Choose your apps
Pick the apps or categories that tend to pull you in longer than you meant to stay.
Call to unlock
When your limit is up,
Call Them.
Pick the apps you use too much and the people you want to call more. When your time is up, Call Them gives you one simple way back: make a real call.
Here because someone added you? Manage recipient opt-out →
Phone + FaceTime
Built for iPhone
Public beta
Try Call Them on your iPhone.
Call Them is available through Apple TestFlight. Join the public beta, use it in real life, and send feedback as we get Beta 2 ready.
How it works
One limit. One call. One real interruption.
Call Them doesn’t nag you before your time is up. The interruption happens when the limit actually matters.
Choose your people
Add people you genuinely want to talk to more. Call Them keeps the selection random.
Hit your limit
Your selected apps lock immediately. No five-minute warning and no fake “be mindful” screen.
Call someone
If they answer, your blocked apps unlock for the rest of the day. If not, you get someone else.
Why it’s different
Not another
“focus harder”
app.
Most screen-time tools either block you, delay you, or ask whether you’re really sure. Call Them changes the next action entirely. Instead of continuing the scroll, you reach another person.
See the flexibility →Built around the moment
Simple enough to understand. Hard enough to matter.
One main daily budget.
Specific limits when you want them.
Start with one overall allowance. Add earlier limits only for the apps that need their own boundary.
Random on purpose.
No favorites or priority ranking. The app picks someone from your eligible people so you can’t always choose the easiest call.
A real answer counts.
After every connected call, confirm that a person picked up. Call length alone never unlocks your apps.
No answer? Keep moving.
Call Them quietly moves to another untried person instead of treating the attempt as success.
One answered call is enough.
Once someone answers, the normal call requirement is done until the next day.
Flexibility
Strict without becoming ridiculous.
Life does not care about your screen-time plan. Call Them gives you a few deliberate ways around the normal flow without turning every limit into a suggestion.
Day Pass
A rare all-day skip for days when the call requirement genuinely does not fit. Six per year.
Person Pass
Skip the person in front of you and get someone else from the queue. Four per month.
Emergency Access
Temporarily open only the app you need for 30 minutes, protected by Face ID or your device passcode.
Your Time
See what changed, without turning it into a score.
No guilt meter. No “productivity grade.” Just a clear look at the calls Call Them helped start and how you used the system.
18
calls started through Call Them this month
Your contacts stay your contacts.
Call Them only needs the people you choose. It does not upload your whole address book, record your calls, or listen to your conversations.
FAQ
The obvious questions.
Yes. Call Them is available through Apple TestFlight. Join the public beta here.
Your apps stay locked. Call Them moves through the people you have not tried yet. If everyone misses the call, you can retry later and the order reshuffles.
No. After any connected call ends, Call Them asks whether a person actually picked up. Call length alone never counts as proof that a person answered.
Yes. People can use Phone, FaceTime Audio, or FaceTime Video depending on the call method you choose for them.
Emergency Access can temporarily open only the app you need for about 30 minutes. It requires a deliberate hold and device authentication.
Yes. Any recipient can add their phone number or FaceTime email to the opt-out list from this website.
Less scrolling.
More calling.
Call Them is being tested on iPhone through TestFlight. Join the public beta and help us find the little things before release.