Android App Your phone is cursed. Now you can see it.
Your phone is designed to hook you. Cursed Screen helps you break the spell through visual reminders that show you the life the phone is stealing from you.
How it works
You pick what gets cursed, how, and when — then the phone does the reminding.
Pick the apps that pull you in
Choose your cursed apps — the ones that eat your days.
Pick a theme
Negative themes make the phone feel wrong — hellfire, cracking glass, crawling bugs. Positive ones like aurora and sunlight remind you of the life waiting off it.
Set the rules
Choose how long you get before the reminder appears and on which days.
The overlay appears
Past your limit, the theme creeps in over your chosen apps. Nothing is blocked — every tap still works. The phone just starts to feel different.
Watch your screen time drop
A streak rewards every day you stay under your limit, and the usage screen shows the hours coming back.
The result
See it
Six themes. Four curse your feed, two remind you what you’re missing.
App blockers treat the symptom. This treats the cause.
You’ve done this before: install a blocker, disable it three days later, feel worse for it. It fails because breaking your own rule costs you nothing.
| App Blockers | Cursed Screen |
|---|---|
| Block apps — you disable the blocker | Doesn’t block anything — you see the truth |
| Hides the problem behind a wall | Makes the problem impossible to ignore |
| You fight the app | The app reveals what you’re fighting |
Privacy First
- No personal data — no account, no email, no contacts, no location
- Screen-time tracking runs on your device
- No ads, no data sold or shared with anyone
- Anonymous analytics & crash reports only (Firebase), to fix bugs
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