You probably know the feeling. Suddenly you have been lying there for hours doom-scrolling on your phone, often late into the evening. You wake up in the morning wrecked and slow, on far too little sleep. We ended up there far too many times, and even with all the settings the phone offers for shutting apps down, we found that the way back into them was far too short. One tap and you were on again. We wanted to do something about that.
The phone is both the best and worst thing we have.
The phone is a brilliant thing. It is our camera, our calendar, our entertainment and, not least, our contact with family and friends. You can do so many interesting and creative things with it. That is exactly why it is hard to put down, and sometimes we really need to.
Like everyone else, we tried setting screen time limits, switching to greyscale, putting the phone in a drawer. None of it worked. The temptation was too strong, and when the barrier sits in the same place as the temptation, you are back on the phone in seconds.
So we had the idea that there should be real distance between the temptation and the way back to it. That is how the little magnet called Wake came about.
From active to passive apps
Wake is a block with no screen, no buttons and no battery. You put it in another room, and there it stays. We suggest the fridge.
Your apps only open again when you hold your phone against your Wake. The same goes for the alarm in the morning.
The ten seconds it takes to walk over there are the whole point. It asks a little more of you than a scroll or a tap. You have to get your body going, get up and walk. Hopefully that is enough that you don't give in and switch your apps back on.
Both the Wake block and the app are designed and made in Denmark. We use Wake ourselves every single day, and getting a full night's sleep back is fantastic.
Who is behind Wake
My name is Silas, and I am the one behind Wake. I built it for myself first. A block on the fridge, an app on the phone, and I thought it was a brilliant solution.
I shared it with friends and family, who all loved it. So I threw myself into sharing Wake with everyone else who could get the same out of it, which means you.
Wake is still a small project. That means I pack the orders myself, and I read the emails that come in myself.
If you have a question, or an idea for something Wake should also be able to do, write to me.
Silas, Founder of Wake
Put your phone down.
Wake in a different room. That's all it takes.
- You receive