Features

Explore everything AuraLock offers for intentional phone use and focused living.

AuraLock is a whitelist-first focus app for Android. Instead of blocking apps you find distracting, you choose which apps stay alive, and everything else waits outside your Aura.

Aura Creation

You can create Auras for every area of your life. Every Aura starts with a purpose, then you shape the environment around it.

• Purpose presets — Deep Work, Study, Health & Fitness, Family Time, Personal Time
• Custom Auras — Name and describe any moment you want to protect
• Saved Auras — Reuse your favorite environments in one tap

What Stays Alive

The defining AuraLock feature. You select exactly which apps remain accessible during a session, with no categories and no guesses.

• Search & select — Browse your installed apps and toggle membership
• Live count — Always know how many apps stay alive — unlimited apps per Aura
• One-tap presets — Quick Focus (15 min), Deep Work (45 min), Power Hour (60 min, strict)

Standard and Strict Boundaries

Two boundary strengths for different situations:

• Standard — Pause, extend, or end your Aura. Emergency exit available. Flexible focus for everyday use
• Strict — No exit until the session ends. Committed to the exact end time you set
• Emergency access — Essential system functions and calls always remain available

Break Glass Emergency Exit

Strict doesn't mean trapped. When a genuine emergency comes up, there is a way out — with a small delay and a reason logged.

• Time-delayed override — A 5-minute countdown gives you space to reconsider before breaking a Strict Aura
• Reason log — AuraLock records why you exited so your Focus Score stays honest
• Emergency access — Essential calls and system functions always remain available — no override needed

Gradual Wind-Down

Hard cuts feel jarring. Wind-Down lets an Aura end gently instead of slamming shut.

• Fade-out exit — Blocked apps quietly become available over the final 30 seconds
• Custom ramp — Choose 15s, 30s, or 60s fade per Aura
• Better transitions — Leave a deep-work session calm instead of abruptly

Focus Soundscapes

Your Aura brings its own quiet. Built-in ambient sound plays only while a session is running.

• Offline library — Lofi, white noise, rain, and deep-work drone — no streaming needed
• Aura-locked playback — Sound stops the moment your Aura ends, so the boundary stays honest
• Volume control — Subtle background levels that never drown out your work

Modes for Contexts

One tap to start the right kind of focus. Pre-built templates cover the moments you actually live.

• Preset modes — Work, Study, Deep Work, Social — each pre-configured with apps and duration
• One-tap start — Skip setup entirely for everyday situations
• Fully editable — Adjust any preset once and it stays yours

Aura Widgets

Your focus, at a glance — no unlock required.

• Home-screen widget — Current Aura, remaining time, and streak live on your launcher
• Lock-screen widget — See what's protected before you even pick up the phone
• Quick actions — Start or pause an Aura directly from the widget
• Sizes & styles — Compact, medium, and large to match your home screen

Accountability Auras

Let the people who matter keep you honest.

• Partner & family requests — A trusted person can request an Aura for your device
• Ritual approval — You accept the request — nothing is forced on your device
• Shared motivation — Support each other's focus goals from a distance

Aura Guard

Your Aura is invisible to accidental taps and prying screenshots.

• Screenshot blocking — Opt-in: screenshots are blocked while an Aura is active
• Privacy on demand — Protect sensitive work during deep-focus sessions
• Simple toggle — Turn Guard on per-Aura, not system-wide

Aura Chains

Build a chain. Never break it. Share the proof.

• Focus streaks — Daily chains that grow with every protected session
• Shareable cards — Post your streak as a clean, beautiful card
• Friendly goals — Compare and encourage without leaderboard pressure

Focus Replay

See your entire day as one beautiful focus story.

• Day timeline — A visual replay of every protected block across the day
• Session heatmap — Spot patterns in when you actually focus
• Instant glance — Yesterday's story is one swipe away

Aura Insights Report

Know your focus rhythm — weekly, on-device, and private.

• Weekly summary — Protected hours, top distractions, and your best time of day
• Shareable report — Export a clean weekly card to share or keep
• Trends over time — See your focus improving week over week

Focus Timer

A calm timer keeps you aware of your remaining focus time without cluttering the screen.

• Progress ring — A soft Aura ring visualizes elapsed time
• Named durations — Sprint (10 min), Pomodoro (25), Deep Work (45), Flow (1h), Block (2h), and extended durations up to months
• Session controls — Pause, extend time, change allowed apps mid-session

Aura Scheduling

Turn focus into a rhythm. AuraLock can begin your Aura automatically at the times you choose.

• Recurring schedules — Weekdays, weekends, or custom day selection — unlimited schedules
• Schedule templates — Weekdays 9–5, Deep Work Mornings, Evening Wind-Down, Weekend Deep Work
• Ask before starting — Choose automatic start or confirmation
• Snooze & skip — Options when the moment is not right

Goals, Streaks & Journal

The motivation loop that turns sessions into a practice.

• Daily goal — Set how much protected time you want each day and track it live from the Home screen
• Focus score — A single 0–100 score combining active days, goal streaks, and consistency
• Streaks — See consecutive days of meeting your goal, plus an honest total-day streak
• Streak Freeze — Protect one missed day so a single off day never erases your momentum
• Achievements — Local badges for milestones like your first Aura, a 3-day streak, or a 30-day streak
• Journal — Write short entries with mood tags (Focused, Calm, Grateful, Energetic, Tired, Anxious, Proud) after sessions
• Reflection prompts — Starters like "What did you let go of today?" and "What will you protect tomorrow?"
• Daily reminder — Schedule a gentle nudge so journaling becomes a rhythm

Insights & History

An honest view of the time you protected.

• Protected time — Total minutes guarded across sessions, filterable by today, week, or month
• Focus activity heatmap — See your protected days at a glance
• Goal calendar — Which days you met your goal, with freeze dates honored
• Best focus hours — Learn when you are most present
• Weekly view — See your focus across the past week with change vs the week before
• Session timeline — Revisit past Auras and what stayed alive
• Most present apps — The apps that supported your focus most often
• Share today's focus — Share your protected minutes and streak as a simple card

Guardian & Permission Health

AuraLock's reliability system. It verifies your device is configured so your focus is never silently dropped.

• Guardian checks — Verifies permissions, battery optimization, and background behavior
• Permission health — Live status for every permission with one-tap fixes
• Self-heal alerts — If the boundary service disconnects mid-session, AuraLock tells you and offers a reconnect
• Restore after restart — If your phone reboots mid-Aura, AuraLock offers to restore the session

Appearance

• Dark mode — System-follow or manual, tuned for comfort
• Lock screen styles — Choose how your active Aura looks
• Tablet & foldable layouts — Two-column layouts on large screens, reflowing on foldables

Privacy by design

AuraLock is built around one principle: your focus data is yours.

• On-device only — Sessions, whitelists, schedules, and journal entries never leave your phone
• No account, no cloud — Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sync
• Transparent permissions — Every permission has a clear, single purpose