Yarn

Untangle Your Phone Addiction

Journal to Unlock Your Apps

Why Do We Scroll?

Every time you reach for your phone, there's an emotion driving it, like boredom, anxiety or avoidance. Yarn untangles the emotional threads that cause us to reach for our phones.

Journal to Unlock Apps

Pause before scrolling by writing a quick journal entry to unlock your addictive apps. Type out your thoughts or record a voice note when writing feels like too much.

Set Bedtime Boundaries

Schedule your apps to lock at bedtime, helping you wind down without the temptation to scroll late into the night.

Sleep time: 11:00 PM
Wake time: 7:00 AM

Enter Focus Sessions

Block distracting apps completely while you work. Start one now, schedule one for later, or ask Yarn to.

🏃 Run • 40 min🧘 Meditation • 10 min🍅 Pomodoro • 25 min🔬 Deep Work • 90 min🎹 Make Music • 45 min🌌 Stargaze • 45 min🎬 Film • 120 min🏃 Run • 40 min🧘 Meditation • 10 min🍅 Pomodoro • 25 min🔬 Deep Work • 90 min🎹 Make Music • 45 min🌌 Stargaze • 45 min🎬 Film • 120 min

📚 Study • 7-9pm • Weekdays🌞 Sunset Walk • 6:30-7:30pm • Daily📖 Reading • 9-10:30pm • Weekdays🏋️ Gym • 6-7pm • Mon-Fri, Sun📵 No Phone Day • 8am-8pm • Sun👣 10k Steps • 6:30-8pm • Mon-Thu, Sun🧺 Cleaning • 11am-12pm • Sat📚 Study • 7-9pm • Weekdays🌞 Sunset Walk • 6:30-7:30pm • Daily📖 Reading • 9-10:30pm • Weekdays🏋️ Gym • 6-7pm • Mon-Fri, Sun📵 No Phone Day • 8am-8pm • Sun👣 10k Steps • 6:30-8pm • Mon-Thu, Sun🧺 Cleaning • 11am-12pm • Sat

Talk to Yarn

When you want to talk something through, Yarn is there, remembering what you've written, so each conversation picks up where the last one left off.

Your Data Is Private

Your journal entries and conversations with Yarn are private, secure and under your control. They're never sold, and never used to train language models. (Read the full Privacy Policy)

Pinned Notes

Keep what you need to hear at the top of your journal, like a dopamine menu, your long-term goals or a note to read before you scroll. Yarn remembers them too.

About Yarn

We made Yarn as an answer to a question: what if language models could end phone addiction? One that would meet us in these moments with nothing but a few tools to help us scroll less, and a wish: that journaling would leave us more present, introspective, and sentimental.

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