BLOCK ESPN BET.
Untilt blocks ESPN BET on your iPhone — the sportsbook app and site stop loading while a wall is up, while ESPN's regular scores and coverage keep working. That separation is the point: you keep the sport, the book loses the phone.
What ESPN BET's own tools do
ESPN BET offers deposit limits, time-outs, and self-exclusion through its responsible gaming settings, consistent with state requirements where it operates.
Account tools close the account. Not the phone.
ESPN BET's tightest integration isn't a setting — it's the fact that the book lives inside the sports media you already read. Account exclusion doesn't unhook the odds from the highlights or the app from your phone.
Untilt blocks the betting domains and leaves the sport alone. Scores load. The book doesn't. That's the wall doing exactly one job.
| Screen Time | Delete the app | ESPN BET account tools | Untilt wall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks the app | Limit only | Until reinstall | No | Yes, while up |
| Blocks the website | Partially | No | No | Yes, while up |
| You hold the override | Your passcode | Reinstall | Locked for the term | Not mid-wall |
| Covers other books too | Per-app setup | No | No | Every covered book at once |
| Requires an account | No | No | Yes | No |
Three ways to block ESPN BET on iPhone
1 · Screen Time. Free and built in: set an app limit or block the website under Settings → Screen Time. The honest part: you know your own passcode, "Ignore Limit" is one tap, and web workarounds are endless. It's a speed bump you own the keys to. Full walkthrough in Screen Time vs a DNS wall.
2 · Delete the app + restrict downloads. Deleting ESPN BET helps for a night — until a two-minute reinstall. Pairing it with Screen Time's purchase restrictions is stronger, but the website still loads in every browser, and the restriction shares that same passcode problem.
3 · A device-level wall (Untilt). Untilt filters this iPhone's traffic on the device through Apple's Network Extension. While a wall is up, ESPN BET and every other covered service stop loading — app and website, Safari and Chrome. Walls are timed: free 1-hour walls forever, longer with Pro, and mid-wall there is nothing to toggle off. No account; the filter and its receipts stay on your phone.
60-second setup
Install Untilt, approve the shield when iOS asks (a one-time local Network Extension — traffic is checked on the device, not routed through anyone's servers), then press and hold for two seconds. The wall seals; ESPN BET stops loading. When it matters most — mid-tilt, before the game, the moment the deposit urge hits — the whole ritual is one hold.
Questions
Will blocking ESPN BET break the regular ESPN app?
No. The blocklist targets ESPN BET's betting domains, not ESPN's editorial and scores infrastructure. Watching and reading keep working.
Does this block the website too, or just the app?
Both. The wall filters DNS on the device, so covered domains stop loading in the app, Safari, Chrome, and in-app browsers alike.
Does it work on cellular, or only Wi-Fi?
Both. The filter runs on the iPhone itself, so it holds on 5G, LTE, and any Wi-Fi network without router changes.
Can I take the wall down early?
Free walls run one hour and then end on their own. Pro walls of 24 hours or more require a deliberate written exit — friction on purpose. Untilt never claims to be impossible to bypass; iOS gives the phone's owner final control. It claims to make the next bet slower than the urge.
Related
WALL OFF ESPN BET.
Hold once. Covered sportsbooks, DFS apps, and prediction markets stop loading on this iPhone. 1-hour walls are free forever; Pro holds longer.
BLOCKLIST UPDATED JULY 2026 · 219 DOMAINS · METHODOLOGY