| What it does | A screen time app that gamifies healthy phone habits by growing crops and managing an island farm
| Mac windows back in place after sleep or unlock, automatically and instantly
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Free to download and use. Pro subscription: $39.99/year or $5.99/month, which includes Per-app Limits and Soul Link features.
| $19 USD one-time payment for one person on up to 3 Macs. Includes one year of updates; last version of that year works forever. Free 14-day trial.
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| Key features | - Set time limits on apps with an overall daily screen time limit
- Manage an island farm with crops like cucumbers, strawberries, and bananas
- Upgrade farm assets and unlock new buildings and decorations
- Weather system that improves with adherence to limits
- Credit score system that rises for compliance and falls for overuse
- Add friends, visit their farms, and complete group challenges
- Isometric pixel art world with custom-drawn graphics
- Per-app limits for individual distracting apps (Pro feature)
- Soul Link to tether islands with friends for mutual accountability (Pro feature)
- Soft approach to overages with thresholds instead of walls
| - Automatic window restoration after wake, unlock, login or monitor reconnection
- Distinguishes identical monitors by system UUID and physical port
- Fast restore without app communication, around 20ms for hundreds of windows
- Restores display arrangement including resolution, refresh rate, rotation and HDR
- Restores windows across all virtual desktops (Spaces)
- Visual feedback with soft blur and countdown during restore
- No setup required, learns layout automatically while you work
- Private by design with no network access or analytics
- Goes idle with no external displays connected
- Distinguishes layouts per display combination
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| What makes it different | - Uses gamification inspired by idle games to motivate behavior change rather than friction and restrictions
- Custom-built isometric pixel art engine and world with hand-drawn graphics
- Multiplayer features allow friends to visit farms and hold each other accountable
- Soft thresholds instead of hard walls when exceeding limits
- Free to download and use with optional paid features
| - Works reliably with identical monitors that macOS cannot distinguish by standard means
- Fast and never hangs because it reads the window server directly instead of querying each application
- Open source code published under Functional Source License with MIT conversion after two years
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 30 ▲ +4 (up) since last check | 1 ▲ +1 (up) since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 14 | 13 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 25 | 23 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 29 | 13 |
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Island: Screen Time
Many Displays