Battery.me vs Reconnect

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

It starts the same way every time. You unlock your phone out of habit. Maybe you have a spare minute, maybe you are putting off a task, feeling drained, or lying in bed. One scroll becomes ten. Ten becomes an hour. The things you actually wanted to do, reading, creating, resting, or being present with the people around you, quietly slip away. You don't need another harsh blocker. You've tried those. They fight you, guilt you, then get turned off. Reconnect does something different. It places a gentle, personal pause right when you open a habit-forming app during your chosen protected hours. No alarms. No lockouts. Just Your Words, the things you said truly matter to you, appearing at the exact moment autopilot usually begins. Then you choose. Take a pause, breathe, and return to what matters. Or continue to the app, with no judgment, no penalty, and full freedom. That's it. A conscious moment before passive scrolling starts. HOW IT WORKS 1. Name what matters to you in Your Words. 2. Choose which apps get a gentle pause before opening. 3. Set your active protected hours (your evenings, focus hours, or bedtime). 4. Open an app during your hours and see your reminder. 5. Take a pause or continue. You are always in control. WHY RECONNECT IS DIFFERENT Not a rigid restriction tool. Not a habit tracker. Not a timer. Reconnect is built on an anti-guilt philosophy: • No streak counting. No daily scores. • No punishment for skipped days. • No pressure to be performative or hyper-productive. • A calm calendar that softly marks your reconnected days in green and leaves empty days neutral, with no red, no warnings, and no shame. You always decide. Every single time. KEY FEATURES • Your Day and Reclaimed Time: See the estimated minutes you reclaimed today. No judgment about screen time, just a quiet reflection of time returned to your real life. • Your Words: Write your personal anchors during onboarding. Your own aspirations appear front and center before you scroll. • Gentle Breathing Space: Step into a quiet breathing pause, two calm cycles of inhale, hold, and exhale, to help you slow down before you decide. • Custom Protected Hours: Set your schedule whenever mindless scrolling tends to happen, whether during evening wind-downs, work slumps, or late nights. • App Selection: Choose exactly which social and habit-forming apps receive a gentle pause. • 15-Minute Conscious Window: When you choose to open an app, enjoy a 15-minute window without recurring interruptions. • Calm Calendar: A quiet view of your reconnect moments. Soft awareness without streaks or pressure. • Morning Reflection: A gentle 9:00 AM check-in recalling yesterday's calm, quietly stepping back if you need a break. PRIVACY FIRST • Everything is stored locally on your device. • No account required. No login. No sign-up. • No personal data ever leaves your phone. • Works entirely offline. No ads. No data selling. Your attention is not a product. SUBSCRIPTION Reconnect offers a 7-day free trial followed by an annual subscription at $4.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are available below. FOR YOUR REAL LIFE Reconnect will not optimize your life. It will not measure your performance. It will not make you feel pressured about earlier today. It will simply show you what you said matters to you, right before the scroll begins. A small moment. Your words. Your choice. The personal pause before scrolling. --- Privacy Policy: https://nodevalabs.com/reconnect/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://nodevalabs.com/reconnect/terms-of-use/