godark

Stop losing yourself to porn.

One email when Godark hits the App Store.

The Action Button

Press the button to go dark.

One press shuts adult sites, every browser, the apps you picked, and the ways around them.

Fast enough when willpower isn't.

  1. TriggerSomething sets it off.
  2. CravingThe urge starts building.
  3. Can't search
  4. Can't watch
  5. No regret.

Research behind the design

  1. Brand, M., Wegmann, E., Stark, R., Müller, A., Wölfling, K., Robbins, T. W., & Potenza, M. N. (2019). The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, 1–10.

    doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.032

    Applied Intervene at access. The model places the failure where control is weakest, which is the one place software can act.

  2. Knorr, A., Wegmann, E., Vollbracht, D., Brand, M., & Antons, S. (2026). Predicting moments of impaired control over addictive behaviors. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 15(1), 260–273.

    doi:10.1556/2006.2025.00102

    Applied 118 participants, measured in the lab and again in daily life. The moment is short and it is predictable, so something has to already be available inside it.

  3. Bowen, S., & Marlatt, A. (2009). Surfing the urge. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23(4), 666–671.

    doi:10.1037/a0017127

    Applied 123 smokers, not pornography users. The trained group smoked less while reporting no difference in urges, which is the argument for acting on the response rather than the urge.

Godark is research-informed access-control software, not a medical treatment. This work informed the design. It did not test Godark.

What you need.

Device
iPhone, iOS 17 or later
Action Button
Optional, any iPhone works
Permission
Screen Time, nothing else

Questions

Not quickly, which is the point. It uses Apple's own Screen Time controls, so the block sits below the apps rather than beside them.

No. Apple hands the app an anonymous token, never a name or an address. Godark could not tell you what you blocked.

No. Godark is built on Apple's Screen Time API, which has no equivalent on Android. It would be a different app, not a port.

Not decided yet. Everyone on the list hears the price before it goes live.