Sleep timers now end in silence. If you were playing your own music with Aurora's ambience layered on top, the ambience could keep going after the sleep timer finished. It stops now, the way it always should have. Ambience also has its own on and off switch in bring your own music mode, so you can quiet it without stopping anything else. New: optional reminders through the week. A nudge to study on weekday mornings, to chill in the evening, to wind down at night, and a heads up when a streak is about to lapse. They are off until you turn them on, and you can pick which ones you want. Also tidied up the Distraction Shield switch, which was rendering as a lopsided circle.

Distraction Shield now works on iPhone. Choose the apps, categories, and websites you want out of the way, and Aurora blocks them for the length of your focus session and no longer. Your choice is made with Apple's own picker and stays on your device. Your whole Ember balance now counts toward an unlock, so the number in the header is what you can actually spend. Plus a clearer confirmation after every purchase, telling you exactly how many Embers arrived.