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It's an NFC card that pairs with the free DisConnect app. Tap it to your phone and the apps you picked lock. Tap again to get them back.

Members also use it to tap in at partner spots: that's how the venue knows we sent you and how your points get credited.

No. No battery, no Bluetooth, nothing to pair or update. It's a card.

Order a replacement and your member number, points and settings carry over. If you're stuck without it, the app has an emergency unlock. It's deliberately a little annoying.

Yes. The free app runs the whole loop (blocking, suggestions, the map) with two modes and one schedule. The card adds the physical lock and more modes; Membership adds rewards.

It's a membership. Founding annual is a year, and that rate holds for as long as you stay. work too.

Cancel from the app any time. Your card keeps working as a blocker either way.

Points every time you tap in somewhere instead of scrolling. Points turn into perks at partner spots: free rounds, discounts, early entry, members-only nights. The network is filling in city by city, starting with Toronto.

The first 500 members get Membership at a year, a numbered Founding Member certificate in their welcome kit, and that price for as long as they're a member. When the 500 are gone, it's gone.

You get 30 days of it free. Join within 60 days and the you paid for the card comes off your first year.

Yes. You won't out-muscle a machine built to beat you. So we built one on your side, and ours tells you where to go.

NFC-enabled iPhones and Android phones. The app is free on both stores.

It reads your screen time on your phone. After a long stretch in a feed, it nudges you with three things happening nearby. You choose how often, or turn nudges off.

Toronto is live. New York is next. We go city by city so the map is full when we land, not a list of three coffee shops.

Your screen-time data stays on your device. We don't sell it, share it, or look at it.

For companies and schools, admins only ever see anonymous totals like hours reclaimed and events attended. Never names, never who scrolled.

Canada and the US. Standard shipping takes 3–6 business days, express 1–3. Standard is free with Membership or on orders over $45.

30 days, money back. If it didn't get you off your phone, we don't want your money.

Yes. Early-client pricing is $40 per employee, per year. Teams under 25 can buy card packs directly. See DisConnect for business →

Yes, from $3 per student, per year, starting with a one-term pilot. See universities & schools →

We'll fill your Tuesday. Members tap in at your door, so you can count every person we send. Email connect@beforetheinternet.com.