Everything You Need to Beat the Scroll.

Screen Time Buddy combines app blocking, gamification, social accountability, and real-world rewards into one app that actually works.

Smart Blocking Screen

A Blocking Screen That Knows You.

When you hit your limit, Screen Time Buddy doesn’t just show a generic ‘time’s up’ message. It shows your own words — the reasons you wrote for wanting less screen time. Your streak, your coins at risk, your tree progress. Every message is personalized. Every detail is designed to make you pause and reconsider.

Character Tiers & Gamification

Choose Your Character. Earn Your Rewards.

Pick from 5 characters — Eagle, Fox, Bear, Panda, or Sloth — each with a different daily goal and coin reward. The harder your goal, the more you earn. Level up your discipline, not your screen time.

Powergroups

Friends Who Hold You Accountable.

Create a group with friends, family, or coworkers. See each other’s streaks in real time. Compete on a shared leaderboard. Send encouragement when someone’s struggling. Request extra time from the group when you need it.

Panic Button

For the Moments When Willpower Isn’t Enough.

We know the feeling. You’ve opened the blocking screen 6 times and you’re about to give in. The Panic Button is there for exactly this moment.

  1. 1Breathe — A guided 30-second box breathing exercise calms your nervous system
  2. 2Check in — ‘What’s pulling you right now? Bored? Anxious? Lonely?’
  3. 3Redirect — Based on your answer, we suggest something better
  4. 4Win — ‘You beat the urge.’ +2 coins. Streak safe.
Mind Games

Healthy Dopamine. Zero Scrolling.

When your brain craves stimulation, give it a mind game instead of a social media feed. Six games designed to engage focus, pattern recognition, memory, and reaction time — without the addictive loop. And every game earns coins.

Eagle EyeImpulse MathMind MatchWord ForgeReflex RushZen Breath
Plant Real Trees

Your Progress Has Real-World Impact.

Screen Time Buddy’s currency system — coins and seeds — connects your daily habits to something bigger. Seeds plant real trees through verified reforestation partners. Your 30-day streak isn’t just a number. It’s a tree in the ground.

Personalization Tasks

The More We Know You, the Better We Help.

Complete 8 simple tasks on your home screen — things like ‘Why do you want less screen time?’ and ‘Who motivates you?’ — and we use your answers to personalize every blocking message, every redirect, every nudge. Your app becomes yours.