A real countdown.
Live ticker for the 14-day reset. Phases (Acute Withdrawal, Reset, Re-entry) so you know exactly what your brain is doing.
Now available on the App Store
Stop scrolling.
Start living.
LOCK IN is a 14-day social media detox enforced at the OS level. No bypass. No “just five more minutes.” When it ends, you get 10 minutes distributed across all blocked apps. Not the algorithm.
Featured by early usersBuilt for iPhonePrivate by default
The problem
Your phone wasn't built for you. It was built to keep you.
Every feed is engineered by entire teams of behavioral scientists. Variable rewards, infinite scroll and intermittent notifications, all designed to outpace willpower. You don't have a discipline problem. You have a hardware problem.
5h 24m
Average daily time on social apps for 18–24 year olds.
96×
Times the average person unlocks their phone each day.
23 min
Of focus lost every time a notification pulls you away.
Why LOCK IN works
It doesn't ask. It refuses.
Other apps nudge, remind, or politely ask. LOCK IN closes the door at the operating system. When you reach for the app, the system says no and hands back the decision you already made.
Other apps
- Easily bypassed timers
- Honor-system reminders
- “Just this once” loopholes
LOCK IN
- OS-level Screen Time enforcement
- No exception windows
- A 14-day reset that actually holds
How it works
One setup. Fourteen days. A different person.
Based on the neuroscience of dopamine recovery and the practical realities of an iPhone you already carry everywhere.
STEP 01
Pick what holds you back.
Choose the apps that own your evenings. LOCK IN binds them at the OS level through Apple Screen Time.
STEP 02
Disappear for 14 days.
Full block, no bypass. A live countdown shows where you are in withdrawal. Echo and the I'm Bored menu carry you through.
STEP 03
Earn your way back.
Log workouts, walks, reading, and real conversations to rebuild a non-screen reward system.
STEP 04
You get 10 minutes.
After the detox, you get 10 minutes shared across all blocked apps. Distribute your time however you want. Controlled access, on your terms.
The whole product
Every part of it earns its place.
No feature for its own sake. Each one exists because the science said you need it and the field tests proved you used it.
Echo, in your corner.
A coach that's there at 11pm when willpower runs out. Trained on what actually helps in the hardest moments.
Earn dopamine the hard way.
Workout, walk, read, real conversation. Effortful actions stack up so the reward system stays alive.
Watch your brain rewire.
A visual of your dopamine baseline. Chaotic on day one. Calmer by day fourteen.
Dumb-phone mode.
15, 25, 45, 60 minutes of focus on tap. The whole device gets quieter on your command.
Real books, not feeds.
Long-form reading built in. Replace the loop with content that doesn't end every nine seconds.
Already working
People who tried everything else found their way back here.
“I deleted TikTok three times. It always came back within a week. LOCK IN was the first thing that actually held.”
“By day 10 I wasn't reaching for my phone in the elevator anymore. I didn't realize I did that.”
“The countdown ring is what kept me in. I could see I was halfway through. I wasn't going to lose that.”
14
Days of full block
10k+
Users in the door
0
Bypass loopholes
100%
On-device & private
The decision
You already decided this matters.
The next two weeks are going to happen either way. Either with the apps, or without them. Pick once.
Free to start. iPhone only for now. Google Play later in 2026.