ScrollPal vs Align

Meet ScrollPal — your phone's accountability pet. Tired of doomscrolling? Your cute Fennec lives in the app. Feed it berries. It thrives. Ignore it, and your apps lock down. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that steal your day — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, anything. Your Fennec starts at 100% energy each morning. Every minute you scroll those apps, your Fennec's energy drops. When it hits 25%, the apps lock. To unlock them? Do a task. Drink water. Journal. Pushups. Snap a photo of nature. Each task feeds your Fennec — and earns back your scroll time. WHY IT WORKS Other blockers say "stop." ScrollPal trades. A pushup for TikTok. A glass of water for Instagram. A clean room for YouTube. You don't have to delete your apps. You don't have to pretend you'll never scroll. You just have to earn it. YOUR FENNEC, YOUR PARTNER A cute desert fox that grows with your habits. It loses energy when you scroll. It celebrates when you take care of yourself. The harder you ignore it, the more it suffers. (You won't ignore it. Look at it.) FEATURES - Block any iOS app — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, games, all of it - 10+ feed-your-Fennec tasks: pushups, squats, water, nature photos, journaling, breathing, dance, posing, bed cleaning - Schedule mode: lock apps during work, sleep, or study (no bypass) - Time decay: 1 minute scrolled = 1% Fennec energy lost - Beautiful custom shield screens (no boring Apple defaults) - Energy stats and habit streaks - Personalize your Fennec's name during setup - Works on your device — your data never leaves your phone PRIVATE & SAFE ScrollPal uses Apple's Screen Time API. All monitoring runs entirely on your device. Stop scrolling. Start trading. Subscription required. Privacy: scrollpal.app/privacy Terms: scrollpal.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Most of the time you open Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, you didn't decide to. Your hand just moved. Align is the pause between the impulse and the app: a moment to notice what you're about to do, and choose on purpose instead. ## HOW IT WORKS Choose the apps you want to use more intentionally. Each time you try to open one, Align pauses for a moment and asks whether this is what you really want to do. If you choose to continue, you can exchange your Energy Points for access to that app. If you don't have enough Energy Points, you'll earn them by completing a short habit. • Choose the apps that distract you most • Pause before opening them • Exchange Energy Points for app access • Complete short habits whenever you need to earn more Energy Points • Build healthier habits without giving up the apps you enjoy THE LOOP Pick a habit, start the timer, and follow it through. When it's done, you earn energy, and energy converts into unlock time for the apps you've protected. Healthy habits come first. Scrolling comes second, and on purpose. DESIGNED TO FEEL CALM Align isn't built to gamify your attention or guilt you into "less screen time." It's quiet and minimal, built around reflection: short moments to notice your triggers, your patterns, and what you actually want your time to go toward. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Align uses Apple's Screen Time and Family Controls frameworks directly on your device. We never see which apps you use or when. That stays on your phone. Align is for anyone tired of reaching the end of the day without knowing where their attention went, and who wants a calmer, more intentional relationship with their phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://align-website-cyan.vercel.app/terms