Pricing and promises

The price you can screenshot.

No maze. No surprises. Here is exactly how billing works.

What it costs

Free$0core, forever
Yearly$59.997-day free trial
Monthly$8.99per month
Lifetime$169one time

Free

forever
  • The catch and the 60-second redirect
  • Guard 1 app
  • Widgets, Control Center, Live Activity
  • The reflection page

Premium

$59.99/yr · $8.99/mo · $169 once
  • Everything in Free
  • Guard unlimited apps
  • Guard whole categories: social, video, games

The App Store is the source of truth for price and availability. Prices may vary by region and may change with notice. Verified June 2026.

How the trial works

Day 0
Trial starts. Nothing charged.
Day 5
A reminder, before any charge.
Day 7
Charge, or cancel in one tap.

The promises

If any of these stops being true, it is a bug, and I will fix it.

Free core, forever A reminder before any charge One-tap cancel Billing handled by Apple 100% on-device

Cancel in one tap

Cancel in your Apple Account subscriptions, any time. No retention maze built to wear you down. You keep Premium until the period ends.

Billing goes through Apple

Mote never sees your card. Payment, renewals, cancellation, and refunds are handled by Apple. Refunds go through reportaproblem.apple.com.

Your Screen Time data stays on your phone

The apps you guard, and how you use them, stay on your device. I never see it. No tracking, no selling. See the Privacy Policy.

Honest about the limits

Mote is iPhone only, iOS 26+. A determined person can always turn a shield off. I will not claim it cannot be bypassed, because that would not be true.

  • 100% on-device
  • No tracking
  • One-tap cancel
  • No streaks, no shame
I left out streaks, spins, and collectibles, even though they would make me more money, because they would just trade your old compulsion for a new one. Mote gives your attention back. It does not capture it.

From the maker of Mote

streaks spins collectibles

In TestFlight public beta. Coming to the App Store.

Free to start. Fair if you stay.