conscious screen time controls vs Keelder

Most screen-time apps either lock you out or do nothing. Conscious takes a different approach: first show you what's really happening, then give you controls that actually work. You can't change what you can't see. Conscious starts by making your phone use legible, daily rings showing time spent on productive vs. draining apps, a 7-day chart of your real patterns, and a location-aware timeline that tells you where you actually opened your phone. At home? At work? In transit? Most people are surprised. That moment of clarity is the first half of changing the habit. The second half is having tools that match the problem. Hard blocks work for some apps. Gentle friction works for others. Scheduled rules work for the rest. Conscious gives you all three and lets you mix them, so the right control kicks in at the right moment. INSIGHTS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE • Three productivity rings track total time, productive vs. draining mix, and a daily health score • 7-day chart and 30-day heatmap show your real patterns, not vibes • Location-aware timeline reveals which apps you opened at home, work, the coffee shop, in transit • Tap any place to see total time spent and your top apps there • Set a daily goal (1–8 hours) and watch the rings fill in real time CONTROLS THAT ACTUALLY WORK Mindful Friction Gates A 15-second breathing pause when you tap a distracting app, with a "Don't open" button as the default. Daily Limits Set an allowance for any app or category: 30 minutes a day for social, 1 hour for news. When time's up, the app is blocked until tomorrow. Scheduled Blocks Block social media weekdays 9 to 5. Block delivery apps after 10pm. Whatever your weak spot is. Focus Sessions Start a timed block. 5 minutes or 5 hours for deep work. Shows as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen so you can see your progress at a glance. WHY IT WORKS Most blockers treat your phone like a discipline problem and your future self like an enemy. Conscious treats it like an awareness problem. You don't need someone to lock you out, you need to see what's happening, then have the right tool for the moment. The rings show you the pattern. The friction gives you a second to choose. The blocks hold the line when you've already decided. The goal isn't less screen time for its own sake. The goal is to stop using your phone on autopilot. PRIVACY FIRST Your screen-time data, location history, and app activity stay on your device. We never see what apps you use, where you go, or when you open them. The only data Conscious sends online is anonymous product analytics so we can improve the app. PRICING Free: One control, basic home screen. Free account: Two controls, basic Insights. Conscious Pro: Unlimited controls, full Insights, all widget styles. Requires iOS Screen Time permission. Location and Motion are optional, used only for the place timeline. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

You reach for your phone on autopilot. The app doesn't open. Instead, you meet one short line, written by you, for exactly this moment. That's all Keelder does. And the moment changes. Pick the apps that pull you in. In a calm minute, write one line in your own words: your anchor. From then on, a shield carries those words every time you reach for those apps. Under the words, a quiet count: "Today: open 3 · line 3". The line is yours. You decide how many opens a day is enough. Opening anyway is allowed, and counted. Past the line, the count just keeps climbing. The line is a mirror, not a wall. Each open unlocks the app for about 15 minutes. Then the shield returns, and your words are waiting. If you want a real wall, there is one: an optional hard stop at the line. Off by default. Your call. The Reflect tab keeps a quiet record of your opens: the time and the words you met, and the hours of day when you usually reach for your phone. No streaks, no scores, no shame. The apps are built to pull you back; you were never the problem. Keelder is not a blocker. It does not fight you for your phone. It gives you one honest moment before the feed, in the one voice that is hard to scroll past: your own. Keelder uses Apple's Screen Time permission to show the shield. There is no account, no server, and no analytics. Everything, including your words, stays on your phone.