Rewire vs VisionLock

Rewire is an intentional screen time control app, vision board, app blocker, and focus tool designed to help you break phone addiction and stay aligned with your goals. Unlike traditional app blockers that rely on guilt, timers, or extreme restrictions, Rewire interrupts impulsive scrolling with what actually matters to you: your goals, habits, reminders, motivation, and future vision. Every time you try to open distracting apps or social media, Rewire creates a moment of awareness before the distraction takes over. Instead of mindless scrolling, you reconnect with your future self. Whether you want to reduce screen time, stop doomscrolling, study better, improve focus, build discipline, or create healthier digital habits, Rewire helps you use your phone more intentionally. FEATURES • Vision board that keeps your goals visible • Intentional app blocking for social media and distractions • Screen time control designed around mindfulness and behavior change • Personalized reminders and motivational prompts • Focus tools for studying, productivity, and deep work • Dopamine detox support without harsh restrictions • Goal-focused interventions before opening distracting apps • Minimal and calming design built for intentional use WHY REWIRE? Most productivity apps and screen time blockers are easy to ignore because they only try to stop behavior. Rewire is different. Built around psychology, neuroplasticity, mindful technology use, and behavior design, Rewire helps reshape your attention by connecting your daily actions to the future you want to create. Perfect for: • Screen time reduction • Social media detox • Productivity and focus • ADHD-friendly intentional browsing • Studying and deep work • Self improvement and discipline • Manifestation and goal visualization • Digital wellness and mindful phone use Your attention shapes your life. Rewire helps you take it back. Rewire: Break Distractions. Build Focus. You don’t need more discipline.
You need a better loop. Rewire is a behavior-shifting app designed to catch you at the exact moment you’re about to get distracted—and gently redirect you back to what actually matters. Instead of blocking apps or using guilt, Rewire rewires your brain using proven neuroscience principles like habit loops, dopamine conditioning, and pattern interruption. how it works
 • interrupts distraction in real-time
 • replaces impulses with your personal vision cues
 • builds stronger focus pathways over time
 • trains your brain to choose better—automatically Think of it as a mental circuit breaker for distractions. Why Rewire works
Most apps use restriction, friction, or shame.
Rewire uses awareness, redirection, and reinforcement. In just a few seconds, you go from: 
Mindless scrolling → Intentional action BUILT ON REAL SCIENCE Rewire draws from peer-reviewed research in habit neuroscience — including work from Harvard, MIT, and Columbia — on how cue-routine-reward loops form, and how implementation intentions can interrupt them. This isn't wellness fluff. It's behavioral architecture. What you'll set up • Your personal vision board — photos, affirmations, goals • The apps you want to rewire around • Your flash duration and frequency That's it. Rewire runs quietly in the background and does the rest. This isn't a blocker. It's a builder. Rewire was built by a senior software engineer who kept losing time to mindless scrolling despite having real goals. No wellness startup. No VC playbook. Just someone who got tired of the drift and built the tool she wished existed. Start your first rewire today. Your future self is already waiting on the other side of that unlock. Built by someone who needed it. Terms of Use: https://rewire.storepage.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://rewire.storepage.app/privacy

Better than Apple's "Screen Time" feature, VisionLock helps you understand why you scroll, and adds friction exactly where your thumb runs on autopilot. 4 hours. That's the average time people spend on their phone today, often without even realizing it. Most blockers just ask "which apps do you want to block?" in 30 seconds. VisionLock starts differently: a short diagnostic to identify your real trigger (boredom, anxiety, a nighttime habit, social comparison...), then builds your Vision: what you want to protect with the time you win back. How it works Instead of a hard wall, VisionLock adds friction before you open the apps that waste your time: a countdown that gets longer every time you reopen the app during the day. This friction actually works. A field study (Grüning et al., PNAS 2023) found that a few seconds of delay reduced compulsive app-opening attempts by 37% over 6 weeks. Your Vision, always in view Before you open a distracting app, VisionLock shows you your Vision: the photos and sentences that represent what you actually want. A quiet reminder, at the right moment, not guilt-tripping. Features • Session blocking with progressive friction on the apps you choose • Usage reminders at a custom interval • Compulsive reopening (relapse) detection, with a one-time extension option • Fully customizable Night / Work schedules (hours, days) • Website blocking by domain • Personal Vision board: photos and sentences shown before opening apps • Weekly Vision Report: the time you protected this week • An honest streak that tracks daily consistency • Emergency unlock with a written reason, limited per month • Native integration with iOS Screen Time Free forever Core blocking will never be paywalled: one session block, reminders, one scheduled block, one Vision, free, with no time limit. VisionLock Plus unlocks Website blocking, multiple schedules and rules running at once, unlimited apps per block, unlimited Visions. A subscription is required to access all features, including widgets, themes, reminders, and sharing. Subscription details and pricing are available within the app. Privacy policy: https://visionlock.vercel.app/privacy Terms of use: https://visionlock.vercel.app/terms EULA: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula