Detour – Focus Challenges

You open social media to "just check" something. 45 minutes later, you're deep in a scroll hole. Sound familiar?

Detour takes a different approach to screen time. Instead of blocking your apps — which never works because you just disable it — Detour places a quick challenge between you and the app. Solve it in seconds, then continue. You still get in. But you grow every time.

50 app opens a day = 50 learning moments. Real skill growth in math, languages, memory, and critical thinking — built into the moments you'd otherwise waste.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Choose which apps trigger challenges
2. Open one of those apps — a quick challenge appears
3. Solve it in 5–15 seconds
4. Continue into your app, a little sharper than before

8 CHALLENGE TYPES, INFINITE VARIETY

• Quick Recall — Digits flash on screen. Recall them from memory — or in reverse.
• Number Sense — Mental math, estimation, and order-of-operations problems.
• Pattern Flow — Identify the missing color or shape in a visual sequence.
• Mind's Eye — Memorize a grid pattern, then pick it from three options.
• Sequence Snap — Find the missing number in prime, Fibonacci, factorial, and other sequences.
• One True Thing — Three statements, one myth. Spot it. 150+ fact sets covering science, history, psychology, and more.
• Word Bridge — Vocabulary in 6 languages: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese. 500+ word pairs.
• Breath Gate — Guided breathing with 18 named techniques. Hold to inhale, release to exhale.

CREATE YOUR OWN CHALLENGES
Build custom questions in 6 formats — Multiple Choice, True/False, Fill in the Blank, Flashcard, Ordering — or use the Math Generator to auto-create hundreds of arithmetic, percentage, power, square root, and algebra problems.

DIFFICULTY THAT GROWS WITH YOU
Detour uses spaced repetition to adapt every challenge type to your level independently. Easy at first, genuinely hard later. You'll never plateau.

PRIVACY-FIRST. ALWAYS.
• All data stays on your device — nothing is ever uploaded
• No accounts, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads
• Works fully offline — no internet required
• No analytics, no data collection, no third-party SDKs watching you

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
• Day streak with 7-day visual tracker
• Per-type accuracy and performance breakdown
• Weekly insights with trends and peak hours
• Export a polished PDF report anytime

ACCOUNTABILITY CONNECTIONS (DETOUR+)
Optionally connect with up to 3 friends or family members. Share aggregate progress — streaks, accuracy, weekly activity — to stay motivated together. Creating connections requires an optional Detour+ subscription with a 7-day free trial. Accepting invites is always free.

WHAT MAKES DETOUR DIFFERENT
• Not a blocker — you always get into your app
• Not a lecture — challenges take 5–15 seconds
• Not a tracker — zero data leaves your device
• Not a subscription trap — everything individual is free forever

Build focus habits that last. One challenge at a time.