Solace vs ShiftDad

Solace is a focus app for people who are tired of tricking themselves. Most productivity apps rely on willpower. You tap a button, you promise yourself this session will be different, and ten minutes later you're back in the feed. Solace takes willpower out of the equation. To start a focus session, you physically scan an NFC tag. To end one, you scan the same tag again. That's it. If your tag is across the room, in another bag, or locked in a drawer, your distractions stay blocked — because getting back in means getting up. Focus sessions in Solace use Apple's Screen Time system to block whatever pulls you off course: • Specific apps • Entire app categories • Websites • Adult content (optional) • In-app purchases (optional) • App installs and deletions (optional) Create as many focus modes as you want — one for deep work, one for studying, one for reading, one for the gym. Pick a mode, scan your tag, and everything in that mode gets blocked until you scan again. Solace even prevents itself from being deleted during an active session, so you can't uninstall your way out of a commitment. Alarms are gated the same way. Solace's optional alarm feature (iOS 26 and later) rings until you scan your tag. There's no snooze button, no slide-to-dismiss, no escape hatch. If you set the alarm, you're getting up. WHAT MAKES SOLACE DIFFERENT • NFC-locked sessions — the tag is the key, not a password you can talk yourself around • Runs entirely on-device — no accounts, no cloud, no analytics, no trackers • Focus stats for today, this week, this month, and all time • Multiple focus modes for different contexts • Emergency unblocks for real life situations — used sparingly, gone when they're gone • A clean, dark-first interface built for SwiftUI and iOS PRIVACY FIRST Solace collects nothing. No sign-in. No email. No anonymous telemetry. No crash reporting from third parties. Your focus history, blocked apps, and alarm settings live on your device and nowhere else. When you delete Solace, every trace goes with it. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone with NFC support (iPhone 7 or later) • iOS 17 or later for focus sessions • iOS 26 or later for the NFC-gated alarm • Any NDEF-writable NFC tag. Solace-branded tags are available, but any tag works. GETTING STARTED Open Solace, grant Screen Time and NFC permissions during the short onboarding, pick your first focus mode, and scan your tag. You're in.

Every habit app assumes you work 9 to 5. You don't. Shift Dad is the habit and routine tracker built for dads who work shifts — firefighters, medics, cops, nurses, and anyone on a rotation. It knows the difference between a day on and a day off, so a 24-hour shift never breaks the streak you worked hard to build. WORKS AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE Log your shifts — days, nights, 24s, overtime, trades, vacation, and sick days — right on the calendar. Shift Dad automatically pauses your off-day habits while you're at work, so being on shift never counts against you. Your rotation can repeat automatically, so you set it once and forget it. YOUR OFF DAYS ARE YOUR EDGE The time you actually have at home is where fatherhood happens. Shift Dad focuses your energy on four things that matter most, weighted in order: Family first, then Fitness, Mind, and Hustle. Check off what you did, keep your streak alive, and watch it add up. CLIMB THE RANKS Earn Dad Points for every win and climb the ladder from Rookie Dad to MVP Dad to Hall of Fame Dad. Break a streak? You keep your points and your rank — we just reset the streak and help you get back on the horse. No shame, just momentum. BUILT-IN TO-DO LIST Knock out one-off tasks on top of your daily habits — the stuff you keep meaning to do around the house or with the kids. They earn points too. PLANS THE FAMILY CAN SEE The dentist, soccer, dinner at Mom's — add them right on your shift calendar. Shift Dad already knows who's on shift that day, so it tells you who's got it. Everyone in the family sees the same list, and both phones get a reminder an hour before. FAMILY SYNC Invite your partner and they get your rotation on their phone, updated automatically — when you're on shift, when you're home, plus a shared to-do list. Their side is free. When either of you adds a to-do or plans, the other phone gets a heads-up. EVERYTHING SYNCS Sign in with Apple or Google and your habits, streaks, schedule, and progress back up to the cloud and follow you to any device. Put your rotation in Apple Calendar with one tap, or connect Google Calendar and it shows up there too. SHARE YOUR WINS Turn your streak into a shareable card and let the crew see what you're building. WHY SHIFT DAD - Schedule-aware: on-shift days never break your streak - Auto-repeating shift rotation - Family-first point system - Rank ladder and streak recovery - Daily to-dos that earn points - Family Sync: your partner sees your shifts, free - Plans that know who's on shift - Apple & Google sign-in with cloud sync - Private: we don't sell your data Start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Shift Dad Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase after the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://eight-empress-828.notion.site/Shift-Dad-Privacy-Policy-337f67e07a554391bf398e79526328c2 Being a great dad on the days you're home is the whole game. Shift Dad helps you win it.