Set your limits, then put something you care about on the line — a companion you raise and a streak you keep. Skein actually shields the apps you name. And when you slip, it's forgiving: a loosened stitch, never a cut.
Timer apps let you cave. Cute apps don't stop you. Skein does both — a real shield with a companion you'd hate to let down, wrapped in a streak that bends before it breaks.
Real OS-level shielding on the apps you choose — not an in-app timer you can swipe past. Cross the line and the shield shows your companion and your streak, not a grey wall.
Nurtured over weeks, earning cosmetics as you hold your limits. It reacts to your honest behavior — thriving when you keep the thread, drooping (gently) when it loosens.
Grace days, pauses and weekend skips are built in and generous by default. One bad day is a loosened stitch you re-spin tomorrow — never "streak lost forever."
Pick the apps to limit, choose your companion, and set your forgiveness — grace days, pauses, weekend skips. It's a promise you make to Wren.
Hit your limit and Skein shields the apps — showing what's at stake. Take a breath, spend a grace day, or let it stay shielded and go do something else.
If you go over, Wren sets back a little — recoverable, never brutal. Skein even asks "was that really a break?" so a phone glitch can't cost you a streak.
Most blockers hand you a flat grey wall. Skein's shield is a full-screen canvas showing Wren, your streak, and exactly what's on the line — the emotional payoff that makes the commitment real. It's also built to be screen-recorded: it's the moment that spreads.
The plan when Skein ships: one year or forever. No monthly rental of a habit — that's the point.
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iOS hands us anonymous tokens, never names or icons. Skein literally cannot tell which apps you use — and there's no account, no server, no tracking.
When the phone's screen-time data is unclear, Skein always resolves in your favor. A false failure is the one thing this app refuses to do to you.
No blocker is unbreakable, and we won't pretend otherwise. Skein makes the line hard to cross and easy to care about — honestly, the way the whole studio builds.
Skein is still in the making. Leave your email and I'll send one note when it lands on the App Store — nothing else, ever, and I don't keep the list afterward.