Ascent: Redirect your focus
Turn bad habits into progress
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
How you live each day is how you live your life. Ascent turns the phone you reach for without thinking into the device that wont let you forget what you decided mattered.
Stop opening the apps you meant to avoid. Build the habits you actually care about.
Ascent turns your iPhone into a habit system: App Blocker friction before distractions, a phased goal plan, home-screen widgets, pets in your Dynamic Island, and a coach that helps you shrink the task instead of quit.
DYNAMIC ISLAND PETS
Finish all of today’s habits and a pet comes to live in your Dynamic Island. Start with cats and dogs, then unlock more as you climb. Your progress stays visible throughout the day—and so does the reason to keep your streak.
HOME SCREEN HABIT LOOP
Most habit apps wait behind an icon. Ascent puts today’s next step, habits, and motivation battery where you already look: your iPhone home screen.
APP BLOCKER
Add a pause before distracting apps, protect your waking window, or schedule hard block windows. It is not about shame. It is a speed bump between impulse and action.
70-DAY GOAL PLAN
Choose a goal and Ascent builds a phased curriculum with weekly milestones and daily steps. You always know the next action.
2-MINUTE FALLBACKS
When the full task feels too heavy, Ascent creates the smallest version that still counts. Showing up beats starting over.
MOTIVATION BATTERY
With optional Screen Time access, Ascent shows how draining apps affect your energy and follow-through.
ALSO INCLUDED
• Daily habits, reminders, morning intentions, and evening reviews
• Count-based habits such as pages, minutes, or reps
• Streaks with recovery instead of guilt
Ascent is for people who do not need more motivation speeches. They need a system that interrupts the reflex, shows the next step, and makes the step small enough to do.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
• Standard (Free): Up to 3 habits and basic features
• Subscriber: Up to 15 habits and the full curriculum
• Architect: Unlimited habits and premium AI access
Ascent offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions. Prices vary by region, and the exact price is displayed in the app before you confirm your purchase.
Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy:
https://beavester.github.io/ascent-legal/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
Bug fixes and improvements.
The developer, Michael Beaver, 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
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Michael Beaver
- Size
- 76.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 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
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment information
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Subscriber $4.99
- Ascent Architect Pro Annual $49.99
- Ascent Architect Pro $7.99
- Subscriber Annual $49.99
- Copyright
- ©2026 Michael Beaver