Kept locks your distracting apps until you actually get something done. Then it adapts, so it keeps working long after every other blocker has quietly given up.
Still working in month three.
You're on the list. I'll email you when the beta opens.
Free to start when it launches. Founding memberships open soon, and the waitlist gets first access.
You've tried them all. Freedom, Opal, a Brick, maybe even a flip phone. They work brilliantly for a week. Then your brain learns the loophole and you're back to square one.
The problem was never your willpower. A fixed block is easy to out-smart, and a strict one is easy to just delete. Nothing is built to stay effective, so nothing does.
Start the day with your distracting apps locked. Finish a task or a focus session and you unlock a few minutes. Doing your work literally buys back your phone.
The more you try to cave, the firmer Kept gets. When you're on a roll, it eases off. No honeymoon phase that quietly stops working after a week.
Pair with a friend or partner who approves any early unlock. It's the "someone takes your phone away" feeling, even when you live alone.
When Kept opens for founding members you'll get the very first TestFlight beta and lock in lifetime access for a one-time price. Join the waitlist now to be first in line when spots open.
Founding memberships open soon
No payment yet. Join the list and you'll be first to know the moment founding spots open.
It's being built now, in the open. Founding members get the TestFlight beta first, which we're targeting for late 2026. You'll get progress updates along the way.
iPhone first, because it has the deepest controls for genuinely blocking apps. Android is on the roadmap for later.
Those block. Kept makes you earn access, adapts so it doesn't go stale, and adds real human accountability. It's built specifically to still be working in month three.
Yes. The core of Kept — blocking, tasks, earned minutes — lives entirely on your iPhone and never leaves it. There's no account to create; you only sign in if you choose to add an accountability buddy, and even then Kept stores the minimum that feature needs. Your data is never sold and never shared with advertisers.
Hi, I'm Ryan — a psychology teacher who has personally lost every fight with his own phone. Every blocker I tried stopped working by week two, so I'm building the one that assumes you'll try to outsmart it. It's just me, building in the open — if you email, the person who replies is the person making it.