App Isolation with Work Profiles
Replaces: All apps in one profile
Create an isolated Android work profile to compartmentalize apps and freeze them when not in use.
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Phase
Install One App — free, 5-15 min
Android
Shelter (F-Droid) creates an isolated work profile. Move social media, Google apps, and any app you want compartmentalized into the work profile. Disable the work profile when you don't want distractions — all apps in it go silent. Also useful on degoogled phones: put apps that need Google services in the work profile to isolate them.
iOS
No equivalent. iOS does not support work profiles outside of MDM (enterprise). Use Focus Modes + Screen Time as the closest alternative (see minimal-launcher card).
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Research Findings
Shelter (F-Droid) is the FOSS tool for Android work profile management. Privacy Guides recommends it. Work profiles isolate apps — separate file system, separate permissions, can be frozen. On GrapheneOS, the work profile is also useful for sandboxed Google Play Services.