On Ice: Pause Before You Buy

You don't need another budget app. You need something between you and the checkout button. On Ice catches the moment you're about to buy something you don't need, and slows it down. SCREENSHOT THE THING On Ice reads the price on your phone. Nothing is uploaded. PUT IT IN THE FREEZER It sits there instead of in your cart. In two weeks we'll ask whether you still want it. Most of the time, you won't. OR GO SHOPPING ANYWAY — FOR FREE The Fake Store is a whole simulated shopping app. Add to cart, check out, watch it ship, open the box. The urge is often about the ritual, not the object. So have the ritual. Keep the money. LOCK THE REAL APPS Built on Apple's Screen Time. Pick the apps, pick how long. No app on iOS can truly lock you out — this one catches the three-second slip, not your resolve. TALK TO CALM BEAR A coach that reads back what you wrote instead of lecturing you. It never tells you whether to buy. WATCH IT ADD UP Every thing you didn't buy becomes a number. That number becomes something you actually wanted. On Ice does not connect to your bank, does not read your messages, and does not send your screenshots anywhere. Almost everything stays on your phone.