Calm Gate

A breath before the scroll

Choose an app that tends to pull you in. Calm Gate asks for one conscious breath before it opens - enough of a pause to choose on purpose.

The habit you want is not "use it less" - it is "open it on purpose". Calm Gate creates the tiny gap where that choice lives.

How it works

  1. Pick your apps
    Choose the apps you want a pause in front of.
  2. Breathe first
    When you open one, BreathMate asks for a short breath.
  3. Then continue
    After the breath, the app opens as normal. The pause was the point.

Add a breath before the scroll

Free on the App Store.

Open in BreathMate