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How to Add Apps to Block in Hinder When You Go Over Budget

Pick the apps Hinder will lock down the moment you blow your budget — DoorDash, Amazon, Uber, and any other spending temptations on your phone. Step-by-step setup with the iOS Screen Time permission walkthrough.

Before you start

Adding an app to your Block List is what teaches Hinder which spending temptations to lock the moment you cross your budget. Most people pick their food delivery, marketplace, and ride-hailing apps — the places they actually spend money.

Step 1 — Tap “Add App”

From the home screen, tap Add App to start building your Block List.

Hinder home screen showing the Add App button

Step 2 — Select the apps you want blocked

Search for an app by name or scroll through the list, then select the apps you want Hinder to block when you go over budget. You can pick as many as you want. When you are done, tap Continue.

Searching for an app by name in Hinder
Selecting apps from the list to add to the Block List

Step 3 — Name and categorize each app

For each app you selected, enter the app name as shown on your phone and choose the matching category (food delivery, marketplace, ride-hailing, retail, and so on). Tap Continue to save it to your Block List.

The category is what tells Hinder which budget bucket the app counts against, so spending in your DoorDash app gets tracked under your dining budget rather than your overall total.

Hinder screen for assigning a name and category to a blocked app

Which apps should I block?

Pick the apps where you actually spend money, not the ones you scroll. Common picks:

  • Food delivery — DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Instacart
  • Marketplaces — Amazon, eBay, StockX, Etsy
  • Ride-hailing — Uber, Lyft
  • Subscriptions and gaming — App Store, Steam, in-app purchases
  • Retail — Target, SHEIN, Temu, anywhere you one-tap-checkout

You can change the list any time. The whole point is to put friction in front of the spending you regret, not the spending you need.

You are done

That is the entire setup. Hinder runs in the background, watches every transaction Plaid sees, and the moment you cross your budget your Block List apps freeze. No willpower required.