Short-form apps are built to beat your willpower. Screen time limits and blockers only fight the symptom — they don't touch the impulse that sends you reaching for your phone in the first place.
We step in at the moment you cave.
You reach for the app
Router catches the open as it happens, in real time.
You reach for the app
Router catches the open as it happens, in real time.
We ask what's up
Anxious, bored, lonely, avoiding something — you name it in one tap.
You set a real intention
A specific, achievable next step, backed by a check-in later.
A real off-ramp, not a guilt trip
Five entry points grounded in how the impulse actually feels — anxious, bored, lonely, avoiding a task, or already knowing what you want. Each one walks you to a concrete intention, tracked and followed up.
Muscle memory doesn't work here
Want to go back? You have to look for the app in a randomly generated collection of files, shuffled every time. Not so much friction that it becomes frustrating, just enough to disrupt your muscle memory.
A hard backstop, and proof it's working
Schedules and daily limits enforced in iOS, to provide a back-stop on those days where your willpower is at its lowest.
Built on how the impulse actually works, not just willpower
Short form content is designed to be a path of least resistence. Router inverts that, by making it easier to set an intention than go on the apps, nudging you towards a better alternative.
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