The anti–digital detox
Find what you want
your time to be for.
your time. your call.
Caught yourself scrolling again? Cohesive helps you discover what you’d rather make time for, with questions grounded in your everyday life. No blockers. No prescribed routine.
Try CohesiveYour first finding is free. No card.
What comes after closing the app?
Something worth
making time for.
You can put your phone down and still have no idea what you want to do instead. Cohesive helps you explore what you enjoy, what matters, and what gets in the way. You don’t need to have it figured out before you start.
One possible conversation
From a scroll to something that matters.
An illustrative example, shortened. Your questions and findings depend on what you share.
A moment you record
I’m scrolling through videos. I put my sketchbook away.
A question to explore
What made you put the sketchbook away?
Your answer
The drawing wasn’t good. But I was enjoying making it.
A question to explore
What were you enjoying about it?
Your answer
Making something with my hands. It didn’t need to be a finished picture.
Words you could choose to keep
I want to draw for the pleasure of making something, even if it never becomes a finished picture.
A possible direction, in your words. You can edit it, keep it, or leave it here.
What you take with you
A direction
you can call yours.
A growing understanding of what makes your time feel well spent. What you value, enjoy, want more of, or want to question — in words you have chosen to keep.
Each time you explore, Cohesive can build on what you’ve already shared. Your map changes as your understanding does. An evening on your phone can still be an evening you choose. You keep the map. You delete the app.
A detail of the current app map, with example entries.
Open the full-size app screen ↗What happens when you open it?
Start small. Go at your pace.
Start with a moment
I just caught myself
Say what you were doing and what was happening around it. Use a suggestion, type, or speak. You can save the moment and stop there.
Explore if you choose
You don’t have to know what to ask.
Choose to explore, and Cohesive asks about what happened, one question at a time. Suggestions can help you answer; you can edit them or use your own words.
Decide what stays
Keep what fits. Leave what doesn’t.
Review what came up. Edit a proposed finding, write your own, or keep nothing. Nothing reaches your map without your say. You can leave whenever you choose.
Start with one moment. Take the questions at your pace. Exploring takes your participation. There is no daily target or fixed number of questions, and understanding can grow across conversations.
The short version
What it will
never do.
Block an app
Count your hours
Hand you a streak
Put a name on you
Add to your map without asking
Ping you back in
exceptions
What will it cost?
Your first finding.
Before you pay.
Your first finding is shown in full and yours to keep, before a plan is offered. If you choose to continue exploring, both plans give you the same access.
Pay once
€92.99
Every look and every experiment. Nothing renews.
Monthly
€14.99/month
Every look and every experiment. Renews until you stop it.
Your first finding is free — no card, no countdown. After that both plans buy the same one thing: every look underneath a moment, and every experiment that comes out of one. Catching moments stays free, and your map is yours either way — read it, export it, delete it, plan or no plan.
Nothing is charged unless you choose a plan, and your store shows you the exact price first.
Before you ask
Questions people ask
Do I have to use it every day?
No. There's nothing to keep up. No streaks, no daily target, no reminder designed to make you feel behind. A week where you never open it is a normal week.
Will it tell me I'm addicted?
No. Cohesive does not diagnose you or classify your phone use as good or bad. It starts with the occasion you describe and leaves the meaning to you. You can decide there is nothing you want to keep.
Is this a journaling app?
You do not need to write a daily entry or arrive knowing what to ask yourself. Start with an ordinary moment and, if you choose, explore it through questions grounded in what you share. Your map holds only the findings you explicitly choose to keep. The catch and conversation are also stored to support later exploration; your map is not the whole record.
How long does it take?
Recording a moment is a short first step. Exploring it can take several questions, and you can leave whenever you choose. There is no fixed session length or promised deadline for finding direction. Understanding can develop as you return to different moments.
How is this different from a blocker like Opal or one sec?
If you want access to an app restricted, a blocker addresses that request directly. Cohesive offers a different approach: exploring the moments you record to help you discover what matters to you and what you want your time to be for. It does not block apps or promise a reduction in screen time.
Can I get my stuff out if I stop using it?
Yes. Export and deletion both work whether or not you've paid, and an export you already downloaded stays yours after the account is gone. You keep the map. You delete the app.
What is a life map?
Your map holds the exact words you explicitly choose to keep about what matters to you and where you want your time to go. Cohesive can suggest a finding for you to review; you can edit it, write your own or keep nothing. Tapping a suggestion only fills the editor. It reaches your map when you choose Keep. The map can change as your understanding develops, and you can read, edit and export it without a paid plan.
How is my data handled?
What you write can leave your phone for Cohesive's servers and outside model providers, but only when that is what it takes to produce the result you asked for. A person may access records only for support you requested, a security or abuse investigation, or a legal duty. Records are never sold, used for advertising, used to train public models, optimised for engagement, or read routinely. The privacy policy sets out retention, rights, export, and deletion.
If you want the longer version
Reading
- Why do I keep scrolling on my phone?Look at one occasion, with an example you can try on paper.
- How to stop scrolling at nightWhy every rule you set on a Sunday fails at eleven on a Tuesday.
- Do app blockers actually work?What Freedom, Opal and one sec are genuinely good at — and why people uninstall them.
- What your screen time report can't tell youTwo identical seven-hour weeks can be completely different weeks.
- Cohesive compared to other appsOpal, one sec and Freedom, including where they're the better answer.
Available now
Install Cohesive.
Cohesive is on the App Store and Google Play, and downloads directly for Mac. Your first finding is free, with no card and no countdown; a plan only comes up later, when you ask for the next look.
Download on the App Store ↗Get it on Google Play ↗Download for Mac ↗