NIX Scoreboard
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Free on iPhone · lowest wins

Your screen time just became a competition.

NIX Scoreboard prices your screen time in tokens and ranks you against your friends. Lowest score wins. Free on iPhone.

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Free on the App Store · iPhone, iOS 16.4+ · No ads, nothing to buy

Sample players, not real results.

Animated preview with sample data. On Home, a day of screen time gets priced: the score climbs from 43 to 150 NX as the category bars fill, past a 120 NX goal. A 45 minute Focus session takes 54 NX off, back to 96. On the Scoreboard, Sam's score rises from 53 to 98, you move ahead of Sam, and a notification reads: You're ahead of Sam. Opening Sam's head to head for the week shows you ahead, 4 days to 2.

The problem

5h 01m

The average American adult's day on a phone.

Self-reported, US adults, reviews.org, January 2025

76

Full days of the average year, gone into the glass.

5h 01m x 365, in 24 hour days

205

Phone checks a day. Almost once every five waking minutes.

Self-reported, US adults, reviews.org, January 2025

Right now

 

Screen-time tokens America has burned since you opened this page.

Rough live estimate: 267M US adults x 5h 01m a day, at the Neutral rate of 1 NX a minute

Nobody puts the phone down because a chart asked nicely.

So we made it a game.

A normal Tuesday

Nothing happened today. It still cost you.

Every minute costs tokens, called NX. Feeds cost the most, tools cost almost nothing, and the day adds up whether you watch it or not.

7:02 AMAlarm off. Phone already in hand.free
7:04 AMSocial, before your feet hit the floor22 min66 NX
8:56 AMSocial, under the table in a meeting18 min54 NX
10:15 AMProductivity, the email you'd been dodging12 min3 NX
12:31 PMSocial, “just checking something”14 min42 NX
3:47 PMEntertainment, one video became nine41 min82 NX
6:12 PMGames, “one quick game”24 min60 NX
11:58 PMSocial, one last scroll26 min78 NX

Running total

385 NX

And that was a good day.Nobody around you is counting. Scoreboard counts.

Social 3 NX/minGames 2.5 NX/minEntertainment 2 NX/minNeutral 1 NX/minProductivity 0.25 NX/min

Focus mode

Bad day? Block every app.

Book 5 to 120 minutes and Scoreboard blocks every app except the ones your iPhone always allows. Every focused minute takes 1 NX off today's score. Finish, and a bonus comes off too.

With friends, start Phones down: one code on the table, one end time. Pick up early and you earn nothing from it. If everyone finishes, everyone gets a group bonus, off too.

5 to 120Minutes per session
1 NXOff per focused minute
20%Finish bonus, off too
Focus running: 33 minutes remaining on the ring, 12 NX off so far, 9 NX more at the finish.
Focus complete: 45 minutes focused, 54 NX off today, NX today down from 104 NX to 50 NX.

The app

Four screens. Lowest wins.

Auto-tracked from Screen Time. No logging.

Home

One number follows you all day.

Your score by category, your goal on the chart, and this week's record against your favorites.

Scoreboard

Your friends see it too. That's the point.

One board, lowest first. Open a friend and the week becomes a match.

Categories

See exactly where they're winning.

Pick a category and their week goes up against yours.

Phones down

Phones down, together.

One code on the table, one end time. Everyone finishes, everyone gets a group bonus.

NIX Scoreboard Home screen on an iPhone with sample data: 42 NX today, 54 burned and 12 off from a focus session, split by category; a Focus again button beside 53 NX left of a 95 NX daily goal; this week's records against three favorites; and the week's chart with the goal drawn as a dashed line.All friends board on Week with sample players: You first at 76 NX a day, Sam Ortiz second with the drawer open: a 4 to 2 scoreline in days won, both weeks as lines, and a win strip under the days.The board ranked by Social with sample players: Riley Park first at 180 NX, Sam Ortiz second with the drawer open: a 2 to 4 scoreline, Sam's social line in red over yours in faint white, and the days each of you won.Phones down running with sample players: 33:00 remaining, ending at 10:14 AM, four phones stacked on the table, and 4 of 4 still down: You, Sam Ortiz, Maya Chen and Jordan Lee.

Sample players, not real results.

Why it works

Willpower is private. Your rank isn't.

Your friends see the score every day. That's the whole idea.

The research behind it

Find out where you'd rank.

It starts counting the day you install it.

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Free on the App Store · iPhone, iOS 16.4+ · No ads, nothing to buy

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