Nature Unlock: touch grass app

Break free from compulsive screen habits and doomscrolling by blocking distracting apps

Nature Unlock is your companion for digital detox, promoting healthier habits through mindful breaks and outdoor engagement. By restricting distracting apps, it encourages you to step outside, breathe deeply, and capture moments in nature, thereby regaining access to a balanced digital lifestyle. The app temporarily blocks access to selected distracting apps. To regain access, users are prompted to step outside and capture a photo of a tree or flower. Stop losing hours to endless feeds and enforce daily time limits to curb compulsive scrolling. Nature Unlock encourages you to touch grass, a slang term meaning to log off and step outside to reconnect with real life, allowing you to regain access by capturing moments in nature.

The app features a Pomodoro-inspired timer for structured study, work, focus, and break sessions, guided breathing exercises for stress relief, and a meditation timer with soothing nature sounds to aid relaxation. Additionally, Nature Unlock offers nature-based challenges and progress tracking to motivate mindful breaks and outdoor exploration.

FEATURES:

• Focus Mode: Block Distractions & Get Things Done, stay productive by temporarily blocking distracting apps while you study, work, or read. To regain access to blocked apps, take a mindful pause & breathe. This added friction helps you resist the urge to quit early and gently redirects your attention back to what matters — your work, your goals, or simply real life.

• App Blocker for Focus & Productivity: Temporarily block distracting apps during focus sessions to enhance productivity and reduce screen time.

• Introducing Personalized AI Meditations — tailor-made to help you unwind based on how your day went. Whether it was stressful, joyful, or somewhere in between, your meditation is now uniquely yours.

• Mood Tracker & Journal: Log your daily emotions using mood emojis or descriptive tags. Track patterns over time to identify triggers and improve self-awareness.

• Pomodoro Timer: Utilize a Pomodoro-inspired timer to structure study, work, and break sessions, boosting focus and time management.

• Nature-Based Unlocking: Automatically remove restrictions when capturing a tree or flower, promoting real-world engagement with nature.

• Nature Challenges: Complete fun challenges that guide you to explore nearby parks, gardens, and green spaces.

• Engage in guided breathing sessions to reduce stress and improve mental clarity during breaks.​

• Set personalized meditation sessions accompanied by soothing nature sounds, aiding in relaxation and mindfulness.

• Track your personal progress and growth over time.

Designed with Liquid Glass Beauty. Enjoy a calming, elegant experience with our beautifully crafted UI featuring Liquid Glass elements—sleek, translucent layers that make every tap feel fluid and intentional.

Perfect For:

• Anyone looking to build healthier digital habits

• Students and professionals craving focus and productivity

• Users interested in mood tracking, stress management, and mindfulness practices.

• Anyone looking to connect with the outdoors

• Anyone aiming to add calm and clarity to their day

Build routines that put you in charge of your time, not your devices. Each day, reclaim minutes – and eventually hours – of your life with consistent app limits. Take a dopamine detox, break addictive habits, and refresh your mind. Embrace a healthier digital lifestyle with Nature Unlock.

Note: Nature Unlock uses camera access to identify trees or flowers. All processing happens on device to protect your privacy.

This app uses Apple's standard EULA/Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/