In one line
Window is an iOS app that hard-locks the feed apps you choose, outside a daily 3-hour window. Inside that window, you get one hour of actual use. The locks are permanent. The only way out is to uninstall the app.
The longer version
Most "screen time" apps are pause buttons. You set a limit, you blow past it, you turn the limit off when you really want to scroll. The number of people that helps is small.
Window is built on a different premise: the lock has to be harder to escape than the urge to scroll. You pick a 3-hour window in your day where the apps you've locked are accessible at all. Inside that window, you get up to 1 hour of actual cumulative use. Outside it, the apps are blocked. There is no in-app unlock, no admin override, no "I've changed my mind" path. If you want out, you uninstall the app, and your day count resets to zero.
The promise is uncomfortable on purpose. The premise is that real change in phone use needs friction the user can't easily undo at 11pm.
"You can't out-discipline an app that's optimized for your weakest moments. You can only put it behind a door you can't open."
Quick facts
- Product
- Window
- Maker
- BetterFeed
- Platform
- iOS 17+
- Status
- Beta (TestFlight). App Store launch summer 2026.
- Price
- Free in beta.
- Built by
- A solo, independent developer.
- Tech
- Apple's Family Controls + DeviceActivity frameworks. Runs entirely on-device; no account, no server.
- Privacy
- See the privacy page.
What's distinctive
The locks are permanent. Most apps in this category let the user disable them with a setting or a fee. Window doesn't. The product's entire identity is built around the user's inability to escape it without uninstalling. This is the part journalists and podcasters tend to find interesting.
The 3-hour window with a 1-hour cap. The window itself is wide; the actual use inside it is narrow. Most users settle into 30-45 minutes of real use, not the full 60. The wide window makes the trade-off feel humane; the cap makes it real.
No account, no data collection. Window has no sign-in, no email, no profile. Anonymous event counts (via Aptabase) and install-date sync (via iCloud) are the only data that leaves the device. Everything else stays on the phone.
Solo, indie, no VC. One developer, built nights and weekends. The product's posture toward the user reflects that.
Assets
Logos, the app icon, App Store screenshots, and a one-page PDF fact sheet are bundled in the press kit below.
If you need anything not in the kit (a specific resolution, a longer founder bio, a quote on a particular angle), email and we'll send it.
Press contact
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