Roots vs Touchstone

Roots is the #1 screen time app. Set boundaries with your phone, and unlock more time.  Screen time has a major impact on our mental and physical wellbeing. We're here to help — with better app limits, digital downtime, daily goals, balance score, and more. Join thousands of people using Roots to build a better relationship with their phone. WHAT TO EXPECT - Better screen time management - Unlock 2 hours per day - Stop scrolling mindlessly - Cure your phone addiction - Detox from phone dopamine - Find better balance - Be more present - Stay focused BLOCK NOW - Start blocking apps at any time with one tap BETTER APP LIMITS - Block any app or website based on time limits or number of opens SCHEDULE DOWNTIME - Be intentional with "mindful mornings", "evening wind down", and more PHONE DETOX CHALLENGES - Personalized challenges to compete with yourself and friends - Challenges with neuroscientist and Roots Chief Science Officer, Tj Power BLOCK WITH "MONK MODE" - App blocking that doesn't let you unblock until tomorrow MONITOR DIGITAL DOPAMINE - Not all screen time is equal, so we help you understand the impact of each app DAILY GOALS - Set goals for screen time and phone pickups, and track your daily progress PERSONAL BALANCE SCORE - Daily score helps keep you accountable with beautiful illustrations and visuals SCREEN TIME TRENDS - View the progress and trends of your screen time journey BUILD A STREAK - Build a streak as you stay under limits, earn cheat days and custom app icons BLOCK ADULT WEBSITES - Keep yourself off adult websites once and for all DON’T JUST TAKE IT FROM US "We’re all guilty of being obsessed with our phones. Roots helps you break free." -- Tj Power, Neuroscientist and Author “It's beautiful, and it works” -- Jameston78 “This app does what it says” -- Casper-F “Worth every penny” -- Thehikingfool PRIVACY GUARANTEED We use Apple’s Screen Time API so all of your phone usage data stays on your phone. TERMS & CONDITIONS - Auto-Renewing Subscription Options: Roots Plus (Monthly or Annual) - Terms: https://www.getroots.app/terms - Privacy Policy: https://www.getroots.app/privacy-policy

Your phone buzzes. You reach for it before you've decided to. That's not a choice — that's reflex. Touchstone puts something physical between you and the apps that keep you scrolling. A tap creates space. Space is where the choice lives. HOW IT WORKS Build a list of the apps you want less of. Customize the rules for that list. Activate it. Tap your phone to the Touchstone. Go live your day. Put your Touchstone wherever your day actually happens: desk, nightstand, kitchen counter, fridge. One tap starts a blocking session. One tap ends it. The friction is small, but it's real, and real friction is what turns reflex into a decision. INSIGHTS WITHOUT THE LECTURE Intention needs information. Touchstone turns raw screen time into answers: How often am I picking up my phone? Which apps take the most of my attention? When am I most likely to get pulled off track? Am I actually improving? No shame, no wall of numbers. Just an honest picture of your habits and how they're changing week over week. SQUADS MAKE IT STICK A locked door only works while it's locked. Being noticed works all the time. Start a Squad with friends, family, roommates, or teammates: Set goals you're all working toward Run friendly competitions to cut screen time Challenge each other to stay off specific apps See each other's progress and celebrate the milestones Nobody's policing anybody. But knowing your Squad can see the week you had changes what you do at 11pm. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Families use Squads to make phone-free dinners something everyone opted into instead of a rule somebody enforces. Students form study Squads through exam season. Couples take on evening scrolling together. Teams run focus challenges during crunch weeks. Whatever you're rebuilding, you don't have to do it alone. THE IDEA BEHIND IT Technology has become effortless. Intentional living hasn't. You don't need a phone that decides for you. You need room to decide for yourself, a clear view of what you chose, and people who are in it with you. Space becomes a choice. Choices become habits. Habits become routines. Routines become the life you're building. It's not about spending less time on your phone. It's about using it when you want to. WHAT YOU NEED Focus sessions, insights, and Squads all work in the app on their own. Touchstone also pairs with a small physical device, sold separately, that blocks and unblocks your chosen apps with a tap. The device is what makes the space physical.