Our Story

Today, phones are a part of our everyday lives that help us connect with the rest of the world. But at what point do they start to impede on our lives, limiting our socialization and separating us from the things most important?

We felt like our lives were being taken over by being entirely consumed in our phones, with way-too-high screen times. When searching for an app to help limit our extreme device use, none of the options were affordable or adaptable.

So, we decided to create our own.

Meet Totem: a productivity app meant to limit your screen time that is entirely customizable and fairly priced. Combined with a physical NFC-enabled hardware device designed to combat screen addiction by locking specific, user-defined apps, it forces physical interaction to unlock apps, making it harder to bypass than standard phone settings.