A tool, not entertainment
A phone should be a useful tool in your life toolbox, not a distraction that drains your time and attention.
Recenter your life on what you value.
A phone should be a useful tool in your life toolbox, not a distraction that drains your time and attention.
A person you trust decides which apps get added. When you need a tool, you can request it and your chosen person can approve or deny it instantly.
Why take a chance, even if it's small? We built it so the wrong app isn't one tap away. There's no setting to flip when you're tired or tempted.
The Recenter Phone runs RecenterOS, a custom operating system specifically designed for helping you recenter your life on what matters to you.
"Most of us still need a smartphone. Keeping up with finances, navigating a new place, using 2FA apps for work or school, reading, meditation, music - there is so much good there. But we also need less distraction, and companies competing for our attention, and the research shows it. I don't want to be a product, I want to be a person."
Recenter works the same way for everyone. The only thing that changes is who the phone is for.
You choose the apps that stay. Someone you trust holds the lock, so a bad moment can't undo your choice.
Be present with the people you're with. A quick look can't take you away from the moment.
Strike up in-person conversations more, adventure more, explore more. The Recenter Phone helps you cut back on tech and get more out of life.
Your child can't unlock their way into feeds. You hold the lock, and they keep the apps they need for school, family and getting around.
(Recenter Kids Watch also in the works!)
The Recenter Phone runs RecenterOS. It keeps the tools you actually use and removes the apps designed to hold your attention. We're also planning a kids watch that works the same way.
Recenter makes the wrong apps hard to get to. It doesn't replace trust, parenting or a recovery partner, and it doesn't control other devices.