Your phone,
on your terms.
Keel sits by your front camera as a small drop of water: your time on the left, Reels left on the right. Reels, Shorts and TikToks are counted, not banned. When time's up you get a break, not a wall: puzzles earn time back, and messages, calls and maps always work. Nothing Keel sees ever leaves your phone.
Your time on the left of the camera, Reels left on the right. It falls open like a drop of water when there's something to say.
A limit on time in one sitting. Step away for the length of the break and it starts fresh.
No internet permission, no account, no ads, no third-party code.
Limits that hold, without treating you like a child.
Stricter changes apply straight away. Easier ones wait until 04:00, so a weak moment late at night can't undo a plan you made with a clear head.
💧 The Keel drop
A small pill around your front camera: your time on the left, Reels left on the right. It falls open with a word when it matters, and stays out of full-screen video. Choose Always, or Milestones for the least interruption.
🎞️ Reels, counted
One daily number for Reels, Shorts and TikToks, or one per app. On your last Reel the drop says so first, then the screen holds still for a moment before taking you back to the feed.
⏱ Continuous use and daily limits
Each category, and any single app, can have a limit on time in one sitting (then a break) and a daily limit (then off until 04:00). Social feeds, browsing, games, shopping, and a category you name yourself, like your reading sites.
⚓ Anchors
After non-stop scrolling, or a long stretch on your phone, the screen holds still for a few seconds while a line of light runs round its edge. A pause, not a punishment.
🧩 Puzzles that earn time back
Mental maths, sequences and memory, harder as you go, right inside the drop over the app you're in. Five correct answers take a break down to its shortest; more are just for the brain.
☀️ Mornings, bedtime and focus
A good morning after the night, with 30 minutes of scrolling before an hour off. Bedtime switches the pull-in apps off. Focus windows close what you choose for 25 to 90 minutes.
Gentle, Steady, Strict.
Gentle resets: a short break when time's up, then everything refills. Steady counts the day: daily limits, Reels for the whole day, and Take 15 once per break. Strict is firm: breaks grow each time, Reels close for the day, and one Take 15 a day.
Calls, messages and maps.
They're never limited. A break on Instagram or TikTok leaves your messages open, and Keel never covers your status bar.
Join the Keel Android Closed Test.
Before Keel opens publicly on Google Play, a founding group of Android testers uses it for 14 days: the Keel drop, counted Reels, the three modes, anchors and puzzles, in real life.
Send your Google Play email
Click the button below to send us the Gmail address tied to your Android phone's Google Play Store app so we can add you to the closed test list.
Accept your invite link
Once your email is added, we'll reply with the official Google Play opt-in link. Tap "Become a tester" and install Keel directly from Google Play.
Keep Keel running for 14 days
Keep Keel on for two weeks in Gentle, Steady or Strict, and tell us plainly what helped, what got in the way, and what you'd change.
Why Keel asks for Accessibility — and why it cannot spy on you.
A screen-time app has to see which apps and sites you open. That takes trust, so Keel has no internet permission at all, no account and no third-party code: it couldn't send anything anywhere if it tried.
No `android.permission.INTERNET` in the manifest.
Keel does not request `android.permission.INTERNET` in its `AndroidManifest.xml`, contains zero third-party SDKs, and includes no code that transmits your usage data off your device.
Clear AccessibilityService use.
Keel uses Android's `AccessibilityService` solely on-device to detect which foreground app, short-video feed, or browser address bar is active so it can run your timers and enforce breaks.