

Yes. HalalScreen is free with no ads and no tracking. Your dhikr data stays on your device. No account required.

How is HalalScreen different from other Islamic apps?

HalalScreen is an active gate, not a passive reminder. The dhikr happens before the feed appears, not after distraction has already started.

What is the 33 SubhanAllah count based on?

The 33-33-34 tasbih after salah is prescribed by the Prophet (PBUH) and recorded in Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari. HalalScreen uses this same Sunnah count as the default dhikr gate.

Lock Spotify

Lock Spotify
Behind Dhikr

33 SubhanAllah. Then Spotify unlocks.
30 seconds of remembrance before every listen.

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Time impact

minutes per day on Spotify

That's 183 hours a year of watching.

What if every Spotify session started with remembrance of Allah?

183h

yearly Spotify time

366

sessions a year

dhikr to change it

How to Lock Spotify

اختر

Add Spotify to HalalScreen

Download HalalScreen, pick Spotify as a locked app. It takes 10 seconds to set up.

اذكر

Open It. Do Your Dhikr.

Open Spotify and the Shield View appears. Count 33 SubhanAllah with haptic feedback. The Sunnah count, prescribed after every salah.

افتح

Spotify Unlocks

Complete your dhikr, earn access. 30 seconds of remembrance, then listen. Every Spotify session starts with worship.

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Why Gate Spotify

Spotify fills silence. That is its primary function for most users. The commute, the workout, the cooking, the walk. Moments that could hold dhikr, dua, or simply the presence of a quiet mind instead hold a playlist chosen by an algorithm. At 30 minutes a day, Spotify is not the most time-consuming app on your phone. But it occupies a unique category: it fills the exact moments that are most natural for remembrance. The time after Fajr. The drive to work. The last minutes before sleep. Gating Spotify behind dhikr does not ask you to stop listening to music or podcasts. It asks you to begin each session with 33 SubhanAllah. The silence before the music becomes a space for remembrance. What you listen to afterward is your choice.

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