You open the app for 2 minutes.
And look up 22 minutes later.
A calmer way to use your phone
Know when you've crossed the line.
It learns your stopping point — app by app — and signals the moment you drift past.
No blockers. No timers. Just a nudge.
7 days free — no commitmentSee it in action →
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Crossed your usual line.
A quick check stretched further than it usually does.
Wrap up
3 more intentional minutes
Ignore for now
Designed around three principles.
Learn from your history, not your guessesCatch drift as it starts, not at the doorYour data stays on your phone
The pattern
You already checked 4 times today.
None of them felt intentional.
It's 11 PM.
The scroll that was supposed to end at 10.
How it actually works
Notice. Nudge. Protect.
Threshold learns where you usually stop — and signals when you drift past it.
Your session pattern
IntentionalDrift
Your usual stop
9 minutes
It learns your patterns.
Threshold reads up to 30 days of Screen Time history the moment you grant permission. Your per-app thresholds are ready before onboarding finishes.
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Instagram — 22 min
Past your usual stop. Wrap up?
It notices when something changes.
When a session drifts past your usual line, a quiet signal arrives — before the whole evening disappears.
Instagram · 22 min
What would you like to do?
Wrap up now
3 more intentional minutes
Ignore for now
You decide what happens next.
Wrap up, take a few more minutes, or dismiss it. Every choice is yours — no punishment either way.
Most apps get lost somewhere between 'just a quick check' and an hour later.
Control levels
As much protection as you want. Not more.
Some people want quiet awareness. Some want firmer protection. Threshold lets you choose — and change your mind anytime.
Threshold doesn't block the door — you can always open any app. It watches the session, learns your usual stopping point, and signals when you've drifted past it. If you want a firm stop, you opt in. No one else decides for you.
Awareness
A Live Activity in your Dynamic Island — always visible, never intrusive.
Your session status lives in the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. No alerts, no friction. Just a quiet signal you can glance at.
Guardrails
Stronger nudges and friction when drift continues.
A notification, then a full-screen prompt with real choices. Enough friction to break the autopilot.
Hard Limits
A firm stop when you've asked for one.
When drift passes the point you set, the session ends. This isn't blocking access — it's enforcing your own stopping point. Only active when you turn it on.
Start with Awareness. Adjust anytime.
Your first week
Working for you from day one.
Most tools ask you to configure limits before you start. Threshold reads your existing usage history the moment you grant permission — and gets smarter every day after.
Day1
Threshold reads your history. Thresholds are set.
The moment you grant Screen Time access, Threshold reads up to 30 days of your existing usage — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Reddit, and any other app you choose. Your personal thresholds are ready before onboarding finishes.
Day2–4
Live sessions refine the picture.
Real-time data supplements historical patterns. Thresholds adjust as Threshold sees how your actual sessions compare to the baseline it already knows.
Day5–7
Your first weekly reflection arrives.
A short AI summary of what drifted, what improved, and what patterns are forming. You decide where to tighten, loosen, or leave things as they are.
By day 7, Threshold knows your patterns better than you do.
Weekly reflections
A quiet summary of the week you actually had.
Every week, Threshold generates a short AI reflection — what drifted, what improved, and what patterns are forming. Private, on-device data, distilled into something useful.
Your Week in Focus
Mar 17 – 23Evening Instagram sessions ran 40% longer after 10 PM — earlier sessions stayed close to your usual line.
You wrapped up on the first nudge 6 out of 9 times this week, up from 4 last week.
TikTok sessions were shorter overall. Your pattern is settling around 12 minutes.
Based on your on-device session data. Nothing leaves your phone unless you opt in.
Privacy
Your data stays on your device.
Most tools in this space sync your usage to their servers. Threshold keeps session data on your device by default — nothing is sold or shared.
On device by defaultOptional weekly summaryNothing sold
Session timing stays on your device. If you opt in to weekly AI reflections, a compact aggregate — not raw session data — is processed to generate your summary. Nothing is stored after generation. Your data is never sold, never shared, never used for advertising.
Pricing
Premium tools, honest price.
Screen Time is free — and you've probably already turned it off. The premium alternatives charge $70–100/year for tools that still block the door. Threshold learns your actual patterns, intervenes mid-session, and gives you weekly AI reflections. Less than $1 a week.
Best Value
$39.99 / year
$3.33 per month
Full access. Learned thresholds. Weekly AI reflections.
Join waitlist7-day free trial, then $39.99/year. Cancel anytime in Settings > Subscriptions.
$4.99 / month
Full access. Pay monthly.
Join waitlist7-day free trial, then $4.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings > Subscriptions.
No ads.No data selling.No tricks.
Included in every plan
Learned thresholds for every app
Graduated intervention — signal to hard limit
Weekly AI reflections on your patterns
Live Activity in Dynamic Island
FAQ
Common questions.
Screen Time and similar apps set static limits and block you from opening apps. Threshold doesn't block anything. It learns when you naturally stop in each app and signals when a session drifts past that point. You always decide what happens next.
Threshold reads up to 30 days of your existing Screen Time history the moment you grant permission. Your per-app thresholds are set before you finish onboarding. Live sessions refine the picture from there, and the model keeps adapting over time.
Session timing stays on your device by default. If you opt in to weekly AI reflections, a compact aggregate — not raw session data — is processed to generate your summary. Nothing is stored after generation, and your data is never sold or shared.
There's a 7-day free trial with full access. After that, it's $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings > Subscriptions. We chose not to offer a limited free tier because the full experience — including AI reflections and all control levels — is what makes Threshold work.
Threshold can monitor any app on your iPhone. During onboarding, you choose which apps to track. Most people start with 2–3 apps where they notice the most drift — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit.
Threshold is iPhone-only at launch. iOS is where we can build the deepest integration with Live Activities, Focus modes, and on-device processing. Other platforms are on the roadmap.
Yes. Threshold has three control levels: Awareness (quiet signals), Guardrails (stronger nudges), and Hard Limits (the app closes). You choose per app, and you can change anytime.
Every week, Threshold generates a short summary of your patterns — what drifted, what improved, and what trends are forming. It's a private debrief of the week you actually had, generated from your on-device data.
Waitlist
Get early access.
Threshold launches Summer 2026. Waitlist members get first access and launch pricing — locked in for as long as you stay subscribed.
Launching Summer 2026 — waitlist members get in first.