Self-control apps are easy to skip.
A blocker you set up alone is one tap from off. A station on the wall ties focus to a place, and makes starting it a ritual.
Tap in. Lock in.
Focus, built into the places people go.
QuietMinds puts a tap-to-focus station in gyms, libraries, classrooms, theaters and cafés. One tap locks the apps that pull you away, in the venue’s own design, until you tap out.
- Station taps
- 821
- Hours of focus
- 266
- BuckBlock for iPhone
- On the App Store
- BuckBlock for Android
- In testing
Taps and focus hours are live from BuckBlock’s anonymous usage counter.
The problem
Phones follow us into every place built for attention.
Venues sell presence.
Gyms, classrooms, theaters and cafés all compete with the phone in your pocket for the experience they’re built around.
Bans and lockboxes don’t scale.
Pouches and confiscation need staff and feel like punishment. A tap is the visitor’s own choice and takes a second.
How it works
One tap at the door. Focus until you leave.
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Tap the station
Hold your phone to the venue’s station. The app opens straight to the session picker.
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Choose how long
Thirty minutes to two hours, a custom length, or until you tap out.
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Stay locked in
The apps you chose stay blocked until time is up or you tap the station again.
Blocking runs on the phone itself, through Apple’s Screen Time on iPhone and Android’s accessibility service. Which apps someone opens never leaves their device.
The platform
One app. Every venue.
Every station tells the app where you are. Tap in on a campus and you get its focus app; tap in at a gym or café and the app takes on theirs. Venues get a branded focus experience without building an app. People keep one app for every place.
LOCKED
37:12
You’re focused
Focus hour · stay a while
LOCKED
58:40
You’re focused
Train now · scroll later
Station-based theming is built and in testing. Café and gym designs are illustrative concepts.
Sectors
Built for every place people want to be present.
Learning
- CollegesStudy sessions students start themselves. Where we began, with BuckBlock at Bucknell.
- SchoolsPhone-free class time without confiscation or lockboxes.
- LibrariesQuiet floors that are quiet down to the phone.
- MuseumsVisitors who look at the work, not their notifications.
- Book storesReading corners free of the buzz.
Health & wellness
- GymsMembers train instead of scroll, and finish the workout they came for.
- YogaPractice without a notification breaking the room’s calm.
- SpasTreatments that start with the phone set aside.
Food & coffee
- CafésFocus hours for students and remote workers, and a reason to stay and order again.
- RestaurantsPhone-free tables that keep dinner about the people at it.
Live experiences
- Movie theatersNo glowing screens once the lights go down.
- ConcertsShows people watch, not film, with no pouches to hand out.
- Event venuesAudiences in the room, not on their feeds.
- Wedding venuesUnplugged ceremonies, without a sign nobody reads.
Community
- ChurchesServices and gatherings free of interruptions.
Progress
What we’ve built so far.
- BuckBlock for iPhone is live on the App Store. View it
- Stations are in use on Bucknell University’s campus, with real NFC tags.
- BuckBlock for Android is built and entering Google Play testing.
- Station-based theming is built: one app that takes on each venue’s design. In testing.
- Privacy-first usage stats: anonymous counts of taps and focus time, never what anyone opens.
Roadmap
From one campus to every venue.
- Grow BuckBlock at Bucknell
- Launch BuckBlock on Google Play
- Stations at more campuses
- First pilots beyond campus
- The QuietMinds app: one download, every station in its venue’s design
- Expansion across our fifteen sectors
Let’s talk.
We’re sharing our progress with investors and early venue partners.
Need help with the app? support@quietminds.app