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.

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Lock WhatsApp
Behind Dhikr

33 SubhanAllah. Then WhatsApp unlocks.
30 seconds of remembrance before every chat.

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Time impact

minutes per day on WhatsApp

That's 231 hours a year of chatting.

What if every WhatsApp session started with remembrance of Allah?

231h

yearly WhatsApp time

462

sessions a year

dhikr to change it

How to Lock WhatsApp

اختر

Add WhatsApp to HalalScreen

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

اذكر

Open It. Do Your Dhikr.

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

افتح

WhatsApp Unlocks

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

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Why Gate WhatsApp

WhatsApp is the primary messaging platform for Muslims globally. Family groups, community coordination, business communication, and personal conversations all flow through the same app. Blocking WhatsApp entirely is impractical for most people. The problem is not that you use WhatsApp. The problem is the 38 minutes per day that arrive in fragments: a quick check here, a reply there, a scroll through the family group chat that becomes 15 minutes of forwarded videos. WhatsApp's blue ticks create social pressure to respond immediately. The typing indicator tells the other person you are there, creating an obligation to finish the reply. These small mechanics add up. Gating WhatsApp behind dhikr is not about reducing essential communication. It is about ensuring that the 15th check of the day, the one driven by reflex rather than need, begins with SubhanAllah.

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