Undertow Focus

Ride out the urge to scroll

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

iPhone

Focus apps act after you've opened the app. Undertow acts on the reach: one button, ten seconds, back to work. No subscription. The problem isn't willpower in general. It's one specific moment: you're mid-task, your phone buzzes, and your attention gets pulled to the surface. Everything else — the apps, the blockers, the streaks — is downstream of that one moment. Undertow is built around it. Start a dive (a focus session), and if the pull hits, tap Pulled. You get a 10-second ride-out — haptics, breathing pace, a moment to just be somewhere else — instead of automatically reaching for the thing that buzzed. Most urges pass in under 10 seconds if you give them somewhere to go. Free, no strings attached. For $3.99 (one-time, not a subscription), Undertow can also shield distracting apps using Apple's Screen Time framework during a dive, so the buzz doesn't even get a chance to reach you for the ones you choose to block. (Apple exempts a handful of system apps — Messages, FaceTime, Phone, Maps, Clock, Settings, Find My — from third-party shielding on every app that uses this framework; this is a platform-wide safety floor, not something Undertow — or any app — can override.) No feeds, no gamified guilt trips, no social pressure, no subscription. Just a timer, a streak that tracks honestly (surfacing early doesn't fake a win), and one button for the moment that actually matters.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

A quiet heads-up when a dive finishes — a gentle notification, no alarm, plus a brief "you surfaced" note in the app. No more checking the timer to know you're done. Undertow now runs on iOS 16.2 and later, so it works on older iPhones too. Plus minor fixes.

Version 1.0.7

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    Information

    Seller
    • Bradford Lumley
    Size
    • 2.1 MB
    Category
    • Health & Fitness
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 ref(health) Consulting
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