Numa
How Numa works

One card. One limit. Your day.

Numa combines a card like a bank card with a free app. The card is the deliberate moment between you and your distracting apps.

01 · Basics

Tap to lock. Tap to unlock.

  1. Pair the cardYou pair your Numa card with the free app. The card only stores a fixed ID, no data.
  2. Pick apps and websitesYou choose what distracts you. For many apps, Numa locks the matching website too.
  3. Unlock on purposeYour apps are locked. To use them, you actively hold your phone to the card and choose for how long. When the time is up, they lock again by themselves.

Your daily limit is one shared pool for all locked apps and websites, not a limit per app. Once it's used up, they stay locked until the next day, and the card won't unlock them any more.

Numa app, Home tab in dark mode: status “Locked”, the character in the default skin, below it “Unlock” and the time left today.
Screenshot from the Numa app (test account, German UI).

One pool for everything

InstagramYouTubeTikTokExample with a daily limit of 2 hours
02 · Plans

Stay steady or go down step by step.

Example Plan B: start 2 hours, goal 1 hour. The limit drops by 10 minutes every 7 days and stays at 1 hour after 6 weeks. Plan A stays fixed at 2 hours. 2 h1:301 h Plan A: fixed Plan B: goal reached Week 1357
Example: Plan B starting at 2 hours with a goal of 1 hour.
Plan A

Fixed daily limit

You set one limit that stays the same every day.

Plan B

Drops by 10 minutes every 7 days

You pick a starting limit and a goal. The limit drops by 10 minutes every week until it reaches your personal goal, then stays there.

Switch

Change plans any time

You can switch plans. Lowering the limit works any time, raising it once every 30 days.

03 · Coins

Less time on your phone, more Coins.

Every day you earn Coins for your day within the limit. The more of your daily limit you leave unused, the more you get.

With your Coins you buy skins, accessories and backgrounds for your character, or a Chest.

100 base Coins+2 Coins per % saved=max. 300 a day
Example

Daily limit 2 hours, 1 hour of it used

You didn't need half of your limit, so you saved 50%. That gives you 100 base Coins plus 50 × 2 = 100 Coins on top. Together that's 200 Coins.

04 · Character and skins

Your own character.

Every user has their own character. With skins, accessories and backgrounds you make it yours.

Your friends see your character just the way you styled it. Show them what you've earned with less screen time.

Numa app, character view: the character in the pirate skin, badges and skins to try on.
Screenshot from the Numa app (test account, German UI).
05 · Chests

The less you use, the better the Chest.

For a good day you earn at most one Chest a day. The best tier you reach counts, based on how much of your daily limit you used.

Common

Common Chest

under 25%of your daily limit used

Earn
Possible every day
Buy
1,000 Coins
Epic

Epic Chest

under 10%of your daily limit used

Earn
Once per account
Buy
3,000 Coins
Legendary

Legendary Chest

under 5%of your daily limit used

Earn
Once per account
Buy
5,000 Coins
06 · Friends

It's easier together.

  • Add friends by username or friend code.
  • You see each other's character, limit, Coins, streak and badges.
  • When you both keep your limit, your shared streak grows.
  • In groups you compete on a leaderboard by the week's Coins, Monday to Sunday. A group has up to 30 members.
Graphic based on the Numa app. Values and names are examples.
07 · Streak and stats

Progress you can see.

The Analytics tab shows you at a glance:

  • your streak
  • your Coins
  • your most used app
  • your screen time today and over the last 7 days
  • how much time you've saved in total
Graphic based on the Numa app. Values are examples.
08 · Night lock

At night, it stays locked.

  • With the night lock you set, for each weekday, when your locked apps can't be unlocked, even if you have limit left.
  • Making it stricter applies at once. Making it looser only applies from the next Monday.
  • Sleep matters. Without scrolling in bed, it's easier to wind down in the evening and start the day well rested.
Graphic based on the Numa app. Values are examples.
09 · Focus Mode

Focus Mode

Just the basics. No game.

Not everyone wants Coins and skins. In Focus Mode, Numa is simply a blocker with a limit.

Hidden

Shop and Friends

No Coins, no Chests, no shop and no friends. The character wears the default skin.

Visible

Home, Analytics, Settings

Your limit, stats and settings stay. Your streak and badges keep counting.

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