Shelly vs Regen Method Replace Scrolling

Take back your day with Shelly — your friendly screen time coach to help you build healthy phone habits. Shelly is a cute snail who lives on your phone. The less you doom-scroll, the healthier Shelly gets. The more you mindlessly scroll, the more Shelly retreats into her shell. It's a simple visual nudge that works — no guilt trips, no lectures, just a little friend keeping you honest. Most of us spend 5+ hours glued to our screens without realizing it. Shelly flips the script: block the apps that drain your time, set focus schedules, and get gentle breathing reminders when you're about to spiral into another scroll session. WHY SHELLY WORKS - Visual motivation: Watch Shelly's health improve as your screen time drops - Gentle nudges, not guilt: Breathing exercises instead of harsh lockouts - Smart schedules: Auto-block apps during bedtime, work hours, or study sessions - Shell Mode: Total focus mode that blocks everything except what you whitelist - Real insights: See exactly which apps eat your time and track your progress FEATURES - Instant App Blocking: Pick the apps and sites to block. Done in seconds. - Shell Mode: Block everything except what you whitelist. Total focus. - Breathing Interventions: A 10-second breathing pause before any tracked app opens. - Smart Schedules: Auto-block apps at bedtime, work hours, or custom windows. - Daily Time Allowances: Cap usage on any app. Hit the limit, Shelly blocks it. - Escape Hatch: Need a blocked app? Simple unblock. - Streak Tracking: Stay under your goal. Watch the streak grow. - Home Screen Widget: Today's health score, always visible. - History & Insights: Weekly charts to spot patterns and celebrate wins. DESIGNED FOR - Students who lose hours to scrolling before exams - Creators who need to focus on making, not consuming - Professionals who want deep work without distractions - Parents building healthier phone habits for the family - Anyone who's tired of picking up their phone 150+ times a day PRIVATE & SECURE Shelly uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring and blocking happen entirely on your device. Your usage data never leaves your phone — ever. No tracking. No ads. Just you and Shelly. FOUNDERS NOTE: I built Shelly because I was scrolling for 6 hours a day on my phone and couldn't stop. None of the screen time apps felt right — they were either too strict, too preachy, too complicated, or too easy to bypass. Shelly is the app I wished existed: simple, kind, and effective. All features described above require a subscription. Terms of Service: https://getshelly.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getshelly.app/privacy

Your apps are designed to be hard to put down. Regen flips that on its head: the apps that distract you stay locked until you do something that's actually good for you: study. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that pull you in: social media, games, whatever derails your day. Set the hours you want to stay focused. During those hours, those apps are locked. To open them, Regen shows you a few flashcards. Get enough right and your apps unlock. Miss, and you can try again or spend your one emergency unlock for the day. Five minutes of studying before each scroll adds up fast. Over a week, that's real learning instead of a feed you won't remember. EARN YOUR SCROLL TIME WITH SCROLL COINS Every card you get right earns Scroll Coins. Those coins are your currency for the apps you love. Want ten minutes on your feed? Spend the coins you earned by studying. Run out, and it's time to learn a little more. Your attention finally has a price, and you're the one who sets it. FOCUS TIMER Need to lock in? Start a Pomodoro-style focus session and Regen keeps your distractions sealed while you work. Study, write, or get through your to-do list in focused blocks, then take a real break you've earned. STUDY WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT Tell Regen what you want to learn and it builds personalized decks of cards for you. Languages, science, history, exam prep: your unlocks teach you something worth keeping. BUILD A STREAK Every day you study keeps your streak alive. Evening reminders nudge you before you break it. Watch the number climb and you'll find yourself reaching for your cards instead of your feed. WHY REGEN WORKS It puts a small, useful task between you and your distractions The friction is just enough to break the autopilot scroll You earn your scroll time instead of losing hours to it You end the day having learned something instead of losing an hour Your focus schedule runs automatically, so you only set it once FOCUS SCHEDULES Set custom blocks like "Study Time" on weekday afternoons or "Evening Focus" after 6 PM. Distracting apps stay locked during those windows until you earn them back. Regen uses Apple's Screen Time to block apps privately and securely on your device. Take back your attention. Start your streak today. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/