Same couch.
Different apps.
Reroute notices when you and your person are in the same room and quietly locks the apps that pull you apart. Nobody has to remember. Nobody has to be the phone police.
$9.99/month · $60/year · $99.99 once
· You each install it
You're with Sam.
Instagram, TikTok and 2 more are resting until you're apart.
What is Reroute?
Reroute is an iPhone app for couples and families that stops phubbing at the source: when your phones are near each other, the distracting apps you chose lock automatically, and they unlock when you're apart. No timers, no house rules, no one asking anyone to put their phone down. Calls and texts still come through.
Nobody decided to spend the evening apart.
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6:40
You both get home. One of you is still answering work messages at the counter.
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7:15
Dinner. Two bites in, a phone lights up face-up next to the salt.
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8:30
The couch. A show is on. Neither of you is watching it.
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10:05
Bed. Two blue glows, back to back.
It's never one big choice. It's the phone being the easiest thing in the room, fifty small times a night.
One evening like that is nothing. Most evenings like that is how two people who love each other end up feeling like roommates.
Every one of them needs an enforcer.
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The phone basket by the door.
Lasts until someone's waiting on a call.
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No phones at the table.
Lasts until someone has to say it out loud.
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Asking them to put it down.
Works. Costs a little every time you ask.
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Deleting the apps.
Back by the weekend.
Someone has to remember. Someone has to be the bad guy. Every night, forever. That's the part that breaks — not your willpower, and not your relationship.
Your phones can tell when you're together.
The moment you're in the same room, the apps you picked go quiet on their own. Walk apart, and they're back. No schedule, no timer, no one flipping a switch.
Apart
At work, on a trip, across town. Your phone works exactly like it does today.
Together
Same room, same table. The apps you picked rest. Calls and texts still come through.
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Pair once
You each install Reroute and connect your phones to each other.
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Pick the apps
Choose what goes quiet — the feeds, the games, whatever pulls you away.
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Just be together
That's the whole setup. Nothing to switch on at dinner. Nothing to argue about.
Everything else runs on a clock or on willpower.
Screen Time limits
Locks: A daily timer
Enforced by: You, tapping “ignore limit”
App blockers
Locks: A schedule you set
Enforced by: You, until you switch it off
House rules
Locks: Whoever remembers
Enforced by: Whoever's willing to nag
Reroute
Locks: Whether you're actually together
Enforced by: Nobody
Three ways to pay. No fine print.
Monthly
$9.99 / month
Renews monthly through Apple. Cancel anytime from your iPhone's settings.
Yearly
$60 / year
Works out to $5 a month — half the monthly price. Renews yearly; cancel anytime.
Lifetime
$99.99 once
Pay one time and keep it. No renewals, ever.
iPhone only. Purchases and renewals are handled by the App Store.
The same idea works for a whole room.
What is Reroute?
Reroute is an iPhone app for couples and families that locks distracting apps automatically when you're together. Each person installs it and pairs once. When your phones are near each other, the apps you picked — like Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube — go quiet, and they come back when you're apart. Calls and texts still come through.
How does Reroute know we're together?
Your phones look for each other nearby. When they're close — the same room, the same table — Reroute treats you as together and quiets the apps you picked. When you're apart, everything goes back to normal on its own.
How do I get my partner off their phone without nagging?
Phone baskets, no-phones-at-dinner rules, and asking all fail the same way: someone has to remember and someone has to enforce them, every night. Reroute removes the enforcer. Once you're paired, the apps you chose lock on their own whenever you're together, so nobody has to ask.
What is phubbing?
Phubbing — short for "phone snubbing" — is paying attention to your phone instead of the person you're with. Research has linked partner phubbing to more conflict over phone use and lower relationship satisfaction (Roberts & David, 2016). Reroute is built to stop it without anyone having to call it out.
What is technoference?
Technoference is everyday interference from technology in time together — a phone lighting up during dinner or halfway through a conversation. In a 2016 study, women who reported more technoference in their relationships also reported more conflict over technology and lower relationship satisfaction (McDaniel & Coyne).
How is Reroute different from Screen Time or app blockers?
Screen Time and most app blockers run on timers or schedules you can override with a tap. Reroute runs on whether you're actually together, so it turns on at dinner without anyone setting it up, and turns off when you're apart.
Do we both need the app?
Yes. Reroute works by your phones finding each other, so each person installs it and you pair once.
Will I miss calls or texts?
No. Calls and messages still come through. Reroute only quiets the apps you've chosen.
Which apps go quiet?
The ones you pick. Usually that's the feeds — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube — but it's your call.
What does Reroute cost?
$9.99 a month, $60 a year, or $99.99 once to keep it for good. Monthly and yearly plans renew through Apple until you cancel, and you can cancel anytime from your iPhone's settings.
Is Reroute on Android?
Not yet. Reroute is iPhone only for now.
Can we use it for a wedding, church service, or event?
Yes. Reroute for Events runs phone-free churches, weddings, concerts, and retreats — guests opt in and distracting apps stay quiet for the length of the event. See tryreroute.app/events.
Tonight could be the first one.
Install it on both phones, pair once, and let dinner be dinner.
$9.99/month · $60/year · $99.99 once