One loop, every morning
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01 · From 4:00 AM
Your apps lock for the morning
Pick the apps that take your mornings, the time they lock and the time they open: 4:00 AM and 11:00 AM unless you change them. Only the apps you pick lock. Every day can have its own lock time, or no lock at all.
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02 · While they're locked
Check in, say what you'd rather do
How do you feel? How's your energy? Pick what you'd rather do instead, as many as you like, and add a plan or a journal note if you want. Checking in opens nothing, and you can edit it until your apps open.
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03 · Until your unlock time
Put the phone down
Your apps stay locked until your unlock time. Open one anyway and it reminds you what you said you'd rather do.
Every morning counts
At your unlock time, 11:00 AM unless you change it, everything opens and the morning counts, with or without a check-in. Your streak goes up, and your lifetime total of real mornings never goes down.
Out when you truly need it
One tap from Home: three quick questions, confirm, and every app opens right away. Your streak goes to 0; your lifetime mornings stay. Only need a few minutes? Have your apps lock again until your unlock time.
Built around one morning at a time
Widget on your Home Screen
The widget shows what you said you'd rather do and your note, with your streak in the corner. Home Screen and Lock Screen sizes.
Every morning, on a calendar
History keeps each morning on a month calendar and in a list: your mood, energy, what you'd rather do, your note, and how the morning ended.
Your answers on Home
Once you check in, Home shows your morning: what you'd rather do and your plan's first line. Changed your mind? Edit check-in, as often as you like until your apps open.
Private by design
No ads and no account. Screen Time gives Real Morning an anonymous token for the apps you pick, never their names or how long you use them. Your history and notes stay on your iPhone.
Learn your habits with Weekly Reports
Each week, see how many mornings you kept, and how your mood and energy compare on the mornings you stuck with it versus the ones you didn't.
We'll show you your DMs while blocking the rest of the app
Answer your Instagram DMs during a locked morning. The feed, Reels and Explore stay out.
Try a week of real mornings
- Cancel in iOS Settings at least a day before the trial ends and you aren't charged.
- Every feature in the trial: the morning lock, check-in, the reminder on locked apps, widget, history and emergency unlock.
- No ads, no account. Your mornings stay on your phone.
- iPhone only, through the App Store.
Questions
Where do I get it?
On the App Store, for iPhone. Download Real Morning, start the 7-day free trial and your apps lock at your first lock time.
What if I really need my phone?
Emergency unlock is always one tap from Home. Answer three quick questions, confirm, and every app opens right away. It resets your streak to 0; your lifetime mornings stay. If you only need a few minutes, choose to have your apps lock again until your unlock time.
Does checking in unlock my apps?
No. Checking in opens nothing. It sets your morning: what you'd rather do shows on Home and on the widget, and a locked app reminds you of it. Your apps open at your unlock time.
What if I don't check in?
Nothing breaks. Your apps open at your unlock time, 11:00 AM unless you pick another, and the morning counts the same as one with a check-in.
Can I change my answers?
Yes. After you check in, Home shows Edit check-in. It opens today's answers, and what you submit replaces them. You can edit until your apps open.
Which apps get locked?
Only the ones you pick, from your lock time to your unlock time. Everything else on your iPhone works as usual.
Can my lock time change by day?
Yes. Set one time for every night, or a different one per night, and leave any night without a lock. A night with no lock has no morning: it neither adds to nor breaks your streak.
Does Real Morning see what I do on my phone?
No. Apple's Screen Time hands the app an anonymous token for the apps you picked, never their names or how long you use them. Your history and notes stay on your iPhone; we only see anonymous usage analytics. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
What does it cost?
A 7-day free trial, then a yearly or weekly subscription. The price is shown in the app before you start.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Real Morning is built on Apple's Screen Time, so it's iPhone only for now.
Have a real morning tomorrow. First 7 days for free
- Download Real Morning from the App Store.
- Pick the apps that take your mornings, when they lock and when they open.
- Start your 7-day free trial. Tomorrow morning is your first.
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