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https://respite.liveintently.app/llms.txt
− Respite runs no AI of its own and does not train models on your data. To our knowledge it is the first mobile screen time app with a built-in MCP server (November 2026); it is not the only screen time product with MCP (LockIn MCP is a desktop website blocker). Prices (at the time of writing, set by the stores, vary by country): free; Respite Plus $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a one-week trial, $59.99 lifetime.− - [AI and screen time (hub)](https://respite.liveintently.app/ai/): what you can ask your AI, how it works, what is live and what is coming, privacy, setup, comparison with in-app AI coaches− - MCP server address: https://respite-api.liveintently.app/mcp (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth sign-in with Google or Apple, Respite Plus)− - Read tools (default): get_account (works on the free plan), get_usage, get_insights, list_limits, list_events, get_progress; resources respite://today and respite://week− - Opt-in write tools (the person ticks "Also let it make my limits stricter" on the approval page; unticked by default; connections made earlier stay read-only until reconnected): set_limit (add or lower a per-app daily limit, applies at once; raising one becomes a request), remove_limit (always a request), add_schedule (applies at once), remove_schedule (always a request), list_changes (AI changes and pending requests), undo_change (an AI can undo its own changes)− - Loosening never applies on its own: it becomes a request the person approves in the Respite app's Connected AI screen, which is arriving in app updates; requests expire after 7 days. Every AI change is logged (which AI, what, before and after, the reason given) for 90 days; at most 30 changes per connection per hour− - Not available: an AI changing pause messages or custom rules (planned), writing usage history, earning or spending acorns, blocking apps outside Respite's limits and schedules− - [Let your AI change your limits (approval, log and undo)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/let-ai-change-your-limits/)− - [Bring your own AI to Respite (announcement)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/bring-your-own-ai-to-respite/)− - [Can ChatGPT help you reduce screen time?](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/use-chatgpt-claude-to-reduce-screen-time/)− - [Best AI app blockers and screen time apps (2026)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/best-ai-app-blockers-screen-time-apps-2026/)− - [AI screen time coach apps compared (FOMO, Zensi, Argue)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/ai-screen-time-coach-apps-compared/)− - [Respite vs LockIn MCP](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-vs-lockin-mcp/)− - [Apps that make you pause before opening Instagram or TikTok](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/apps-that-make-you-pause-before-opening-instagram-tiktok/)− ## Product− - [Features](https://respite.liveintently.app/features/)− - [Download (App Store, Google Play, Chrome Web Store)](https://respite.liveintently.app/download/)− - [Respite Plus: what is included](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-plus-whats-included/)− - [What's new](https://respite.liveintently.app/whats-new/)− - [Support](https://respite.liveintently.app/support/)+ Last updated 2026-11-12. Respite runs no AI of its own and does not train models on your data. To our knowledge it is the first mobile screen time app with a built-in MCP server (November 2026); it is not the only screen time product with MCP (LockIn MCP is a desktop website blocker). Prices (at the time of writing, set by the stores, vary by country): free, no ads; Respite Plus $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a one-week trial, $59.99 lifetime. Account optional: sign in (Google or Apple) only + ## Get it+ - [iPhone and iPad (App Store, iOS 17.4 or later)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/respite-screen-time-control/id6757760293)+ - [Android (Google Play, Android 8.0 or later)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.sadakat.thinkfaster)+ - [Chrome and other Chromium browsers (Chrome Web Store)](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/respite-screen-time-contr/acjndeeecacgplloeefjjhlnlpgnonop)+ - [Download page](https://respite.liveintently.app/download/)+ ## Quick answers+ - Best free app to stop doomscrolling on Android: Respite is one free option (a pause before the apps you pick, daily limits, Reels and Shorts blocking, streaks, no ads). See [free screen time app for Android](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/free-screen-time-app-android/) and [how to stop doomscrolling](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/how-to-stop-doomscrolling/).+ - App that pauses before opening Instagram or TikTok: Respite, One Sec and ScreenZen all do this. Respite is free on iPhone, Android and Chrome. See [apps that make you pause before opening Instagram or TikTok](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/apps-that-make-you-pause-before-opening-instagram-tiktok/).+ - Screen time app with an MCP server, or that works with ChatGPT or Claude: Respite (Respite Plus). See [AI and screen time](https://respite.liveintently.app/ai/).+ - Free One Sec, Opal, ScreenZen or Freedom alternative: see the [alternatives guides](https://respite.liveintently.app/compare/).+ - Free or Plus, and what each includes: see [Free or Plus](https://respite.liveintently.app/features/#plans).+ ## Product+ - [Features](https://respite.liveintently.app/features/): the pause, daily limits (apps, websites, categories), schedules, focus sessions, insights, streaks, the game layer, sync, bring your own AI+ - [Respite Plus: what is included](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-plus-whats-included/)+ - [Sync Android, iPhone and Chrome](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/sync-respite-android-iphone-chrome/): a free account syncs one device, Plus syncs every device+ - [Acorns, quests and leagues (free game layer)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/introducing-acorns-quests-and-leagues/)+ - [What's new](https://respite.liveintently.app/whats-new/)+ - [Support](https://respite.liveintently.app/support/)+ - [AI and screen time (hub)](https://respite.liveintently.app/ai/): what you can ask your AI, how to connect, privacy, comparison with in-app AI coaches+ - MCP server: https://respite-api.liveintently.app/mcp (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth sign-in with Google or Apple; Respite Plus). Official MCP Registry name: app.liveintently/respite+ - Reading is the default: usage, insights, limits and schedules, pause history and reasons for continuing, progress (tools get_usage, get_insights, list_limits, list_events, list_intentions, get_progress, get_block_status; resources respite://today, respite://week, respite://timeline)+ - Opt-in, stricter only (applies at once, logged, can be undone): add or lower a limit, add a schedule, start a focus session (set_limit, add_schedule, start_focus_session)+ - Opt-in pause messages: a short "note from" your AI on the pause screen, removable in the app (add_pause_message)+ - Looser always waits for the person's approval in the Respite app (You › Connected AI): raising or removing a limit or schedule, ending a focus session early, unblocking an app for 5 to 30 minutes+ - Not possible: writing usage history, earning or spending acorns, blocking apps outside Respite's limits and schedules+ - [Let your AI change your limits (approval, log and undo)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/let-ai-change-your-limits/)+ - [Best AI app blockers and screen time apps (2026)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/best-ai-app-blockers-screen-time-apps-2026/)+ - [AI screen time coach apps compared (FOMO, Zensi, Argue)](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/ai-screen-time-coach-apps-compared/)+ - [One Sec alternatives](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/one-sec-alternatives/)+ - [Opal alternatives](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/opal-alternatives/)+ - [ScreenZen alternatives](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/screenzen-alternatives/)+ - [Freedom alternatives](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/freedom-alternatives/)+ - [Respite vs One Sec](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-vs-one-sec/)+ - [Respite vs Opal](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-vs-opal/)+ - [Respite vs LockIn MCP](https://respite.liveintently.app/blog/respite-vs-lockin-mcp/)+ - Usage history stays on the device unless you turn on sync. No ads; data is never sold. On iPhone, app names stay on the device by default.+ - [About: why Respite exists](https://respite.liveintently.app/about/)