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ANCHOR/01

HOME-AWARE PHONE BOUNDARY

Proposed rewards

CAMPAIGN DRAFT · SEPTEMBER 2026

Distracting apps lock when you get home. Maps returns when you leave.

Anchor keeps a home zone on your phone. The weighted Dock keeps a passive Pass Card across the room. Scan it, choose one app and a timer, then confirm. The app relocks when time runs out.

FOR PEOPLE WHO TAP “IGNORE LIMIT” WITHOUT THINKING

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Form study of a hand holding the Anchor Pass Card near a phone
FORM STUDY ADOCK + PASS CARD
WORKING GOAL
$35,000
FOUNDING TIER
$69
TARGET WINDOW
6 MONTHS
COLLECTED HERE
$0

CURRENT OWNER REPORTS

People already walk across the room to get their attention back.

These comments describe Brick, Bloom, and other physical blockers. The commenters have not used Anchor and were not paid by us. Their reports show why they keep the physical friction. Their requests define what Anchor must add.

“I brick my phone after work until my kids go to bed and it's been so much better for me.”
BRICK OWNER · R/WORKINGMOMSRead the thread
“The novelty wore off but the friction still works. I unlock way less than I expected.”
PHYSICAL-BLOCKER OWNER · R/DUMBPHONESRead the thread
“My screen time plummeted so much that I started running half marathons with my extra time.”
BLOOM OWNER · R/WORKINGMOMSRead the thread

THE OWNER WISH LIST

The next blocker needs context, a short pass, and a phone list.

Each proposed feature maps to a public report. Field testing still decides whether the feature survives.

  1. 01

    Know when I am home.

    Scheduled blocks can strand people away from home when they need Maps. Owners asked for restrictions that follow the situation instead of the clock.

    Geofence request
  2. 02

    Give me one app for a few minutes.

    The requested pass is narrow: walk to the card, choose one app, choose the time, and let the phone close it again.

    Timed-pass request
  3. 03

    Tell me which Android phones work.

    Owners report missed scans and permissions that disappear. Anchor will publish a tested-device list and omit phones that fail.

    Pixel 8a report

ANCHOR V0 SYSTEM

The phone knows the place. The Dock creates the walk.

Anchor v0 has no radio beacon. The phone reads its own home context. The Dock contains no electronics. The Pass Card opens a request screen and never changes app access by itself.

  1. 01 · CONTEXT

    Home zone

    Operating-system location or permitted home-network state tells the phone when home rules may apply.

  2. 02 · POLICY

    Rules on the phone

    Blocked apps, essentials, timers, and reliability events are planned to stay on the phone. Location history is absent from the data model.

  3. 03 · FRICTION

    Dock and Pass Card

    The weighted Dock sits away from the couch. Its passive card contains one public URL and no personal configuration.

ONE TIMED PASS

  1. 01Walk to the Dock
  2. 02Scan the card
  3. 03Choose one app and time
  4. 04Confirm, then relock

PROPOSED REWARDS

A one-time purchase for the functions shown here.

These are planning targets. This preview does not create an order, reservation, charge, or place in line.

FIRST 100 SETS

Founding 100

$69

One weighted Dock, one passive Pass Card, and launch app access. This tier is reserved for the first production run.

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STANDARD SET

Early Run

$79

One weighted Dock, one passive Pass Card, and launch app access. No subscription is planned for the functions shown here.

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TWO SETS

Family Pair

$129

Two Docks, two Pass Cards, and app access for two phones. Each person controls their own rules. Parental controls are outside this tier.

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WORKING CAMPAIGN BUDGET

What a $35,000 campaign would pay for.

The budget is a planning allocation, not money already raised. Supplier quotes and licensed counsel must replace these targets before a live campaign.

Software and phone testing
$10,000
Patent review and compliance reserve
$10,000
Tooling and pilot production
$6,000
First run, packaging, and fulfillment reserve
$9,000
Total working goal
$35,000

RISKS WE CAN NAME NOW

The campaign cannot open until the ugly parts have owners.

  1. 01

    iPhone distribution needs Apple approval.

    Family Controls requires a distribution entitlement. Anchor has not received it. A live campaign must disclose the application status and refund path before accepting iPhone backers.

  2. 02

    Home detection will sometimes be wrong.

    Indoor location drifts. Routers restart. Phones leave Wi-Fi. The field test must measure delays and false transitions before the home zone becomes a shipping promise.

  3. 03

    Android support will be a short list.

    Phone makers handle background work and Accessibility permissions differently. Anchor will support tested models instead of every Android phone.

  4. 04

    The patent review is still open.

    The prototype architecture was changed after reviewing active competitor claims. Licensed counsel must clear the final software, Pass Card, and Dock before a campaign can open.

  5. 05

    Six months is a target.

    Entitlement review, device testing, legal clearance, tooling, and production can move the date. The campaign will publish each gate instead of hiding the dependency.

BEFORE WE ASK FOR A DOLLAR

Four gates decide whether this becomes a campaign.

  1. 01Licensed counsel clears the final architecture.
  2. 02The Apple entitlement application is submitted and its status is public.
  3. 03Twenty prototypes pass the home-zone and timed-relock tests.
  4. 04The Android compatibility list and supplier quotes are published.

Follow the build for the claim chart, prototype failures, phone matrix, and campaign decision. The updates will include the reasons when a feature is cut.

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