Screen Freedom vs Ruach

Have you ever tried to spend less time on your phone? There are so many solutions out there, but they all seem to rely on your discipline in one way or another. Although that can work for some, here at Screen Freedom we have an alternative solution: accountability! Screen Freedom allows you to partner with a friend and hold each other accountable for how much time you spend on your phones. Simply set a screen time goal, selecting the apps of your choice and choosing a daily time limit. Next, use those apps until you reach your limit, at which point they block. At this point, you can either go on living your life, adding a successful day to your screen time streak, or you can unblock your apps, at which point your friend will be notified of your decision and given the chance to reach out to you to offer support. You can also optionally give your friend the ability to deny your request to go over your goal! With Screen Freedom, you are no longer alone in your battle against the tech attempting to control your attention. Unlock the power of accountability and be amazed at how many hours you save! Key Features: - Partner with a friend, holding each other accountable for your screen time usage - Select a screen time goal, choosing what apps to track and your time limit on them - Automatically block your chosen apps when you reach your daily time limit - Notify your friend if you choose to break your daily screen time goal - Turn on accountability lock to allow your friend to accept or deny your request to exceed your screen time goal - Build your individual goal-achieved streak, as well as your cumulative streak with your partner - View your own and your partner's historical data of goal-achievement - Track your feelings at the time of breaking your screen time goal - Set downtime windows when your chosen apps are blocked regardless of how much time you have spent on them - Select apps that are always blocked regardless of whether you have reached your goal or not Note: Although data concerning whether you successfully achieved your goal is saved in the cloud to share with your partner, all specific app-usage data remains securely on your device. We take privacy very seriously and would not risk sensitive data such as this. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

A bookmark for time with God. We live in the most distracted time in human history due to mainly one thing: our phones. Constant notifications, scrolling, and digital noise make it harder than ever to actually be present with God and hear His voice, but Ruach helps create space for Him. Ruach is an iOS app paired with a physical bookmark containing an NFC chip that helps you create intentional time with God through a digital fast by blocking distracting apps. When you're ready to be in the Word, tap your bookmark. Your selected apps lock until you tap your bookmark again. The bookmark lives in your Bible, like any other bookmark. Opening Scripture and starting your time with God become one action. Your phone goes quiet, creating space for the Lord's voice to be heard. Use Ruach for whatever the moment is for: - Morning devotion. Tap before bed, put the bookmark in your Bible, and your Bible becomes the key to your phone the next morning. - Quiet time while in the Word. Tap when you open your Bible and spend time with God without your phone pulling you away. - Sunday services, small groups, and Bible studies. Be present where you are, not where your phone wants to take you. - Lent, Advent, Sabbath. Use Ruach for whole seasons of slowing down with God. FOR CAMPS AND MINISTRIES Ruach gives institutions a tool to support their students' formation, during camp and after. Students pair to a leader's card for the week, keeping phones locked and focus on God. On the last day, they re-pair to their own personal bookmark and take the practice home. The transformation camp creates doesn't have to fade when students leave. The bookmark in their Bible keeps it alive. Whether it's twenty minutes or a whole week, it's the same digital fast. Tap to begin. Tap to end. WHAT RUACH IS NOT Ruach is not a habit tracker. There are no streaks, no points, no shame for missing a day. Ruach collects no data. No accounts. No analytics. No third parties. Everything stays on your device. REQUIREMENTS - An iPhone running iOS 17 or later - A standard NFC bookmark, card, or tag - Permission to use Screen Time.