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.
No countdowns
Phone + FaceTime
Built for iPhone
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.
If a short call might have been voicemail, Call Them asks before it unlocks.
No answer? Keep moving.
Call Them quietly moves to another untried person instead of treating the attempt as success.
One connection 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.
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. For shorter connected calls, Call Them asks whether a person actually picked up so voicemail does not automatically unlock your apps.
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 built for iPhone. Until the app is ready, this site is also where recipients can manage whether they can be selected for required calls.
Recipient opt-out →