Put your phone down
Screen facing the table or floor. Nod knows the phone is down.
Fight the phone pickup.
Nod is the first iOS app that helps you fight phone pickups. Put your phone face down to focus. Pick it up and Nod counts the pickup, so you can take back control of your mind.
you thought
48m
real focus
13m
pickups
4x
real focus
pickup count
weekly truth
😌
😐
face down
00:48:12
picked up
+1 pickup
how it works
Simple enough to feel.
Stay off it
Real focus minutes add up while your phone stays face down.
Pick it up
Nod catches the pickup, stops the clean streak, and shows the truth.
the pattern
You do not lose focus once.
You lose it in tiny pickups. Instagram for two minutes. Facebook for one. Messages for thirty seconds. Nod makes the pattern visible.
you started focusing.
✓
2 mins later...
instagram
back to it.
✓
5 mins later...
facebook
back to it.
✓
3 mins later...
messages
Every pickup gets counted.
Face down means focus.
Nod stays calm when you stay off your phone.
Pickups become visible.
No fake clean sessions. Nod saw it.
Your week tells the truth.
Minutes, pickups, scores, streaks.
built for distracted minds
Train your focus by fighting the urge.
Built around research-backed focus principles: make the habit visible, reduce the impulse, and practice staying with the work.
You did not study for four hours.
Know the real study minutes before exams, assignments, and late-night cram sessions.
Your hand reaches first.
Make the impulse visible. Every pickup becomes something you can beat next time.
Busy is not focused.
Prove your real locked-in time instead of guessing from vibes and calendar blocks.
only on iPhone
Put it down. Get your focus back.
Nod is built for the one moment that matters: the urge to pick up your phone.