Lotgenoten Podcast“Discipline gets you a long way, but in the end it's systems that work. Phase is one of ours.”
Jaro & Koen · Lotgenoten Podcast
The physical device that locks the apps that steal your day.
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Lotgenoten Podcast“Discipline gets you a long way, but in the end it's systems that work. Phase is one of ours.”
Jaro & Koen · Lotgenoten Podcast
“Since Phase we are actually in the moment with each other.”
Sarah de Wilde · Verified buyer
Verified buyer“My phone addiction was getting in the way of my work. Now it's simply not a thing anymore.”
Verified buyer“Evenings back, mornings back, the small waiting moments back.”
Merel de WittVerified buyer
“Phase allows me to be present with my children instead of wasting time on TikTok.”
Sandra · Mother
Verified buyer“It's not a willpower game. With Phase I end the day knowing I did everything I could.”
Verified buyer
Verified buyer“I am a little chaotic, Phase works perfectly for me to be more focused, have peace of mind and to get more out of the day.”
Merel de Kroon · Verified buyer
Verified buyer“Zero distractions, at work and at the gym. A huge productivity hack.”
Owner for 4 months“Native screen time was too easy to bypass. So I tried Phase, and the rest is history.”
Damian de LangeVerified buyer
“Screen time is down, but above all my brain just feels better.”
Joram PostVerified buyer
Verified buyer“I used to spend 4 to 5 hours a day on my phone. Now it's one hour, max.”
Tijm · Verified buyer
★★★★★
“great way to get the job / tasks done with no distractions from your phone.”
“Top om mee te werken! Focus te behouden en écht even afgesloten van de wereld van de telefoon!”
★★★★★
“Mijn focus en productiviteit zijn met 300% gestegen! Voorheen liet ik me te makkelijk afleiden door nutteloze taken, waardoor ik veel tijd verloor. Nu richt ik mijn energie weer op wat écht belangrijk is: bouwen en vooruitgang boeken.”
“Internet site that are selected to be blocked aren’t. Only selected apps.”
★★★★★
“The moment I bought it: my toddler pulled my chin away from the screen to make me look at her. I cried after she went to bed. Ordered Phase that night. Bedtime is just us now. No half-watching, no glancing. Just her.”
“Mom of two, 38, Amsterdam. My four-year-old said 'no phone, mama, put away' at breakfast and I felt it in my chest. Family Time mode goes on the second I walk in now. She notices. Last week she told my husband 'mama plays with me more.' That's the only review that matters.”
★★★★★
“My screen time went from a number I was ashamed to show anyone to something I genuinely don't think about anymore. Evenings back, mornings back, the small waiting moments back. It's the most life I've reclaimed from any single purchase.”
“Nurse, 41, Rotterdam. Twelve-hour shifts and I'd still come home and lose the whole evening to my phone. Tapped it on the Phase the first night out of curiosity and just read on the couch instead. Two months in, my evenings are mine again. That's the whole review.”
★★★★★
“Bought two, one for me and one for my partner, and now the phones go on them by the front door the moment we walk in. The kids get parents who look at them. It changed the whole feel of our evenings, nobody half-gone anymore.”
“One-time payment, no subscription, that alone sold me after years of paying monthly for focus apps I ignored anyway. But the real thing is I'm present now. Dinners taste different when I'm not half-watching a screen.”
★★★★★
“I didn't want my phone habit stealing from my kids anymore. That was the whole reason I bought it. Now the phone taps down at 5 and stays down until they're in bed. Real life was happening right in front of me and I was missing it. Not anymore.”
“I counted 47 Instagram opens before 10am one Tuesday and felt genuinely sick. Ordered a Phase that afternoon. Now the phone taps down when I start the day and the mornings feel twice as long. I got my mornings back.”
★★★★
“I've reclaimed my mornings, my evenings, and all the little in-between minutes I used to lose without even noticing. Didn't realise how much time I'd handed over until I got it back. Not perfect, the app could be a touch more polished, but the result is everything.”
“Bath time, bedtime, the whole evening routine, I used to do it half-there with the phone in my other hand. My daughter would say 'look mama' and I wasn't looking. Phase made me put it down. She has my eyes now.”
★★★★★
“The black screen moment is what got me. 'What was I even doing' three times an hour, staring at my own reflection. Phase puts a real pause between me and the scroll and most of the time I just don't go back in. The temptation is quieter now.”
“My son said 'you're not listening' and he was right, I was scrolling while he told me about his day. Never again. Phase goes on the second they're home from school. I hear about their days now. All of it.”
“Three weeks in and the thing I notice most is how quiet my head is in the evenings. Less of that frazzled, brain-in-a-microwave feeling after a day of scrolling. I feel awake to my own life again.”
“Dinner used to be me sneaking glances at my phone under the table like a teenager. My son called it out one night. Family Time mode fixed the thing I was too weak to fix on my own. We eat together now, actually together.”
