NIX - Scoreboard

New in 1.2: Focus mode. Block every app on your phone for 5 to 120 minutes. Every focused minute takes 1 NX off today's score, and finishing the session adds a bonus.

Your screen time just became a competition.

NIX Scoreboard turns putting your phone down into a game you play with friends. Every minute of screen time is priced in tokens (NX). Lowest score wins. And when the day is going badly, Focus mode blocks every app on your phone and takes the score back down.

Willpower is unreliable. Being watched works. Screen-time apps built on private self-discipline get deleted in week two. A number your best friend checks does not. You put the phone down for the same reason you show up to the gym when someone is waiting: somebody knows.

FOCUS MODE, NEW IN 1.2 Book 5 to 120 minutes. NIX blocks every app on your phone. Phone, Messages, FaceTime, Maps, and your Always Allowed list stay open. Every focused minute takes 1 NX off today's score. Finish the session and a bonus comes off too. End early and you keep the minutes, not the bonus. Your friends can see that you are focusing, and how long is left.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Connect Screen Time. Your iPhone counts the minutes on your device.
2. Sort your apps into categories. Social and games cost more than productivity.
3. Add your friends and race for the lowest score.
4. Bad day? Start a focus session and watch the score drop.

WHAT'S ON THE BOARD

• A daily scoreboard with your friends. Lowest score takes the day.
• Groups for roommates, a team, or a bet, each with its own board and reward.
• Medals for the top three, day wins, and streaks for staying on top.
• Moments: share a photo of what you did instead of scrolling.
• Event races: one-shot competitions for a weekend, a trip, or a bet.
• The podium: see who won, every evening.

PRIVACY, PLAINLY What leaves your phone is minutes per category and the score they add up to. Not which apps, not what you did in them, not anything on your screen. Screen Time is read on your device and the raw numbers stay there. Focus mode blocks apps on your phone; it never reports what you opened.

It starts counting the day you install it. Free on iPhone.

Put the phone down. Take the board.