Recode vs Deepwell

Stop scrolling. Start living. Recode is the only screen time app that requires you to physically scan a QR code or barcode to unlock your blocked apps. No easy bypass. No cheating. Just real accountability. How it works: 1. Choose which apps to block and set your schedule. 2. Pick any QR code or barcode as your unlock key — a book on your shelf, a code at your desk, anything. 3. When you want to unblock, you have to physically go scan it. That friction is what makes Recode work. Why it's different: Other screen time apps let you bypass limits with a single tap. Recode doesn't. The physical requirement of scanning a code creates real resistance between you and your distracting apps. You can't cheat from the couch. Track your progress with Streaks: Build a daily streak by keeping your break time under 30 minutes. Watch your calendar fill with green as you take back control of your habits. Built from personal experience: I built Recode because I was losing myself in endless scrolling — distracted all day, drained at night, ashamed of how little I got done. Even in its demo version, the simple act of requiring a scan to unblock completely shifted my habits. Knowing I couldn't unblock until I got home kept me off my phone. Over time, I reclaimed focus, confidence, and the satisfaction of being productive. Take control of your time. Download Recode today. Available subscription options: Recode Pro – Monthly or Annual auto-renewable subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

deepwell is a calm home for real focus. Instead of chopping your day into tiny fragments, you begin a block: one to four hours of uninterrupted attention. deepwell protects it while it runs, and you commit it when you're done, with a short note on what you did. No guilt, no red badges. When life interrupts, pause, and when you come back the block returns every paused minute to you. Stop early if you have to. Every honest minute still counts. Watch your months fill with green squares that deepen the more you focus. Your deep work records and your longest unbroken stretch of focus are tracked. Watch a rhythm map that shows exactly when you work best and get a searchable journal of everything you've ever worked on. And finally once a month, deepwell reads your month and writes you a letter. Not a stats readout, but a personal note about how you actually worked, what kept pulling you away, and how the month compared to the last, ending with one small intention for the month ahead. Everything syncs across your iPhone and the web. On iPhone, begin a block hands-free with Siri, the Action Button, Control Center or straight from a widget. Follow it live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, hear a gentle chime when time is up, and log focused time to Apple Health as mindful minutes. Each week, a short reflection on your week is written entirely on your device, and never leaves it. Focus you can measure and be quietly proud of. Come do your deepest work with deepwell.