Burrow

Press kit

Burrow is a focus timer and app blocker for iPhone, made for high-school and university students. While they work, Gaston the mole digs his burrow. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Three angles

  • A kind app blocker

    Built on Apple’s Screen Time, no account, no ads, no tracking. You choose how firm it is, from Gentle to Strict.

  • A mole that digs

    Gaston digs his burrow with every focused minute and unearths finds. He never judges: a pause breaks nothing.

  • Made in Belgium

    By an independent developer, for exam season: bac, blocus, finals.

Key facts

Name
Burrow (on the App Store: "Burrow: Focus & Study")
Platform
iPhone, iOS 26.5 or later.
Availability
Available on the App Store
Languages
The app: French, English, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. This site: French and English.
Price
Free. Burrow Pro is optional (subscription or one-time purchase): details on the home page.
Privacy
No account, no ads, no tracking, no Burrow server. Burrow cannot see the names of blocked apps.
New in 1.1
Redesigned Focus screen, an illustrated burrow where Gaston digs, a reworked wardrobe, a reveal at the end of a session, stats on three lines, and nine seasons (an app icon and burrow decor for each, applied only when you choose).
Integrations
Screen Time, Live Activities, Dynamic Island and StandBy, widgets, Control Center, Action button, Siri and Shortcuts, NFC, iCloud.
Publisher
Alex Gerard, independent developer.

We publish no usage figures. If you quote a number, it comes from you.

Visuals

Logo

Gaston

  • Gaston, idle
    Idle
  • Gaston, waving
    Waving
  • Gaston, digging
    Digging
  • Gaston, celebrating
    Celebrating
  • Gaston, sleeping
    Sleeping

App icons

Nine seasons, each with its own icon, applied only when you choose. Six of them below.

  • Burrow icon, Halloween
    Halloween
  • Burrow icon, Autumn
    Autumn
  • Burrow icon, Winter
    Winter
  • Burrow icon, Valentine
    Valentine
  • Burrow icon, Spring
    Spring
  • Burrow icon, Summer
    Summer

Screenshots

  • Dynamic Island with a session running
  • Control Center with the Burrow Focus control
  • Burrow widget on the Home Screen
  • End-of-session screen: Gaston shows what he found
  • Burrow tab in its Halloween theme
  • Gaston’s wardrobe
  • Burrow breathing screen

Video

Gaston grows up

Four ranks, from clay to the old mine, as focus hours add up: Gaston grows with them.

  • Gaston, clay
    Clay
  • Gaston, limestone
    Limestone
  • Gaston, underground river
    Underground river
  • Gaston, old mine
    Old mine

These visuals are provided to talk about Burrow. For any other use, write to us.

The founder

Portrait of Alex Gerard, founder of Burrow

Alex Gerard is an IT consultant in Luxembourg. He holds a three-year degree in computer science (software development and analysis) and looks after internal applications at edda.lu. He built Burrow for students who lose hours to their phone while they revise.

Contact

Press and any other request: support@burrowfocus.app.

We can send you a Pro code to try Burrow: ask in your message.