Our story

haegr started with a simple truth: knowing better does not always mean doing better.

The story behind haegr is about the gap between intention and action. You can want to focus, want to sleep, want to be present, and still find yourself doomscrolling because the phone is always available at the weakest moment.

A calm visual story for haegr, an iPhone app that helps people protect focus and stop doomscrolling

The loop was familiar.

A quick check became twenty minutes. A tired evening became another scroll. A work block became a trail of small interruptions. For people with ADHD traits, high context switching, or fast-moving thoughts, the problem can feel even sharper.

The answer needed to be calm.

haegr was not created to punish phone use or turn focus into a game. It was created to act like a steady assistant: set the intention, protect the window, and make the distracting app less automatic.

The mission became reclaiming attention.

The product strategy is simple: privacy-first technology, native iPhone integrations, and respectful coaching that helps people reclaim minutes, hours, evenings, and routines that would otherwise disappear into a feed.

Our story

Why this matters

  • Doomscrolling is often an automatic loop, not a chosen plan.
  • A useful app blocker should help before motivation collapses, not after the time is gone.
  • People looking for ADHD focus help often need fewer choices in the moment, not more pressure.
  • haegr is being built to feel like an assistant and buddy for focus, sleep, study, work, and social media boundaries.