Ransom vs Stop Doomscrolling

Get your evenings back. Keep your apps. Ransom locks Instagram, TikTok and whatever else eats your day, and asks for push-ups, squats or steps before it opens them. Most of the time you'll decide it isn't worth ten push-ups. That is the whole trick. WHAT CHANGES You stop opening apps by reflex. A set standing between you and the feed makes you notice your hand reaching for the phone, and noticing is most of the battle. The hour before bed comes back. Set a wind-down rule and scrolling takes twice the reps right when you'd normally lose the evening to it. You get a bit stronger without meaning to. Ten push-ups a few times a day adds up faster than you'd think. You watch the number drop. The Progress tab shows today against this time yesterday, and your whole week. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that eat your day. 2. Rex, a buff T-rex with tiny arms, locks them. 3. Do a set. The front camera counts push-ups and squats. The pedometer counts steps. 4. A set earns coins, and coins are minutes, one for one. 15 coins opens your apps for 15 minutes. Spend them on whatever you like. When they run out, your apps lock again until your next set. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-up. Your screen time never leaves your phone. The camera looks at your form on the device and never records, saves or uploads a frame. Your screen time is your business. EVERY DAY IS A FRESH START Coins clear at midnight, so unspent minutes never pile up. Had a bad day and scrolled through all of it? Tomorrow starts at zero, and Rex is not going to bring it up. REX COUNTS PROPERLY Half a push-up is not a push-up. The camera looks for real depth, so a bounce doesn't earn a minute. It also means the minutes you do earn actually feel earned. RULES FOR THE HOURS THAT MATTER Name an hour. Dinner, gym time, wind down. During it, opening your apps takes twice the reps. You still can, it just takes more work. PICK YOUR LEVEL Chill, Standard or Beast. Start easy. Move up when ten push-ups stops being a reason to put the phone down. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO It doesn't delete your apps. It doesn't shame you. It doesn't nag. Full access is a subscription that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/terms/ Privacy: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/privacy/

Mornings shouldn't start with an hour you can't remember. Alba locks the apps you scroll in bed, every night. In the morning they stay locked until you get up, walk to a spot you chose, and take a photo of it. By then you're up, and the scroll never started. No willpower needed. No guilt either. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps that eat your mornings. 2. Choose a spot away from your bed: the coffee machine, the kitchen counter, the bathroom mirror. 3. Set your lock time. Your apps lock on schedule, every night. 4. In the morning, walk to your spot and scan it. Everything opens until tonight. WHY A PHOTO Your phone is easy to reach from bed. Your kitchen isn't. Once you're standing at your spot, the half-asleep scroll is already over, and the rest of the morning is yours. NEVER STUCK • Can't scan? Take a short walk instead, and your apps open just the same. • Your apps open on their own at a time you set, 9 AM by default, even if you never scan. • Change your apps or your schedule any time, even while they're locked. ONE JOB, DONE WELL Alba isn't a screen time tracker or a focus timer. It doesn't count your hours or keep score. It gets you out of bed, then gets out of your way. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Alba uses Apple's Screen Time API. Your spot photos and your app choices stay on your iPhone. No account needed. TRY IT FREE Your first 3 days are free, with no payment needed. After that, choose a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase to keep your mornings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them any time in your App Store account settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://davuthdv.notion.site/Alba-app-privacy-policy-3da9321ec2a080b6a166d74c9157a202 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/