Break the doom-scrolling habit. Start your mornings with intention by journaling before social media.
Simple tools that help you build a healthier morning routine without the complexity.
Choose which apps to block during morning hours. When you try to open them, you'll be gently redirected to journal instead.
Complete a short journal entry to unlock your apps. Set your own word count - even 50 words can shift your mindset.
Blocking only activates during your chosen hours. Outside this window, everything works normally.
Capture moments by adding photos to entries. See them in a beautiful timeline view alongside your writing.
Your journals are encrypted with AES-256 and stored only on your device. We never see your entries.
Automatic encrypted backups. Reinstalling? We detect existing backups and offer instant restore.
Two different approaches to match your willpower and preferences.
Instantly redirects you to journal when you try to open a blocked app. No escape until you write.
Shows a friendly overlay reminder. You can choose to continue to the app or go write instead.
A simple setup flow gets you journaling by tomorrow morning.
Get Morning Mindful from the Google Play Store and open it to begin setup.
Choose your blocking duration, word count goal, morning hours, and blocking mode.
Enable Accessibility (Full Block) or Usage Access (Gentle) - only used to detect blocked apps.
Choose a folder and password for encrypted auto-backups. Restores instantly on reinstall.
Tomorrow morning, blocked apps will prompt you to journal first. Write, reflect, unlock!
The Accessibility Service detects when you open a blocked app and redirects you. It does NOT read content from other apps - it only sees which app is in the foreground.
Yes! All entries are encrypted with AES-256 and stored only on your device. We never see, collect, or transmit your journals. Your data belongs to you.
If you have auto-backup enabled, your journals are safe in your chosen folder. After reinstalling, select the same folder and we'll detect the backup and offer to restore it.
Make sure you've granted the required permissions. On some phones, also disable battery optimization for Morning Mindful in Settings → Apps → Morning Mindful → Battery.
English, German, and Chinese (Simplified). The app uses your phone's language setting. Chinese characters are properly counted (1 character = 1 word).