Sixty days to send it back · No subscription · Free app

The Pebble on the edge of a cedar deck, in its own small raked rings
The Pebble in an open palm, shown at its real size
A hand touching a phone to the Pebble
Two Pebbles side by side in raked gravel
The Pebble alone on a windowsill in late sun

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The Pebble

Price $49

A small stone and an app that make your phone quiet for as long as you choose.

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  • 0batteries, ever
  • AnyNFC phone, iPhone or Android
  • 60days to send it back
  • 1price, no subscription
  • The unlock is off your screen, not on it
  • Nothing to charge, no battery
  • Calls, maps, music and the camera still work
  • Works on iPhone and Android

Stone outside. One chip inside.

The matte surface of the Pebble, close up
Cast stone, matte, cool in the hand. It wears like a river pebble.
The Pebble on raked sand, with the coin-sized NFC coil that sits inside it laid beside
A passive NFC chip. No battery, no charging, no pairing.

What you get.

One Pebble, one app, and the ten-second walk that makes it work.

In the box: an open kraft box, the Pebble and a folded setup card on raked sand
One Pebble and a setup card
The Pebble app ready for a pause: Evening Rest is ready, tap your Pebble to start

And the app, free.

iPhone and Android. Modes, schedules, and the hours you got back.

More about the app

It’s almost rude how simple it is.

Three steps. Then there’s no other screen.

  1. Two hands holding a phone on the veranda, a thumb choosing from the screen
    01

    Pick the apps that pull you in.

    Instagram, TikTok, your inbox, the news. The ones you open without deciding to.

  2. A hand touching a phone to the Pebble
    02

    Tap your Pebble to start a pause.

    The apps go quiet. Your phone stays a phone.

  3. The Pebble alone on a windowsill in late sun
    03

    Leave it somewhere on purpose.

    Coming back to it has to be a real choice. That’s the whole trick.

The same garden after dusk: a stone lantern lit by the wall, the Pebble on the deck edge in its rings
The Pebble app during a pause: Evening Rest, an hour and twenty-three minutes left, the ring breathing

While it’s on, your phone is just a phone.

The apps you picked wait until you tap your Pebble again. Need one back? Take ten minutes, or end the pause.

Still works during a pause

  • Calls
  • Maps
  • Music
  • Camera

Compared with the apps.

They are good at what they do. The difference is where the unlock lives.

A thumb hovering over a glowing phone screen on a sofa in the evening
Theirs: on the phone
Seen from the sofa at dusk: the Pebble alone on a shelf across the room
Ours: across the room
FeaturePebbleApps
The unlock is off your screen
Nothing to charge
One payment, no subscription
Calls, maps and music keep working
Works on iPhone and Android
A streak you can hide

“Screen-time apps” means the category: Screen Time, Opal, Forest and the like.

Questions.

The Pebble in an open palm, shown at its real size

  • Any iPhone or Android phone that can read NFC. That’s most phones from the last five years.

  • Calls, texts, maps and the camera keep working. You choose what goes quiet. If you need one of those apps back, you can take ten minutes, or end the pause.

  • Then you walk to it. That’s the point. For real emergencies there are five unlocks a week that don’t need the Pebble at all.

  • No. You buy the Pebble once. The app is free.

  • No. There’s no battery. It’s a passive NFC chip inside a pebble.

  • Yes. One Pebble works with any number of phones.

  • Send it back within sixty days for a full refund.

A bedroom at night: the Pebble in its dish on the nightstand, the one lit thing, the phone face down in shadow

Sixty days. If it isn’t for you, send it back.

Give it two months of evenings. If your phone isn’t quieter, write to us and we’ll refund the order.

Get a Pebble $49

No subscription. No questions.