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Distly
Coming to Google Play

Put distractions
out of reach.

Block distracting apps. Leave your key across the room. Get back to your day.

Join the waitlist See how it works

Made for Android. NFC, QR, or a timer. Your call.

Made for AndroidNFC + QR keysYour apps. Your rules.No account needed

LESS SCROLLING. MORE LIVING.

A little distance.
A lot more headspace.

You opened your phone for one thing.
Somehow, it’s been twenty minutes.

Distly puts a physical pause between the impulse and the app. Leave your key across the room. Keep the useful parts of your phone. Get on with the thing you actually wanted to do.

Meet your new focus ritual

SMALL SETUP. BIG EXHALE.

Your focus, in three steps.

No complicated system to learn.
Just a little intention, made physical.

01Distly profile editor with app selection, scheduling, and tap or timer unlock options

MAKE IT YOURS

Choose what goes quiet.

Create a profile for work, study, or sleep. Pick the apps to block, or block everything except the essentials.

02Distly NFC pairing screen looking for a tag, with an option to create a QR key

GIVE FOCUS A KEY

Pair. Place. Step away.

Pair an NFC sticker, card, or keyring. No tag? Create a QR key. Keep your key somewhere you have to walk to.

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Illustrative demo data

An active Study session showing 12 locked apps, four resisted urges, and tap your tag to end — illustrative demo data

GET BACK TO YOUR DAY

Let the lock do its thing.

Start your focus session. In tap-only mode, your chosen apps stay blocked until you walk back and scan your key.

App previews include illustrative demo data.

A LOOK INSIDE DISTLY

Built around your real life.

Not every moment needs the same kind of focus.

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A calmer day starts here.

Start a focus lock, check your daily progress, and see the time you’ve saved. A home screen that helps you get off your screen.

Daily focus goal · Streaks · Screen time
Find your focus

Illustrative demo data

Distly home dashboard with focus progress, saved time, urges beaten, and weekly screen time — illustrative demo dataAPP PREVIEW · ILLUSTRATIVE DEMO DATA

THE WALK IS THE WHOLE POINT.

Give your focus
a place to live.

A sticker on the fridge. A card by the door. A QR key across the room. The best key is the one that makes you stand up and choose.

At your deskSwitch into your Work profile.

By your bedsideGive the late-night scroll a bedtime.

In your gym bagKeep the music. Leave the feed.

One tag, one job. Set the rules in your profile.
Distly tag manager explaining how to assign a profile to each physical key A physical key. A more intentional day.

THE DISTLY STORE · COMING SOON

Focus tools you’ll
want to leave out.

Purpose-made keys for your desk, door, bedside, or anywhere you want a little more intention.

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3D-PRINTED FOCUS KEY

A small object with one clear job.

A satisfying, durable key made to live where your focus begins. Pair it once, place it with purpose, and tap to lock in.

Desk-ready · NFC inside · Made in small batches
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NFC FOCUS STICKERS

Turn everyday places into focus cues.

Low-profile NFC stickers for the spots that shape your day. Use one for each profile and make focus feel automatic.

Peel + place · Reprogrammable · Profile-ready

FIRST DROP

Want first pick?

Join the hardware list for launch timing, colors, and early-batch availability.

Only store updates. Separate from the app waitlist.

Your hardware works.

Use a compatible NFC sticker, card, or keyring. Or make a QR key and start there.

A rhythm that fits you.

Tap-only sessions, timers, and automatic schedules. Different rules for different parts of your day.

Your focus stays yours.

Your app data stays on your phone. No account, no analytics, no internet permission.

Read our privacy policy

A FEW THINGS, CLEARED UP.

Good questions.

A little more about the app,
before you make a little space.

Do I need to buy a special tag?

No. You can pair a compatible NFC sticker, card, or keyring you already own. Distly supports common tags such as NTAG213 and NTAG215. You can also create a QR key, so you can get started without buying a tag.

Can I focus without NFC?

Yes. Use a QR key, or choose a timer-based profile. You can also schedule profiles to start automatically. NFC pairing needs a phone with NFC; scanning a QR key uses your camera.

How do I end a focus session?

You choose this for each profile. Tap only runs until you scan your paired key. Tap or timer lets either your key or the timer end the session. Timer only ends when the time is up.

Can I keep useful apps available?

Yes. Choose individual apps to block, or turn on ‘Block all but a few’ and select the apps you want to keep. Make different profiles for studying, working, sleeping, or your own routine.

What happens when I tap a different tag?

Each tag can have its own profile. During a session, tapping a tag linked to a different profile switches the blocking rules instead of ending your lock. Your desk, bedside, and gym bag can each have a different setup.

Is my app usage private?

Your profiles, paired keys, and focus stats stay on your phone. The Android app has no accounts, analytics, or internet permission. The website’s optional launch and hardware waitlists are separate from the app.

Is Distly available on iPhone?

Distly is being built for Android and is coming to Google Play. Join the app waitlist to get an email when it launches. There isn’t an iPhone release announced here yet.

COMING TO GOOGLE PLAY

Less “one more minute.”
More of your day.

Make a little space for what matters.
Be the first to know when Distly is ready.

One email when it lands on Play. Nothing else.