Mindful Shift vs Battery.me

Mindful Shift is the only screen time app that helps you regulate, rather than block you out. No account, no data collection, nothing leaving your device. Most screen time apps punish you for phone addiction. Mindful Shift intercepts the doomscrolling habit and redirects you toward practices that actually help: breathing exercises, grounding, and somatic practices that reset your nervous system in under 2 minutes. The urge to scroll is automatic. Mindful Shift makes the pause automatic, too. HOW IT WORKS Set a time threshold for any app you tend to doomscroll. When you hit it, Mindful Shift steps in like a mindful app blocker that helps instead of punishes. Open the app, and you'll find a full library of guided practices ready to reset your nervous system. WHAT'S INSIDE • Behavior Interruption: monitors your most distracting apps and fires a mindful pause when you hit your limit • Practice Library: 22 guided breathing, grounding, somatic, movement, visualization, and emotional regulation exercises • Mindful Notifications: scheduled mindfulness check-ins throughout your day • Custom Reminders: your own mindful moments at times that matter • Daily Focus: Plan your day around a single practice category THE SCIENCE Techniques like the physiological sigh, box breathing, and 5-4-3-2-1 grounding are rooted in clinical research on anxiety and compulsive behavior and designed to work in under 2 minutes. YOUR PRIVACY Mindful Shift never creates an account, never collects your usage data, and never sends anything off your device. Everything runs locally using Apple's Screen Time framework. Your habits stay yours. This isn't about willpower. It's about digital wellness and giving your nervous system a better option.

Reach Your Emotional Balance. You're exhausted but can't explain why. Or you crashed again before you saw it coming. Battery.me helps you understand your emotional energy so you can act before it's too late. Inspired by Dr. Tony Attwood's energy accounting research, it's a simple, low-effort tool for anyone seeking better emotional awareness. Especially helpful for those who find traditional mood tracking difficult. Emotional Energy, Visualized as a Battery Just like your phone, your emotional energy has a charge level. Meetings, conversations, tasks, everything affects it. Battery.me tracks what depletes you and what recharges you, making invisible patterns visible. Simple, Event-Based Tracking Instead of asking "How do you feel?", often difficult to answer, battery.me asks "What happened?" This simple approach reveals patterns you might never notice otherwise. How It Helps 1. LEARN what actually discharges you. It's not always what you'd think: find the patterns. 2. DECIDE wisely: if you're already low on battery, better not to engage in critical tasks. 3. BALANCE your emotional state by deliberately introducing recharging activities when needed. Based on Expert Frameworks battery.me's event-based approach draws inspiration from Dr. Tony Attwood's energy accounting research and Christine Miserandino's Spoon Theory, proven frameworks used by therapists and individuals worldwide. Who It's For: - People who feel drained but can't pinpoint why - Anyone managing energy-demanding situations - Those who struggle identifying emotions (alexithymia) - Autistic people tracking their energy patterns - Neurodivergent individuals preferring concrete data - People who relate to Spoon Theory - Anyone seeking emotional wellness through patterns Built by someone who needed it Total Privacy - No email or personal information needed - Anonymous authentication with PIN security - Zero tracking, ads, or data selling - GDPR compliant - Your energy data stays private, always