For the apps you open without thinking
Get your time back.
Refund steps in on the apps that eat your day. A reminder, a short wait, or a daily limit. You choose how strict.
The average person spends 5 hours 16 minutes a day on their phone.
Most of it goes to apps opened without thinking.
AVERAGE DAILY PHONE TIME · HARMONY HEALTHCARE IT SURVEY, 2025
5h 16m a day, added up
80 days
of every year go to your phone.
That's the number Refund helps you bring down.
Features
Your reason
Stopped by your own words.
Write down why you want your time back. Refund shows it to you on your Today screen and on some of your pauses.
Three levels
A rule for each app.
Some apps only need a reminder. Some need a wall. Pick a level for each group.
Gentle
Nudge
A reminder once you've been in it a while. Never blocks.
Firmer
Pause
A short wait that grows as you come back.
Strict
Hard stop
A daily budget. Locks when time's up.
Why check
Notice why you reach.
Every few opens, Refund asks one quick question. Habit, bored, stressed or lonely. Over a week, the answers show a pattern you couldn't see before.
Your week
Your time back, on a receipt.
Fewer opens, more walk-aways, and the time you got back, added up week by week.
Joined, earned
SEP 14
First walk-away, earned
SEP 14
First quiet evening, earned
SEP 15
10 walk-aways, earned
SEP 19
Week one, earned
SEP 21
Better week, earned 2 times,
OCT 5
Opens down 25%, earned
OCT 3
1 month, not earned yet,
9 DAYS TO GO
7 quiet evenings, not earned yet,
3 TO GO
50 walk-aways, not earned yet,
24 TO GO
Opens down 50%, not earned yet,
38% SO FAR
3 months, not earned yet,
70 DAYS TO GO
Stamps
Proof, not points.
Walk away from a pause, get through a quiet evening, beat last week. Each one gets pressed into your collection, with the date.
Time back, added up
Here's your refund.
Pick how much time you'd want back each day. Small amounts turn into weeks.
Refund
Time receipt · No. 0001
- Back each day
- 1H 00M
- Each week
- 7H 00M
- Each month
- 30H 24M
- Each year
- 15 DAYS
- Over 10 years
- 5 MONTHS
Thank you for waiting.
When a pause isn't enough
For the harder days.
Block now
Pick the apps and how long, then start.
Walk to unlock
Set a step goal. The app opens once you've moved.
Quiet hours
Apps lock at night. Keep a few passes for when you really need one.
Your data stays on your phone.
No account
No sign-up and no email. A few quick questions, then you pick your first app.
App names stay private
Refund uses Apple's Screen Time API. Apple keeps your app list private, so Refund never sees app names.
On your phone only
Your history, notes and report stay on your phone. Delete the app and they go with it.
Your time, refunded.
No account. Your data stays on your phone.