Guarded

Scripture before
the scroll.

Guarded gently holds the distracting apps you choose until you’ve spent a few minutes in Scripture. Finish the day’s short reading and your apps open until your next reading day.

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The first tap of the day usually goes to a feed.

Not because you meant it to. It’s just the nearest open door. Guarded doesn’t scold you for it — it simply puts something quieter in the doorway first.

How it works

01

Pick what wins your first tap

Choose the apps that usually pull you in before the day has begun. Nothing else changes.

02

They're held until you read

When you reach for one, Guarded gently holds it and brings the day's short passage forward instead.

03

Close the Word Ring

Finish today's reading to close the ring. Your apps open until your next reading day — no toll, no streak to defend.

Quiet by conviction

Every choice in Guarded is shaped by restraint — what it won’t do is as deliberate as what it will.

Honest by design

Guarded never reads your messages, your scripture, or even the names of the apps you guard. What you read stays between you and the page.

Gentle, never grim

No shame, no guilt, no broken-streak red. Reading is a reorientation, not a punishment — the tone stays calm even on the days you miss.

Your plan, your pace

Build a custom reading plan and choose which weekdays are guarded. A few quiet minutes, on the rhythm that fits your life.

Works on your real phone

Built on Apple Screen Time, not a flimsy blocker that a long-press can defeat. It holds where it matters, quietly.

We designed Guarded to know as little about you as possible. Read exactly what we do and don’t collect in our privacy promise.

Let the first thing be the quiet thing.

Join the waitlist and we’ll tell you the moment Guarded arrives on the App Store.

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