Anchor: Present Together

Your phone is designed to win. Anchor changes the odds by giving you a partner.

Every focus app eventually loses to the same thing: a weak moment and an off switch. That isn't a you problem. Your phone was built by thousands of people engineering that exact moment, and nobody outlasts it alone. Anchor pairs you with someone you trust, so you don't have to.

Anchor lets two people become accountability partners. You block the apps that pull you in, like social media, games, and endless browsers, and everything else stays open. When you genuinely need a blocked app, you don't just flip a switch. You send a request to your partner, and they answer. No secret overrides. No "just this once" at midnight. Real accountability, built into your phone.

HOW IT WORKS
• Pair with your partner by exchanging a simple code. Both of you install Anchor and opt in, and no
one is ever added secretly.
• Choose the apps that stay open. Everything else is blocked behind a shield, including apps you
install later.
• Need a blocked app? Send a quick request. Your partner gets a notification and can say yes
right from their phone, for as long as you both agree.
• Both partners see the same thing. There's no hidden "watcher." It's mutual by design.

BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU BEST
Anchor works best between people already in each other's corner: couples reclaiming their evenings, friends keeping each other honest, anyone who's tired of fighting their phone alone. You're not outsourcing your willpower to an app. You're borrowing some from someone who loves you.

NO WILLPOWER REQUIRED
• Block by default: pick what stays, not what goes, so new distractions can't sneak in.
• Partner-approved unlocks: temptation becomes a conversation, not a tap.
• Web browsing that actually holds: block Safari behind the same accountability.
• Daily limits and schedules: set boundaries and let Anchor keep them.
• Honest alerts: your partner is kept in the loop, never in the dark.

FAMILIES

Teens 13 to 17 can use Anchor inside a family with a parent. The teen joins from their own phone, and a parent confirms they are the parent or guardian and that the teen knows Anchor is on the phone.

The parent picks one of two ways Anchor runs on the teen's phone, and can change it later.

Family time only. The phone works as usual. During family time, notifications go quiet and apps go dark