Out of Office App Store

Clock out. Actually.

Out of Office shields Slack, Mail, Teams and the rest of your work apps when work is over. On a schedule, or with one flip.

Download on theApp Store Watch 6:00 PM happen

For iPhone and iPad. No account needed.

On the clock. 6 apps armed. Next today at 6:00 PM.

Friday, from 5:52 to 6:00 PM

  1. Friday. You’re basically done.
  2. Your phone didn’t get the memo.
  3. “Quick one” is never quick.
  4. Out of office. Six apps off the clock until Monday, 8:00 AM.

Set it up once. Then forget it exists.

About ninety seconds, and most of that is deciding which apps count as work.

  1. Pick your work apps.

    Tap the ones that keep finding you at dinner. Whole categories and websites work too.

  2. Set your hours.

    One tap on a preset gets you a whole schedule. You get a heads-up 15 minutes before it starts and ends.

    • Every evening6:00 PM → 8:00 AM
    • WeekendsFri 6 PM → Mon 8 AM
    • CustomYour days, or a vacation

  3. Flip it, or don’t.

    The schedule arms itself, even with the app closed. Leaving early? Flip it from the couch.

    • 1 hour
    • Until 9 am
    • All weekend

Your home screen knows. So does your lock screen.

White while you work. Fully green when you’re out, readable from across the room. Tap any of them: it’s the same switch.

Out of Office

OOO at 6:00 PM

Home screen: small, medium, large. Lock screen: inline, circular, rectangular. And the app icon flips the moment you do.

Open Slack at 9:47 PM. Get this instead.

A real shield, drawn by iOS in front of the app. The title carries the joke, the line under it carries the fact, and there’s exactly one button.

No means no. Get back to chill.

OOO until 8:00 AM

The app, as it ships.

Welcome screen: three rings over a large pill toggle.
Welcome.
Schedule picker with Every evening, Weekends and Custom presets.
Pick a schedule.
Home screen on the clock: grey toggle, 6 apps armed, next today at 6:00 PM.
On the clock.
Home screen out of office: green toggle and the line You’re out. Enjoy.
Out of office.

We can’t see which apps you picked. Nobody can.

Apple hands Out of Office a sealed token: “shield this”, never “this is Slack”. The shield is drawn by iOS itself, through the same Screen Time system behind parental controls. Your selection never leaves your phone.

Read the privacy policy

Data
No account. Usage stats never include which apps you picked.
Devices
iPhone and iPad on iOS 17 or later.
Mac
A companion for status and schedules. It doesn’t block Mac apps.

Reasonable questions.

Does it actually block the apps?

Yes. During your hours, opening a work app shows the shield instead of the app. It uses Apple’s Screen Time framework, so the system does the blocking. It isn’t a reminder you can swipe away.

Does the schedule work if the app is closed?

Yes. Schedules are handed to iOS, so they arm and disarm on time with the app closed and your phone in a drawer. Overlapping schedules keep the shields up until the last one ends.

Will it block anything I didn’t pick?

No. Nothing is shielded until you choose the apps and set the hours, or flip the switch yourself.

What if I really need to send one Slack?

Flip the switch off. It’s your phone. If you’d rather make that harder on your future self, turn on Strict mode: a scheduled session then can’t be ended early.

Which devices does it work on?

iPhone and iPad on iOS and iPadOS 17 or later. The Mac companion shows your status and schedules; it doesn’t block Mac apps.

Clock out. Actually.

For iPhone and iPad. Ninety seconds to set up.

Download on theApp Store