Pivot - IRL
Reclaim your attention
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Stop doomscrolling. Start living. Reclaim your time with PivotIRL.
Are you tired of losing hours to endless scrolling, constant notifications, and digital overload? PivotIRL is your personal digital wellness companion, engineered to help you break screen addiction, build healthier phone habits, and reconnect with the real world.
Unlike traditional app blockers that rely purely on willpower or rigid locks, PivotIRL uses research-backed behavioural science to disrupt automatic scrolling loops. Through thoughtful friction and real-time sensory anchors, PivotIRL helps you pause, reset, and turn screen time into intentional living.
Key Features
- Reality Checks: Powerful behavioural interrupters that trigger the moment you pick up your phone or open addictive apps. Pause, reflect, and consciously decide if you truly want to scroll.
- Smart App Friction & Limits: Set soft limits and dynamic delays for social media, games, and news apps without completely locking yourself out when you genuinely need them.
- Sensory Grounding Anchors: Shift your mind away from digital dopamine loops with gentle, science-based grounding exercises designed to lower stress and bring focus back to the present moment.
- Habit & Time Insights: Understand your screen patterns with clear, actionable metrics. Track reduced pick-ups, saved hours, and your growing streaks of intentional living.
- Customizable Detox Modes: Tailor your experience for work focus, family time, bedtime, or weekend real-world adventures.
Why PivotIRL Works
Screen addiction feeds on mindless routines. PivotIRL introduces a crucial micro-moment between stimulus and reaction—giving your brain the space it needs to reset.
Whether you’re looking to boost daily productivity, improve sleep quality, reduce anxiety, or simply be more present with loved ones, PivotIRL gives you the tools to take back control of your device.
Take Back Your Life Off-Screen
Join thousands who are building a healthier relationship with technology. Download PivotIRL today and start choosing real life over screen time!
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Tier 1 users can only start challenges ≤15 mins in their unlocked category
- Clear upgrade alert when accessing restricted challenges
- Bug fixes
The developer, TANJA CATALINAC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- TANJA CATALINAC
- Size
- 51.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 18 more
- English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Zulu
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- This app is rated 13+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
Frequent
Contests
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 3 Challenge Pack $4.99
- 1 Challenge Pack $1.99
- Tier 3 - Annual $99.99
- Tier 2 - Annual $79.99
- Tier 3 - lifetime $229.00
- Tier 2 - Lifetime $99.99
- Tier 3 (Premium) $9.99
- Premium Access $7.99
- Copyright
- © Pivot IRL in Progress Pty Ltd 2026