Unwhim vs Deflect

Open your phone to check one thing, then lose half an hour to reels, feeds, and notifications? Unwhim helps you outsource willpower: block distracting apps, start focus sessions, and build routines that protect your time automatically. Designed for people who work, study, and think for a living, Unwhim keeps your phone from pulling you out of deep work. Sound familiar? - You unlock your phone to check one message and fall into 40 minutes of doomscrolling. - You sit down to work or study, but check your phone every five minutes. - You feel guilty about your daily Screen Time report but lack the willpower to change it. - You promise "just five more minutes" in bed, but end up scrolling until 2 AM. Unwhim is built for exactly that moment. HOW UNWHIM WORKS: 1) Choose your distracting apps and make a focus plan - scheduled routines, daily limits, or one-off focus sessions. 2) When your phone pulls at you, the app simply doesn't open. No easy snooze, no "5 more minutes." 3) Still feel the urge? You can unlock - but not on autopilot. Hold through one slow breath, then say your reason in your own voice. Most reasons don't survive being said out loud. Insights show you more than a usage report: noticing you've said "just checking" a dozen times does more to change the habit than any screen time chart. WHAT UNWHIM DOES - Block distracting apps & categories to limit screen time and stay focused - Use focus sessions where breaking your own rules takes deliberate effort - Set daily time and open-count limits for the apps you can't quit - Pause only with a reason, making every break intentional - Start instant focus timer to get in the zone right now - Stay off social media during work, study, or sleep time - See how many hours you've reclaimed this week - Build momentum with streaks to make consistency rewarding - Keep essential apps available with flexible rules HOW IS UNWHIM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER APP BLOCKERS? Many blockers let you snooze, or extend with one tap, or add a short break. A tap that costs nothing stops meaning anything. Unwhim grades every way around a commitment by how impulsive it is. Skipping a session before it starts is easy. Ending an active one early is harder. Unblocking a single app mid-session is hardest - and it unlocks only that one app, for a set time, never your whole blocklist. Unwhim is meant to be slightly annoying in the moment. That's the point. You can always get through - you just can't get through by accident. FOCUS WITHOUT FIGHTING YOURSELF Unwhim is for the moments when "just a minute" turns into 20, 30, or 60 minutes. Set rules once, then let Unwhim handle the friction for you. Social apps, games, feeds, and other distractions stay out of reach while you work. BUILT FOR DAILY ROUTINES Create schedules for working hours, studying, sleep, phone-free mornings, reading time, weekends, or any recurring block. Start a session on demand whenever you need an extra push. PERFECT FOR - Students needing a no-nonsense study timer for exams and homework - Professionals working from home to eliminate WFH distractions - Freelancers who need to protect billable hours from social media distractions - Anyone looking to break phone addiction and stop doomscrolling - Neurodivergent minds (ADHD) who need extra friction to stay on task - Readers and creators building a daily digital detox habit PRIVATE BY DESIGN We use Apple's Screen Time API to monitor and block apps you use. Personal app usage and browsing data never leaves your device. Apple's speech recognition is used to turn spoken reasons into text. You can always type instead. Stop scrolling. Start finishing. Reclaim your focus and productivity. Download Unwhim now and start your first focus session. Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unwhim.app/privacy-policy/

The screen-time blocker you have to convince. Every blocker has the same flaw: the person who set the limit is the same person trying to break it. You tap "skip," you tap "5 more minutes," and you win every time. Deflect takes that negotiation out of your head. When you open a blocked app, there's no override button. You have to ask Deflect, and explain why. A real reason that can't wait? You get exactly the minutes you need. "Just a quick check"? Deflect remembers the last time you said that. HOW IT WORKS - Block any app or category with focus sessions, schedules like Bedtime, daily limits, or always-on blocks - Open a blocked app and tap "Ask Deflect" to make your case in a quick text-style chat - Deflect asks questions, weighs your reason, and decides in a few messages - Earn a short, time-boxed pass for what you said you'd do, nothing more - Hard mode: blocks can't be ended early. Deflect or an emergency pass are the only way in IT REMEMBERS Deflect remembers your past week of requests and which excuses worked. Asked for 2 minutes to reply to one message, then came straight back for more? It knows. Begging louder doesn't work either. It judges the reason, not the volume. IT READS YOUR DAY Time of day, how long you've already spent in the app, how many times you've asked, and what kind of block you're in. A focus session you started yourself is the hardest one to talk your way out of. Each unlock gets shorter as the day goes on. PROVE IT When a story sounds thin, Deflect can ask for a photo: the email, the assignment, the delivery text. Give a block a goal like "finish calculus homework" and Deflect checks whether it's done before letting you back in. MAKE IT YOURS - Voice: Supportive (warm and on your side) or Unhinged (18+, permanently fed up, roasts your excuses) - Strictness: Easy, Normal, or Hard - Set the most minutes a single unlock can give - Set your end goal, like "more time with my kids," and Deflect reminds you of it on hard days PRIVATE BY DESIGN Deflect uses Apple's Screen Time framework to block apps. Before your first chat, Deflect asks permission and explains exactly what's shared with its AI provider. Your name, email, and age are never sent to the AI. No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold. Deflect Pro subscription required. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://deflectai.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://deflectai.app/privacy