Restore your sensitivity.

Baseline helps you rebuild a healthier relationship with technology by reducing overstimulation and making slower activities feel rewarding again.

Not a blocker. Not a productivity hack. A reset.

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The problem isn't you — it's adaptation.

Modern apps are designed to deliver constant novelty, instant feedback, and endless stimulation. Over time, your brain adapts.

As your dopamine baseline rises:

Simple activities feel dull
Focus becomes harder to sustain
Restlessness increases
You reach for your phone automatically, even without intention

This isn't a lack of discipline. It's how the brain works.

Lower the noise. Let the signal return.

Baseline is built on a simple idea: when stimulation decreases, sensitivity returns.

Rather than maximizing output or enforcing strict rules, Baseline helps you:

Pause before high-dopamine habits
Spend sustained time in low-dopamine, meaningful activities
Re-train your reward system through experience, not willpower

The goal isn't to do more. It's to feel more from less.

One daily goal. Three levels of effort.

Baseline organizes activities the way a meal works:

Entrées

20–60+ minutes

Longer, meaningful activities. These are what actually shift your baseline.

Reading, walking, journaling, deep work

Sides

5–15 minutes

Shorter activities that help you get started.

Stretching, tidying, making tea

Appetizers

1–3 minutes

Very small actions that interrupt automatic scrolling.

Breathing, pausing, noticing an urge

Each day, Baseline encourages you to complete one Entrée. Sides and Appetizers help you get there — but the Entrée is the goal.

How Baseline helps

Adds a moment of pause before high-dopamine apps
Encourages intentional choice instead of automatic behavior
Makes low-dopamine activities easier to start
Keeps the focus on one meaningful daily win

No feeds.
No streak pressure.
No gamification loops.

Built for privacy.

Baseline is designed to operate locally on your device.

No accounts

No analytics

No ads

No tracking across apps

When system permissions are used (such as Screen Time), they are explicitly granted by you and are never transmitted to our servers. Your data stays on your device.

Who this is for

Baseline is for people who want to

Enjoy reading again
Stay present without constant checking
Build focus without forcing productivity
Develop a calmer relationship with their phone

Baseline is not

A website blocker
A productivity leaderboard
A detox challenge or punishment tool

You don't need to escape technology.
You need to rebalance it. Baseline helps you return to your natural baseline — slowly, intentionally, and sustainably.

Download Baseline