“Screen Time, app timers, greyscale, phone in a drawer. I ignored every one of them within a week. There is no ignore button on Phase and that turned out to be the entire point. First thing that ever actually stuck for me.”
“Genuinely more present with my family, no question. The one downside, I forgot it at my parents' house one weekend and instantly noticed how much I reached for my phone without it, so maybe it's a bit of a crutch. But it's the crutch that gets me through dinner looking at my kids instead of a screen. Worth it.”
“My partner pointed out I hadn't looked up once during an entire conversation. That stung enough to actually do something about it. Phase sits by the door now and goes on before dinner. We talk again. That is not nothing.”
“Physiotherapist, 44, Utrecht. Bought it because I was doomscrolling my life away in the in-between moments, waiting rooms, queues, the couch. Now those minutes go to being here instead. Sounds small, adds up to hours a week.”
“I was scrolling dog videos instead of watching my own son grow up. Typing that out is brutal but it's true. Phase breaks the reflex. I'm in the room now, all the way in.”
“Dad of three, 41, Chicago. This is doing what I never managed with willpower, I'm present at pickup, at dinner, at bedtime. Honest: the first few days I felt genuinely twitchy without the scroll, and I wish my wife's Android worked with it. On my iPhone it's been flawless since. Buy it if you're tired of being the phone parent.”
“Sat at a red light reaching for my phone and caught myself doing it on pure autopilot, hand already moving before my brain caught up. That was the day I bought this. The tap makes me stop and actually decide. I reach for it a fraction of what I used to.”
“I was that person, phone in hand while eating, while watching TV, while walking down the street. Half-present everywhere. The tap breaks the reflex. I'm actually watching the whole movie now, phone across the room where it belongs.”
“I used to tell myself I 'needed' my phone for work. Half of it was Instagram and I knew it. Phase lets me keep the actual tools and lock the rabbit holes. I still have my phone, I just got my attention span back.”
“The breaking point was hitting nine hours of screen time and lying to myself that it was all 'for work.' Half was Instagram. My kids deserved more than the top of my head. Phase gave them my face back.”
“Teacher, 35. The habit is real and I'm present in a way I haven't been in years. Honest note: the NFC tap took me a few tries to get the placement right that first week, and I wish my husband could use it too but he's on Android. For me on iPhone, absolutely worth it.”
“Pediatric nurse, 43, Bristol. The irony, I spend all day talking to parents about screen time and I was hitting eight hours myself. Phase goes down when I'm home. My own kids get what I preach now. Present, finally.”
“Solid. It genuinely cut my mindless pickups and I'm more present, no argument there. Only gripe is I sometimes have to tap twice before the phone registers the Phase. Minor. The being-here-for-my-own-evenings payoff is well worth the small fuss.”
“Bought it half-expecting an overpriced fridge magnet I'd seen in an ad. It is not. Tapping the phone down became a real ritual within a week and the scroll just stopped owning my days. I'm present with my partner in a way I hadn't been in a long time.”
“New mom, 31, and my time is precious in a way it never was before. I was spending the baby's naps doomscrolling and then resenting how little I'd done. Now the phone's down and the naps are mine again. I feel like a person, not a thumb.”
“I finished an actual novel this summer. Not an audiobook I half-listened to, a real book, in the evenings that used to disappear into TikTok. My brain feels less fried too. Didn't expect a little tap device to do that.”
“Absolutely amazing, the flow state you have after tapping in to your Phase device is a game changer. My productivity is so much better now. I genuinely can enjoy the time I don’t work, because I now get all my tasks done every day.”
“Working mom, 36, Den Haag. The guilt of missing dinner-table moments to a screen was eating me alive. Family Time mode is on every single night now. My husband got one too. All four of us are actually at the table, no phones, first time in years.”
“Marketing, 32, Berlin. The presence thing is real, I'm not reaching for it at dinner or in bed anymore. Setup wasn't totally smooth, the iOS pairing dropped once and I had to redo it. Once it was on though, zero issues. Would recommend to anyone who's tried everything else.”
No. Phase is a one-time purchase and the app is included for good. No monthly fee, no auto-renewals, nothing to cancel. You buy it once and it is yours.
No. You decide exactly what gets blocked, and everything else stays open. Calls, maps, your bank and your camera keep working normally. Phase blocks the apps that steal your attention, never the ones you need to get through your day.
Right now Phase works on iPhone (iOS). Android support is on the way. If you are on Android, it is worth checking back soon.
Your Phase device (the core unit, the NFC tag and the slot cover) and full access to the Phase app. Everything you need to set up your first focus session in a couple of minutes.
Phase ships internationally with DHL, fully tracked. Every order is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee with free returns, wherever you are. Try it, and if it is not for you, send it back for a full refund.