Sanctuary: Screen Time Detox

ARI Software Lab

About this app

Sanctuary is a digital detox and screen time tracker app that helps you break phone addiction, build healthier habits, and reclaim your time. Combining a screen time tracker, app blocker, and daily habit tracker, Sanctuary turns "I should use my phone less" into a simple, guided daily practice.

You already know you're spending too much time on your phone. You've tried app timers, moving distracting apps, or promising yourself tomorrow will be different. Sanctuary helps turn that intention into a real digital wellness routine — with screen time insights, mood tracking, trigger tagging, and guided detox challenges.

WHY CHOOSE SANCTUARY
✔ Screen time tracker with daily & weekly usage insights
✔ Optional app blocker for social media and distracting apps
✔ Daily habit tracker and mindful check-ins
✔ Guided digital detox challenges with progress badges
✔ Mood tracking, journaling, and trigger tagging
✔ Focus sessions and breathing exercises
✔ 100% private — no social feed, no leaderboard, no data shared

BUILD A HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PHONE
Use Sanctuary to:
- Set a daily screen-time goal
- Join a guided digital detox challenge
- Track your daily device usage and first phone pickup
- Record your mood and personal reflections
- Identify triggers — boredom, stress, notifications, social media
- Choose an offline replacement habit
- Review progress with usage insights and a heatmap
- Use focus and mindfulness tools to reduce distractions
- Build a more intentional daily routine

Daily check-ins take just a few minutes and help you notice patterns without judgment — no shame, no guilt, just awareness.

GUIDED DETOX CHALLENGES
Choose a structured challenge for your goal:
- Reduce total daily screen time
- Take a break from social media
- Create a calmer evening routine
- Improve focus and reduce distractions

Track your streak, earn progress badges, and use Away Notice to pause anytime without losing progress.

OPTIONAL APP BLOCKING (HARD MODE)
Sanctuary includes an optional Hard Mode app blocker for extra accountability during a challenge. When enabled, Hard Mode uses Android's Accessibility Service to detect when you open restricted apps and shows a blocking screen.

Accessibility Service is used only for this app-blocking function. Sanctuary does NOT use it to read screen content, record keystrokes, capture passwords, monitor browsing, record audio/video, or share activity with advertisers.

Gentle and Moderate modes work without enabling Accessibility Service — choose the intensity that fits you.

TOOLS FOR INTENTIONAL DOWNTIME
- Focus sessions
- Mindful breathing exercises
- Offline activity ideas
- Journaling and reflection
- Replacement-habit tracking
- Daily reminders and notifications
- Progress and insight summaries (Time Reclaimed counter)

PRIVATE AND PERSONAL
Sanctuary is built for individual use — no social feed, no public profile, no partner matching, no comparison leaderboard. Your digital detox journey is your own. No data is shared with third parties, and you can request account deletion anytime from Settings.

Sanctuary is a self-guided digital wellness tool and is not a medical, mental-health, or clinical treatment service.

Start with one goal, one check-in, and one intentional break from your phone today. Download Sanctuary and start your digital detox now.

What’s new

• Brand-New Opening Experience: A tranquil, breathing splash screen with guided presence and seamless startup.
• Micro-Habit Balancing: Daily completion limits on anti-doomscrolling micro-habits for authentic, balanced XP progression.
• UI & Layout Refinements: Polished the breathing exercise screen and resolved layout pixel overflows.
• Offline & Sync Stability: Enhanced local data persistence and seamless cloud synchronization.
• General performance optimizations and bug fixes.