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out of ARCO

When you set up ARCO you can pick up to two routines. Each one adds habits with times already set and, for some, Blocked Hours windows.

• Tap a habit on your timeline to change its time or days, or delete it.
• Blocked Hours windows live in Control → Blocked Hours.
• Everything a routine added is yours to change.

Blocked Hours shut the apps you picked during set times, every day you choose, without you starting anything. Good for work hours, study time or the hour before bed.

1. Open Control and tap Blocked Hours.
2. Add a window: name, start and end time, and days.
3. Pick how strict it is and how many breaks you get.

Uses the apps from Settings → Apps to block and needs Screen Time access. Part of ARCO Pro.

A focus session blocks your picked apps until the timer ends. Start one from Control, or from a timed habit set to block apps (Deep work, Study).

• Breaks lift the block for a few minutes and it comes back by itself.
• Strict mode can't be ended early. Breaks still work.
• The session shows on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.

Put your timeline, habit check-offs, timers, tasks and screen time on your home screen.

1. Touch and hold an empty spot until the apps jiggle.
2. Tap Edit → Add Widget, then search for ARCO.
3. Swipe to pick a size, tap Add Widget, then Done.

Touch and hold a widget, then Edit Widget, to choose which habit or list it shows. Start timers and tick habits right from it.

Tap Plan your day on Today to place what's waiting: habits without a time, tasks, and quick events like lunch or a meeting. Give each a time and it lands on your timeline.

Planning the night before works best: open it in the evening and choose tomorrow on the date strip.

Habits can be a simple check, a count (like water ×8) or a timer. Tap one on your timeline to tick it or start its timer.

• Your streak grows with every day you keep it.
• A skipped day doesn't break it.
• Insights shows your best streak, habits catching up and how your week went.

The Tasks page holds everything you need to do, grouped by project.

• Give a task a time and it appears on your timeline.
• Leave it without one and it waits under Anytime.
• Mark a task in progress to keep it at the top.

The Wake up block marks the start of your day on the timeline. Tap it to turn on a real alarm: pick the time, days, sound and snooze.

ARCO's alarm rings like the Clock app, even on silent.

ARCO needs Screen Time access to block apps and to show where your hours go.

• Said no at first? Settings → Screen Time access in ARCO asks again.
• Insights uses the same access for your weekly screen time.

ARCO Pro unlocks Blocked Hours, unlimited blocking in focus sessions, unlimited habits and your full history. New users get a free trial.

• ARCO reminds you two days before the trial ends.
• Cancel any time: iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions → ARCO.
• Bought on another device? Tap Restore on any upgrade screen.