Six seconds that give you your evening back.
You reach for your phone.
Free for two weeks. Then you decide.
Free for 3 days, then billed yearly or monthly. Prices in the App Store.
Private by design. No ads.
Try it
Reach for an app. Besto meets you there.
How it works
Three steps. Then Besto’s on duty.
Pick the apps that pull you in.
Calls and messages can stay never paused.
Reach for one, and the pause appears.
A short breath, then put it down for a fist bump, or open it for a while.
Good days add up.
Days in a row, good days in total, and a free skip for a missed day.
Meet Besto
Besto shows how your phone habits are going.
He’s sharp when you’re on track, a bit foggy on a long scroll, and he recovers when you step away.
Besto, okay. Where everyone starts.
Drag to see how Besto changes.
The Besto Score runs on your phone, from 20 to 100. It’s about your phone habits, not your brain.
The game
Good days add up.
Every put-down counts, and a counted day stays counted.
Every put-down counts.
Close an app at the pause, and the Besto Score goes up.
Days in a row, and good days in total.
Your total never drops.
A free skip covers a missed day.
You earn one at one week, so your count stays.
Milestones at 3, 7, 14, 30, 50 and 100 days.
At 100, the Spark turns gold for good.
Three days in a row.
Fist bump.
Tap a milestone.
Miss a day? A free skip covers it, and your good days in total never drop.
Sessions
Protect the hours that matter.
Start a session when you need one, or set quiet hours once and let Besto keep them.
Focus
Paused apps won’t open until it ends. Ending early keeps the minutes you did.
Start Focus · 25 min
Night
Paused apps open for less time, and Besto sleeps. Keep to it and it counts the next morning.
Start Night · until 07:00Workout
Paused apps won’t open while you move. Those minutes count.
Quiet hours
Pick the hours when it’s hardest to put it down. In quiet hours, paused apps open for 2 minutes at a time.
- Morning07:00–08:00
- Work or studyMon–Fri · 10:00–19:00
- Evening18:30–21:30
- Night23:00–07:00
Make a plan for the hard moment: “After 23:00, phone on the charger, then read.”
At night, Besto sleeps too.
Set Night once. Paused apps open for 2 minutes at a time, and Besto sleeps until morning. Keep to it, and it counts the next morning.
Night · 23:00–07:00
Privacy
What you do on your phone stays on your phone.
- Your pause history, your reasons and your app list never leave your phone.
- An account is optional. It holds only your email, name, plan settings and, if you turn on backup, daily totals.
- No ads, no tracking.
Besto uses Apple’s Screen Time to pause the apps you pick. Apple asks for your passcode; Besto never sees it, or your messages.
Read the privacy policyBuilt on research
Besto is built on peer-reviewed behavioural science. In a published field study of a similar app, a short pause with an easy way out led people to abandon about a third of the social-media opens they started, and randomized trials show that self-set limits reduce use while they're in place. We don't yet claim that Besto improves attention span or that its effects last after you stop using it. We're measuring both.
Pricing
Try it free for 3 days.
Free for 3 days, then billed yearly or monthly. Prices in the App Store.
- TodayEverything’s on, free.
- Before day 3We’ll remind you before your free trial ends.
- Day 3Billed yearly or monthly, unless you cancel.
- Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings › your name › Subscriptions.
- If you stop paying, nothing stays paused. Your rules stay saved.
- A friend’s invite makes the yearly trial 14 days.
Questions
Good questions.
I’ll be there for the moment you reach for an app.
Free for 3 days, then billed yearly or monthly. Prices in the App Store.
Private by design. No ads.
