Aurora AI vs Precursor

Need a plumber tonight, a dentist this week, or a part that's actually in stock? Tell Aurora once. It calls local businesses for you and comes back with real answers. Aurora is an AI assistant that makes the phone calls you don't have time for. Finding a plumber at 9pm usually means ten calls, three voicemails and a callback that never comes. Aurora rings local services at the same time, asks about price, availability and stock, and gives you a ranked shortlist in minutes instead of an afternoon on hold. EVERY ANSWER COMES WITH PROOF Each result includes the call recording and transcript: who Aurora spoke to, when, and exactly what they said. Play it back and check the quote yourself. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH TO AURORA • It calls any business on the map, not only the pros who paid to appear in a directory • No posting a job and waiting for strangers to bid, or asking the neighbors next door for a name • It runs in the background: start a request, put your phone down, come back to a shortlist • Change the plan mid-search: "Open past 8?" "Under $200?" Aurora adjusts on the next call HOME REPAIR AND HANDYMAN JOBS A burst pipe, a lockout, an AC that quits in July or a furnace that dies in January. Aurora asks plumbers and plumbing services, HVAC and AC repair companies, locksmiths and electricians who can come today and what the call-out fee is. For smaller fixes it finds a handyman for drywall patches, leaky taps or any task on your home repair list, and it gets quotes for roof repair and tree removal too. HOUSE CLEANING AND MAID SERVICE Book a weekly housekeeper, compare maid service prices, or line up deep cleaning before guests arrive. Aurora checks local cleaners and house cleaning services for price, supplies and the first open slot, including move-out, carpet and window cleaning and regular home cleaning. MOVING, CONTRACTORS AND EVENTS Get moving quotes from local movers and moving helpers, estimates from renovation contractors and carpenters for that home improvement project, and lawn care for the yard. Planning a party or wedding? Aurora calls catering, wedding vendors and AV rental companies. APPOINTMENTS AND EVERYDAY ERRANDS Find the earliest dentist opening, a vet visit this week, a walk-in doctor, a salon or groomer slot, or an auto body or auto repair shop. If an errand needs a phone call, Aurora can make it. IN-STOCK CHECKS AND BUSINESS SOURCING Ask who has noise-cancelling headphones or other electronics, sneakers in your size or a car part in stock nearby. For work, Aurora collects prices on bulk supplies, wholesale pricing and vendor quotes. HOW IT WORKS • Ask in plain English: "Emergency plumber in Brooklyn tonight" or "Deep clean for a 2-bedroom on Saturday, under $250" • Aurora asks a quick follow-up if it needs one, then finds the right local services nearby • It calls them all at once and asks the questions you would ask, with live progress • You get ranked options with prices, times and call recordings you can share with family or a roommate WHAT YOU GET BACK • Quotes side by side • Who can come today, and when • What each price includes FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD RATHER NOT MAKE THE CALL Busy at work, deaf or hard of hearing, or simply done with hold music: Aurora handles the conversation and gives you the answer in writing. YOUR DETAILS STAY PRIVATE Aurora shares only what a business needs to answer your question. Your name and number are shared only when you ask Aurora to book or reserve something for you. GOOD TO KNOW • Aurora finds and compares local businesses. It doesn't employ or dispatch workers, so you decide who to hire • Aurora is not a medical service and doesn't give medical advice • Businesses are called during opening hours; late-night requests are queued until morning EARLY ACCESS Aurora is in early access. Download and join the waitlist, or skip it with an invite from a friend who already uses Aurora. Questions or feedback: support@aurorax.co

Most screen time solutions give you one daily limit. Often we spend the whole limit by late morning, leaving us locked out of our apps for the rest of the day and feeling stranded; all it takes is one vulnerable moment and we hit that tempting "Ignore Limit For Today" button. That one impulsive moment costs you not only your time, but also the motivation to keep working on whatever it is you meant to do. PRECURSOR BREAKS THE CYCLE With Precursor you can finally set an hourly app limit. For example, you allot yourself five minutes of social media scrolling per hour, and you can trust that Precursor will reset that limit at the top of the next hour. Every hour, all day, automatically. You get the brainrot break you needed, but the scroll ends right before it turns into a mindless habit. Your brain doesn't panic because you know you'll get more time to scroll in just a short hour. So you never have to feel guilty for ignoring a limit ever again. No streaks. No guilt. No shame. Just a sustainable screen time solution your day can lean on. HOW IT WORKS - Pick the apps (or group of apps) that you'd like to limit and give them an hourly allowance: 5, 10, or 15 minutes (Precursor+ extends limits up to 30). - Pick the specific days you want your limits to run (for example, on weekdays you can set stricter limits and on weekends you can set more lenient limits). - When the allowance is spent, those apps get blocked. - At the top of the next hour, your limit resets. - You set your limits once and that screen time rhythm repeats every hour, all day, automatically; so you never have to think about them again. - Precursor also allows you to stop your limits, for whatever reason, but we add some friction to help you in those impulsive moments: 1) Before stopping your limits Precursor will prompt you to write a short reflection on why you need to in this moment. 2) You can add a passcode to lock in your limit (consider allowing a trusted person in your life to set it for you if you know you'll likely bypass it). 3) Unlike other screen time solutions that give you an "ignore limit" prompt right there in the blocked app screen, Precursor requires that you intentionally open the Precursor app to stop your limits. Restrictions and punishments don't work. They never have. Precursor is built on one principle: Real change comes from one's own ability to be honest and accountable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Precursor is built on Apple's Screen Time technology. Your app choices are opaque tokens: we never see which apps you pick, and neither can anyone else. Your usage history stays on your phone, and Insights are computed on-device. There are no accounts and no ads. Optional, anonymous usage analytics are off unless you turn them on, and they still never include which apps you choose. HONEST BY DEFAULT Precursor is free to use, with an optional Precursor+ upgrade for more groups, other reset windows, longer limits, scheduled active hours, and Deep Focus sessions. Available as a one-time Lifetime purchase if you prefer to own your productivity tools rather than subscribe. Monthly and Yearly both start with one month free. No subscription is required to keep the core, and the terms are spelled out plainly before anything renews. Please note: Deleting Precursor removes every limit. Precursor is an independently developed app by a one-person studio, Precursor Labs. Precursor+ Monthly and Yearly are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://precursorlabs.studio/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Apple's Terms and Policies: http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services