Three modes. One night.
Tempo isn't a productivity app. It's a sleep-first system that protects your evenings and mornings, with rituals that actually replace what you used to scroll for.
Replace doomscrolling. Don't fight it.
Smart friction interrupts compulsive pickups, and a hub of replacement rituals gives your evening somewhere to go. The first thirty minutes before bed do most of the work.
- ✓4-7-8 guided breath: a long exhale flips on the parasympathetic system
- ✓Brain dump prompts to clear racing thoughts onto the page
- ✓Sleep stories and soundscapes for attention parking, not entertainment
- ✓Smart blocking: apps you choose, only when it counts
One real 4-7-8 cycle.
Press play. Inhale for 4, hold for 7, exhale for 8. This is the same exercise your phone runs at bedtime.
4 in · 7 hold · 8 out.
3am wake-ups, handled.
Strict app blocking holds through the night. When you wake, the Return-to-Sleep hub pulls you back under with a short breath, a soundscape, or a brain dump if your mind's racing. No opening Instagram "just to check the time."
- ✓Return-to-sleep hub for middle-of-night wake-ups
- ✓App interlocks: a calming activity before any blocked app
- ✓Long-form sleep stories that finish where you started
- ✓Soundscapes (rain, ocean, forest) on a sleep timer
A morning that isn't a feed.
Most mornings start with the algorithm picking what you think about first. Tempo replaces the wake-up scroll with a single intention, a sunlight prompt, and a gradual app unlock so the day starts with you.
- ✓Morning intention: one sentence, written, not browsed
- ✓Sunlight reminders to anchor your circadian clock (5 min outside)
- ✓Gradual app unlock, so feeds open last, not first
- ✓NSDR for rough mornings: restorative, not avoidant
Everything in the box.
4-7-8 breathing
Long asymmetric exhale activates the parasympathetic nervous system. The body switches off.
Box breathing
4-4-4-4: calm focus during the day, the smart-friction breath when an unblocked app opens.
Brain dump
Rotating prompts, written reflection, three-minute timer. Clear the racing thoughts before they steal sleep.
Sleep stories
Long-form audio narratives written for attention parking. Fall asleep before the second chapter.
Soundscapes
Rain, ocean, mountain stream. Hours-long ambient audio with a sleep timer baked in.
Smart blocking
Apps you choose, on a schedule that follows your bookends, not an all-day fight.
Built different.
| Tempo | Screen Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep-first design | ✓ | — |
| Replacement rituals | ✓ | — |
| Return-to-sleep hub | ✓ | — |
| Smart friction (not just block) | ✓ | partial |
| Identity-first language | ✓ | — |
| Built by people who lived it | ✓ | — |
| App-level limits | ✓ | ✓ |
Ready for tonight?
Free to download. Two minutes to set up. Tonight will be different.