Kindwake: Morning App Blocker
Gratitude Journal & Intentions
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Stop morning doomscrolling with a short gratitude ritual. Lock the apps that pull you in, write three gratitudes and three intentions, breathe, then unlock your day.
Stop morning doomscrolling before it starts.
Kindwake locks the apps that pull you in and keeps them locked until you finish a short morning ritual. Write three gratitudes. Set three intentions. Take a guided breath. Then your apps unlock and the day is yours.
WAKE UP KIND TO YOURSELF
Most of us give the first minutes of the day to notifications, feeds and other people's content, before we have had a single thought of our own.
Kindwake gives those minutes back. You choose the apps the night before, on behalf of the version of you who wakes up tomorrow with less willpower. In the morning, the decision is already made.
MORE THAN A SCREEN TIME LIMIT
App limits are easy to ignore. You tap "remind me in 15 minutes" and carry on.
Kindwake uses Apple's Screen Time technology to lock the apps you pick at your chosen time, and keeps them locked while you complete your ritual. Nothing to negotiate with at 7am.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Choose which apps to lock. Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, or anything else that pulls you in.
2. Set your lock time.
3. Wake up and complete your ritual: three gratitudes, three intentions, and a guided breathing pause.
4. Your apps unlock for the rest of the day.
A few minutes. Then your phone is yours.
YOUR MORNING ROUTINE
Three things you are grateful for. Small ones count as much as big ones.
Three intentions for the day. Not a to-do list, a direction for how you want to show up.
A guided breathing pause, to land in the morning before it starts.
Guided prompts appear if you are not sure what to write. And life happens: an emergency unlock is there for the mornings that truly need it.
A HABIT THAT ACTUALLY STICKS
Track your streak and watch it grow. Level up as your practice deepens. Look back through your gratitude history, and share a morning card whenever you write something worth keeping.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your gratitudes and intentions are yours. No account required, and Kindwake cannot read what you write.
Screen Time works by letting Kindwake lock and unlock apps without ever seeing what is inside them. We cannot see your messages, your feed or your activity.
KINDWAKE IS FOR YOU IF
You reach for Instagram before you are properly awake.
App limits have never once worked for you.
You want a gratitude journal you will still be using in a month.
You want a morning routine that survives past week two.
You want your mornings back without deleting everything.
SUBSCRIPTION
Kindwake is free to try for 7 days. After the trial, full access requires a subscription. Current pricing is shown in the app and varies by region.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://kindwake.app/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Questions? dawn.app@proton.me
Lock tonight. Wake up kind.
Dawn is now Kindwake. Same morning ritual, new name, warmer everywhere. Wake up kind to yourself.
The developer, Tom Wilford, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Tom Wilford
- Size
- 33.7 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Dawn Premium (Yearly) $49.99
- Dawn Premium (Weekly) $6.99
- Dawn Premium (Yearly Special) $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kindwake