MuteCue vs WristBuddy

MuteCue — Never Forget to Unmute Silencing your phone for a meeting, movie, or appointment and forgetting to turn it back on is something everyone does. Missed calls, unread texts, silent alarms — it adds up. MuteCue fixes that. How it works Set up Do Not Disturb Auto Mode once and MuteCue takes care of the rest. Every time you turn on Do Not Disturb, a countdown starts automatically in the background — no app launch, no extra steps. When time is up, you get a reminder to unmute. Miss the first one? MuteCue sends follow-up nudges at 5 and 10 minutes so nothing slips through. Duration is adjustable from 5 minutes to 8 hours. Prefer to set it manually? Open the app, pick your duration, and tap Set Reminder. Done in seconds. Key Features • Do Not Disturb Auto Mode — starts your timer automatically every time Do Not Disturb turns on • Adjustable duration — set your preferred countdown length directly in the app from 5 minutes to 8 hours • Home Screen widget — check your timer or set a quick reminder without opening the app • Follow-up reminders — three notifications spaced 5 minutes apart • Quick-set buttons — 15, 30, and 60 minute one-tap options • Premium durations — unlock 90 min, 2 hr, 3 hr, 4 hr buttons plus a custom sliders for Manual and DND mode up to 8 hours Simple Pricing Free to download and fully functional for events up to one hour. Upgrade once for $2.99 and unlock extended durations up to 8 hours — perfect for flights, concerts, long meetings, or any day you need to stay focused. No subscription. No recurring charges. Yours forever.

Know how your phone is doing — without picking it up. WristBuddy lives on your Apple Watch and shows what your iPhone is doing right now: battery, charging, Wi-Fi and cellular, motion, silent mode, Focus, lock state, air pressure, and thermal state — all glanceable from your wrist. SOUND FAMILIAR? • Phone charging in another room? Glance at your wrist and unplug it when it's ready. • About to walk into a meeting? Know it's really on silent without pulling it out under the table. • Charging it inside a bag, or tethering a hotspot? Keep an eye on its temperature and catch it running hot. • Left your phone away on purpose? Stay aware of anything urgent without breaking the moment. WHAT'S FREE • Battery range (Below 20% / 20-50% / 50-90% / Above 90%) • Watch dashboard with stale-snapshot indicator • "Hey Siri, ring my iPhone with WristBuddy" (beta) UNLOCK PRO (pay once, yours forever) • Exact battery percentage and charging state • Wi-Fi and Cellular connectivity (separate rows), with network generation (5G / LTE) • Motion detection — is the iPhone being touched right now? • Silent and Focus mode • Lock state — is the iPhone locked right now? • Distance from your iPhone (UWB; iPhone 11+ paired with Apple Watch S6+) • Air pressure — barometric pressure (hPa) from your iPhone's barometer • Thermal state — is your iPhone running hot while it charges or works? (Normal / Fair / Serious / Critical) • Find My Watch (beta) — buzz your Apple Watch from your iPhone • Apple Watch screen on iPhone — see your Watch's battery from your iPhone • Reorderable status rows — drag to reorder which features show on your Watch • Lock Screen Live Activity — both batteries and link state pinned to your iPhone Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Get iPhone Status shortcut for Shortcuts automations WHY WRISTBUDDY • Pay once. Never a subscription. Never ads. • No account. No sign-up. • No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. No third-party SDKs. • Everything stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. • Privacy nutrition label: Data Not Collected — every category unchecked. PRIVACY BY DESIGN WristBuddy uses Apple's built-in WatchConnectivity framework, so your iPhone and Apple Watch talk directly to each other over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi. No data ever leaves your devices. There is no WristBuddy server, because there isn't one. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone running iOS 16 or later (iOS 16.1+ for the Lock Screen Live Activity) • Apple Watch running watchOS 9 or later • UWB distance feature requires iPhone 11+ and Apple Watch Series 6+ • Dynamic Island layout requires iPhone 14 Pro or newer Open the iPhone app once, then forget about it — the iPhone responds in the background. Open the Watch app to see everything at a glance.